For The Love Of Dogs

RadishRose said:
The smartest breed, they say.
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I used to tell people that he could file our tax returns.

When my late wife & I lived in British Columbia, our cul-de-sac, (we were the last house), abutted maybe 80 acres of vacant land; (our community mail box was up the hill...in the opposite direction of the house from the trail when exiting the brush)..........about a half mile before we reached the trail I casually mentioned to him that we'd check the mail before going home.

Get to the street...he heads up toward the mail box.
 
Nemo2 said:
I used to tell people that he could file our tax returns.

When my late wife & I lived in British Columbia, our cul-de-sac, (we were the last house), abutted maybe 80 acres of vacant land; (our community mail box was up the hill...in the opposite direction of the house from the trail when exiting the brush)..........about a half mile before we reached the trail I casually mentioned to him that we'd check the mail before going home.

Get to the street...he heads up toward the mail box.
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He was very special to you indeed. Great dog!
 
BC Flash said:
Nemo: I am a border collie lover. Current border collie (Flash) is black and white - previous BC was a tri-colour smooth coat. They do need lots of exercise (2 to 3 miles/day walking and problem solving games (ie "go find")
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We acquired him as a pup off the Sunshine Coast in B.C. - both his parents came from a breeder in B.C. (Wiston Cap was one of his ancestors...as he was with a zillion others).......Out of concern that we might be doing too much with him when he was young I called the breeder, (she was 90 years old at the time), and was told "A working Border Collie will do 100 miles a day, you don't have to worry about him".

One of a gazillion stories: Circa 1998 we were RVing down in Puerto Penasco on the Sea of Cortez.......at one point another camper, with a pug dog in tow, approached us and commented "I've been watching your dog, he does this, and this, and this, etc, ad infinitum"...she then looked down at the pug and said "And you, you do nothing".:D

Oh, a book you might enjoy is Eminent Dogs, Dangerous Men by the late Donald McCaig:

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/emine...d-mccaig/422022/#edition=4329366&idiq=1849024​

 
Another 'Dog Book' that people may enjoy is 'Soldier Dogs' by Maria Goodavage:

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/310765/soldier-dogs-by-maria-goodavage/9780451414366

(About 23 years back I visited the NAS in Kingsville, Tx ........... as part of the tour, the Marine dog handlers put on a display and talked about their dogs' capabilities. After that it was play time, and a Belgian Malinois dropped a ball at my feet; I picked up the ball, and a couple times indicated that she should run.

Handler said "No, no...you have to throw it and then she'll run".......I bent down, put my face to hers and whispered "Get going" - and off she went. :D )
 
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