Michael "Dog3" wrote:


> BTW, I saw the most awesome Aussie at an adoption event yesterday.
> Absolutely beautiful and completely unmanageable. Betcha' the right
> person could really make something out of him <wink, wink>

No aussies for me. I used to think they just a BC, minus the tail. And
then I started to train with them and I realized they were minus the
brain as well. Even that I could cope with but that square build and
those straight shoulders put them at such a disadvantage,
flyball-wise... Nope, thanks anyhow.

I'd actually rather deal with a terrier. I can cope with a terrier
because they are quite obviously something entirely different and I'm
building up from ground zero.

A Not Border Collie herding dog builds expectations then doesn't fill
the border collie-shaped space in my brain. My bad, not the dog's.

Maybe your Maltese was what you needed, when you needed him. Maybe
another boxer this soon would have been forever "NotMissy", but Scraps
gets to be just Scraps.

Objectively, circumstances being what they are, I can't say I think
piling another soul into the lifeboat is a great idea. But here he is.
And maybe things work out as they are supposed to.

Anyway, Floyd's a border collie, or at least a border collieoid. And
I'm not mourning a recent loss and can appreciate him for what he is and
what he isn't.