Category: Our sheepdogs and pups
And as though border collies weren’t enough . . .
Chihuahua Alfie has his own say in Alfie’s Blog! We now have Great Dane and Deerhound Lurcher dogs to contend with! There are two other dogs here that aren’t sheepdogs, including a Great Dane and Deerhound Lurcher. Lily the Great Dope! Lily is a Great Dope (I mean, Great Dane) and Eris is a half-Deerhound lurcher. Eris (whose name is borrowed from the Greek goddess… Read more.
As if we don’t have enough collies around the place already!
There are too many Border Collie sheepdogs around here, for my liking. A nice man, who trains farm dogs for sheepdog trials, drove all the way from Powys a few days ago. What’s more, he brought some Border Collies (yawn) for Andy to see. They seemed to spend the afternoon chasing sheep into pens and then chasing them out again, and getting very wet in… Read more.
Female border collies causing chaos as usual!
As usual, it’s the female border collies causing chaos here… The yard has been in chaos all weekend. Some of the girls have come into season (apparently that’s what happens when females live together in a group) and they can’t play with the other dogs out in the field. Don’t they make a fuss when they get left behind! Complete disarray and confusion! What is… Read more.
I’m a chihuahua, get me out of here!
Alfie the pedigree chihuahua – our token sheepdog! I think it’s time to put the record straight. The Border Collies around here are getting the impression that they’re somehow important. Just to explain things, I’m a Chihuahua called Alfie, and with my friend, Chester (a Papillon/Chihuahua cross – I prefer to think of him as a mongrel) it’s ME who keeps things together here at… Read more.