Amanda
2011 Specialized Epic Comp 29er | Specialized Phenom | "Marie Laveau"
2007 Cannondale Synapse Carbon Road | Selle Italia Lady Gel Flow | "Miranda"
You don't have to be great to get started, but you do have to get started to be great. -Lee J. Colan
I have a "puppy" again finally!
Meet Luna (I think that's going to be her name anyway). She's a ~4yr old Border Collie x Australian Cattle Dog. Smart as a whip and HERDY! Man, this dog has more cow than any of my "cow horses" ever dreamed of having. She was found as a stray in Utah and shipped to Colorado where I picked her up from my local humane society.
She's already made herself at home and seems to really love ear rubs. She'll even flop over with her head in my lap if I hit the right spot (after only 2 hrs out of the shelter!).
I'm gonna have an energy/herding challenge on my hands, but I'm looking forward to it, and I think she'll encourage me to get out and do more. Seriously thinking about trying agility. I think she could jump the Moon if you hung a tug toy from it!!
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Oh, beautiful dog!! Sounds like you two were made for each other.
My new kitty Suki flops over on her back too when you rub her ears just right....and then she gets a belly rub. I know how endearing this is in a newly adopted 'baby'.
I bet you are 'over the moon' with joy over 'Luna'.She's soooo gorgeous.
Lisa
My mountain dulcimer network...FOTMD.com...and my mountain dulcimer blog
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MartianDestiny, Luna is beautiful! She should meet my Shiloh (although I think he's Border Collie and English Setter).
@ tulip, that's a really cool dog!
These are my little mongrels. Just after we moved in.![]()
My cycling hero: http://www.cyclinghalloffame.com/rid...asp?rider_id=1
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My photoblog
http://dragons-fly-peacefully.blogspot.com/
Bacchetta Giro (recumbent commuter)
Bacchetta Corsa (recumbent "fast" bike)
Greespeed X3 (recumbent "just for fun" trike)
Strada Velomobile
I will never buy another bike!
My cycling hero: http://www.cyclinghalloffame.com/rid...asp?rider_id=1
Hi! Thanks for asking about my mare. The photo is from 1973---I had her from 1978--1994. Her name was Red Apron--here's her online bio.
We loved her soooo much!
http://www.saddlebredmemories.com/e-...catalog11.html
Fit and Fabulous on a Bike...Decrepit on a Horse!
My photoblog
http://dragons-fly-peacefully.blogspot.com/
Bacchetta Giro (recumbent commuter)
Bacchetta Corsa (recumbent "fast" bike)
Greespeed X3 (recumbent "just for fun" trike)
Strada Velomobile
I will never buy another bike!
Yes, I do believe you are correct.
The "thinking" has more to do with trying to decide which avenue to try first: agility, frisbee competitions (she already does the half backflip, turn in mid air, and catch trick on her own...), or trying to find somewhere she could actually herd.
First and foremost will be some obedience classes though.
Today she decided the water bowl was for her to stick her foot in and paw and I got to mop the floor.
I do not have a geographically or financially stable enough life to warrant getting pet(s) yet but I do have bikes! Bikes are like pets, right? You love them, take care of them, take them out for rides and in return they serve you well. Sometimes we rescue ones that other have discarded. Some of us name them.
I can't wait to get a dog, thoughBut for now, I only have bikes...
Ana
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2009 Lynskey R230
Trek Mountain Track 850