Collie Play

[furtech]

At the BCR Christmas party Rondo found his perfect playmate. I'm not sure -why- he liked her so much: she's a bit timid (maybe just a touch more than he) and likes to play rough (which he normally shies away from). She's a smooth border collie named, "Ellie-May" and she lurved Rondo as much as he did her. When they got tired of rough-housing, they hunted gophers together. Too bad she lives up in the Bay Area!

Dog play!
I didn't get a lot of good ones of the two of them chasing each other-- just blurry shots and lots of tails and parts of heads--but here are pics of the two of them wrastling:
Rondo just about to leap at Ellie-May
Border collie Yin-Yang
Rondo thinks he can take her...
Nope--Rondo pwned by Ellie-May!
Rondo still hasn't gotten enough: soliciting more play!
Rondo is still learning about play and socializing with other dogs (what becomes of being raised in an apartment by clueless doofesses). His first trip to the dog park (a couple of weeks ago) included him skittering away from a timid chihuahua. He -really- felt comfortable with Ellie-May! Mutual scruff biting-- I never thought he'd play like this so soon.

Comments

[iisaw.livejournal.com]

I really laughed out loud at the first pic! "I swear, the fish was this long!"

[furtech.livejournal.com]

I'd never seen him do the double-paw pounce before-- maybe he -was- trying to impress her with fishing stories...

[saeto.livejournal.com]

Between you posting these pics of Rondo and Sionna posting pics of the kitties, I'm getting an overdose of animal cuteness today. ^_^

[okojosan.livejournal.com]

Dogs are so awesome.

But man, seeing these BC photos makes me realize how fat my dad's border collie is. -_- And he walks her every day, sometimes twice a day. She isn't really a food hog either, she just kind of nibbles her kibble. He thinks that when he walks her, she finds junk food at a nearby construction site that the workers have left behind.

[furtech.livejournal.com]

There were a couple of rolly-polly border collies at the parts: so round I probably could not get my arms around them. Most were pretty old, though. And all of them were love-bugs with master-lever food mooching skills (small surprise!). WRT your dad's dog, it probably more of an activity/food level thing. Unless she's really old, she needs a vigorous walk of several miles a couple of times a day PLUS some other activity (or "senior" dog food!). Then again, she could be stealthing food on walks-- that would explain the picking-at-her-food habit...

[auryanne.livejournal.com]

Aww, Rondo has a girlfriend!

[furtech.livejournal.com]

Yeah-- a long-distance gf! I wouldn't be surprised if one morning I find my AIM on with an unfamiliar ID.

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

Spectacular Pix!!