Posted by floatingbridge on September 9, 2011, at 22:27:00
In reply to Re: Thanks » floatingbridge, posted by Dinah on September 8, 2011, at 22:48:44
Dinah, you threesome sounds wonderful. I especially enjoyed this: If I fuss at him for barking at the back fence neighbor, he'll jump up and attack the fence in total silence, which is absolutely hilarious.
This is your sheepdog? It could be my spaniel. She is very silly and cannot abide a squirrel. Whereas, in his younger days, my doxie would run every squirrel into the trees and bark up at them leaping, our spaniel will only run to an invisible line she's drawn on the property and bark until I tell her to shush. She barks at birds too, but abides the chickens just fine. She is usually excluded from the hen run because of her predilection for disgusting substances she seems to find absolutely delicious. Mind you, she rejects cheese (?). She takes it if offered out of politeness then delicately drops it.
She has never hurt a bird, but I feel with her temperament and breeding she would be both an excellent flusher and gun dog. (That takes a soft mouth.)
I would thinkna sheep dog would be very strong willed. But maybe it's more like fixated, since they seem so built to work.
I love that you've had the joy of extra time with your 'ferocious' or was it 'feisty' Maltese. Dogs really blossom when loved.
Between my son and two dogs, I rarely get alone time in the restroom. My doxie is old and sleeps most of the day, but every so often he would jump into the bath with me. I never figured out that impulse. Hazel, the young spaniel delicately laps the bath water. I have given up chastising or even trying to prevent her. (It's not soapy or perfumed--just water.)
I'm very glad you have your companions :-)
I dig a pony.
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