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Gryffindor

Is that a- squirrel?		 
 
Barked: Thu Sep 25, '08 6:22pm PST 
I included my beloved collie Ivy in the group. She's gone, and I miss her. But now I have Gryff! cheer

I have always been into collies-since watching Lassie on tv (with Timmy). I begged my parents for one, but I had to wait a LONG time-till 13 years ago. I've been collecting collie stuff for years-Albert Payson Terhune, several copies of Lassie Come Home (it's a sickness really!) and collie figurines. I recently picked up a copy of 'My Friend the Dog' illustrated by Marguerite Kirmse-that was quite a find!

Ivy was gentle-she loved to walk and never pulled on the leash. Gryff, on the other hand, is very strong and pulls all time! He sees a squirrel and if I'm not careful I'll lose an arm! I rescued him exactly 3 months ago today (!!) I was walking him today and passed a neighbor who said 'beautiful collie'! I wouldn't describe him as beautiful. I think he's more handsome. He looks like a collie, I admit, but hey, I had him shaved, so I won't know how beautiful his coat is until it grows out!

Anyway-like Ivy, he doesn't seem interested in chasing sticks and such (doesn't have an interest in any toys-I don't think he's ever had any, poor guy), but loves walking. So we'll be doing alot of that. I've been trying to 'tame' him (get him to stop pulling so much and for gosh sakes 'heal'!), and hope someday to get him trained enough to be let out in the yard with the Canine Fence. That's a long way off! I'm starting to be more consistent with 'sit at the door' before we go out, and all the other commands. I know, I have to train myself! He's getting it more through my consistency!

Anyway-that's it for now! I'm sort of sporadic with online stuff, but I'll check back here often. I'll check out everyone's bio's later.

Have fun, everyone!
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Gray Dawn- Treader

Don't Tread on- me
 
 
Barked: Sun Sep 28, '08 10:49am PST 
Welcome! I don't have a Collie (yet), but I love Collies.
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Angus Dominy- McGee- Siemsonovic

Friend to One- and All		 
 
Barked: Mon Mar 2, '09 4:22pm PST 
We're a little slow in responding. The lady of the house has been so busy doing other stuff she's forgotten about Dogster lately. (Horrors!) Welcome, Gryff! So sorry about Ivy. It's always hard to lose a good friend. And Gray Dawntreader, hope you get a collie soon. We collies are the best!
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Gucci Mucci- Siemsonovic

"The Shadow"		 
 
Barked: Mon Mar 2, '09 4:30pm PST 
Gryff, I'm Angus' friend (see previous post). I welcome you, too! The lady of the house has always loved collies, too, ever since she read Lassie Come Home when she was about ten or eleven. She loves the Terhune books also, and of course the Lassie movies and TV series. She says the monarchs of the horse world are Arabians, the swans are the monarchs of the bird world, and of the dog world--well, you can guess who she declares reigns in that realm! Angus and I are the fourth and fifth collies of the household. The previous three have crossed the Rainbow Bridge, as they say. Caper, Michelle, and Little B will always be lovingly and gratefully remembered.
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