Sunday, May 10, 2009

Bella's BFF

Bella generally doesn't care about other dogs. If she's not busy, she'll say Hi, do the obligatory butt sniffing, etc., but it usually ends there. If she is "on the clock" she will completely ignore other dogs. Unless that other dog is Max.
This is Max.
The girls have known him since he was a pup. Originally from a BYB, the first owners brought him to Now Owners DIL's work looking to find him another home. Now Owner was told there was a 10 month old collie looking for a place to hang his hat. Make that a 10 week old Border Collie and HolyCrapWhatHaveWeGottenInto! But, they do find a way to worm themselves into your heart. You can't help being impressed with these dogs. You thought you wanted a relaxed dog to stroll around the block with and now you find yourself standing out in the rain for 2 hours throwing a ball and discussing when would be a good time to add another Border Collie to your house. :-)

Poor Max has been struggling with some dermatological issues. About 6 months ago he was nearly all bald. Even though he is on the mend, he still looks pretty silly. The patch of hair making the quickest recovery is the it on his shoulders. He looks like someone taped a toupee on his back.

Border Collie stare not so effective when you look like a Muppet.

From a distance he can pull off the I'm Just A Smooth Coated Dog thing

But the tail and pathetic bum feathers give it away


Everyone that has met Bella and Kate in person after knowing them only online always comment that they thought they would be much bigger. I now have proof of their wee-ness.

Haha! I don't call him Ginormous for nothin'!

8 comments:

  1. wow! They are small! It's funny how hard it is to tell in pictures, Shiner is TINY too, and unless you meet all 36 pounds of him in person he looks bigger in photos :)

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  2. The last picture is post card worthy! That is a great picture!
    Kasha
    http://www.trainingboerboels.blogspot.com/

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  3. "...and unless you meet all 36 pounds of him in person he looks bigger in photos"

    36 lbs would be big here! Haha. Fatty Bella is 33 and Kate is 30-31 depending on when she pooped last. :-)

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  4. Loved your description of Max! Dogs give us so much unconditional love and even health benefits:

    http://tinyurl.com/orehpl

    Thanks for your post!

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  5. "36 lbs would be big here! Haha. Fatty Bella is 33 and Kate is 30-31 depending on when she pooped last. :-)"

    WOW they ARE tiny! How tall are they? Shiner's only 17 inches at the shoulder.

    BTW i took lots of photos of new foster Baxter giving Kate a run for her money at the bcrescue.org board. You should check out his awesomeness :-P

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  6. "How tall are they?"

    Bella is between 19 and 20-1/4" depending on how she is being measured and by who. Kate is an inch or so shorter than Bella.

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  7. Yay for small Border collies! My Prissy is 27 pounds in good flesh (and YES she's pure Border collie).
    "Border Collie stare not so effective when you look like a Muppet" is pee-in-your-pants laughing worthy. Thanks for this great blog.

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  8. I love the intense look on Bellas face in every one of the pics.

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