On Oct 31, 2010, at 10:25 AM, Veronica Caley wrote: > David, > > You are so fortunate to have a border collie. I love them. But I thought > they were more energetic than shelties. Mine is about as laid back as border collies come. Possibly this is due to being only half border collie--the other half is whatever the wandering dad was...some sort of retriever, we think. It's an interesting mix; he loves to "work," but he's under the impression that "work" is retrieving tennis balls. The one we had before was a real herder. > They are both old, sick and we will be coming to the horrible time in dog > ownership. At which time I will be a total basket case for a couple of weeks. Those are indeed hard times. Good wishes, David Ritchie, Portland, Oregon------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html