Apache

[furtech]

Rondo and I went to the Border Collie Fun Day yesterday. I went out with one dog and came back with two...

Meet Apache!



She was from a litter of one of the volunteers and had to be returned because the family she was placed with (lots of kids) had one little girl who (a month later) was diagnosed with cancer and because of the chemo had to give Apache up. Considering how gentle a BC Apache is, I consider it a HUGE honor that she would consider placing her with me. We're trying it out to see if there's good chemistry between Rondo and Apache.

A quickie collage of Apache

Rondo and Apache were so tired after the funday that they fell asleep on each other on the way home. I'm not even sure they were aware of each other on the trip home, though Rondo was sure surprised when we arrive: he was all, "Uh, I think you accidentally took home some strange dog...!"

So far, so good...

More later!

Comments

[iisaw.livejournal.com]

She's a real cutie! Post more pics!

[furtech.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm sure I'll have to start putting her pics behind a cut to prevent complaints of inundating people's flists. Hopefully I'll be able to bring both of them up to see you and Carol and Tay soon. I've gotten my sheepherding books and dvd's, so I'm studying up!

[iisaw.livejournal.com]

You should definitely bring them up soon! The grass is green and the wildflowers are blooming… but I don't know how much longer that situation will last given our disastrous rainy season.

From my experience, the best thing you can do to get a dog ready to start on sheep is make sure they have a dependable and immediate "Lie down!"

BTW, we are giving serious thought to getting sheep. It pretty much depends on getting money to afford the fencing now. I really want to get Tay back on sheep* and have been thinking about the possibility of "starting" pups for extra money.

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* Occasional cattle just aren't the same and I think they're making him sloppy.