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My Sheltie, My Heart

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*This story is not about the collie breed, but a very close cousin – a beloved sheltie!* I had a male sheltie ( sable and white ).  I had named him Prince Albert ( The Albert was after my husband’s middle name).  He was my heart, I actually loved him like my child.  YHe was [...]

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His Master’s Smile

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He had won. He had done his master proud and he had won. It wasn’t that he understood exactly “what” he had done to make everyone so happy. It wasn’t as if he had fought off a raging bear, or saved a lost child like Lassie would have. He hadn’t run for help or chased [...]

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Old Friend

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Looking down at you I realize that there are angels. Your so faithful and forgiving! Once a stray you now stay by my side. I feed you and you feel my need for you. Old friend, you are the greatest gift ever giving. Your soft eyes keep me going in a world that just keeps [...]

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Our Very Own “Lassie”

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I have a smooth collie named Lassie, we got her in Kentucky and paid $200 for her since her mom had 12 puppies & they wanted to find a good home for them. She is registered & her grandmother was pure white. Her parents & grandparents was show dogs. But I just wanted her for [...]

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A Cop Meets a Collie

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It was 1985 and I was working as a police officer in the town of Dixon in Solano County, California. One summer afternoon, I answered a call at a small home to take a report of a theft from a garage. As I was speaking to the resident, we were standing in his backyard. I [...]

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The Honey Jar

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The man and his wife of many years sat at the kitchen table, coffee mugs in hand, the morning paper spread open before them. “Any for sale?” she asked. Every morning, it was like this now. “I don’t know,” he said, adjusting his glasses as she reached for a jar, scraped it clean and spread [...]

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A Special Collie Boy

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We had lost our adored Collie girl in 1994, followed by her also adored Sheltie companion in 1996. We dearly loved them but this is the story of after. For nine months I was sad and did not want any more because it hurts.  My family started to bug me about it.  My Mom, who had [...]

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A Special Collie

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I didn`t take us long to find that we had a very special little Collie puppy…..He was eight months old and was beginning to look like lassie … On the way home with Rob we felt that he bonded with us,he had soft eyes and a very loving innocent way about him. It also took [...]

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