Facebook page.Big shocker, it was a failure and they sent all the pups out as pets. This happened after I lost touch them - and then I got a call from the shelter of this very tiny town with a group of "Belgian shepherd/collie mixes". Yup, they had adopted those pups out INTACT.
Lynn and her littermates seem to have been Golden mixes. Many looked just like their parent's litter though.
Lynn had strong herding instincts in her youth. But she has mild CHD. So at nearly eight she has assumed couch queen status. I trained her in public access manners with the thought that I would be letting her take my Border Collie's place as a mobility dog for me. But then the CHD came up.
So, one of my relatives who is a Marine came back from overseas with some serious doldrums (I will not go more into that). I told him he needs a blonde girlfriend to ride in his convertable with him.
I miss my Lynn terribly though. And I still need a mobility dog - my need is pressing, in fact. So I've been watching the rescues. I actually have been volunteering with Mal rescue. It seemed impossible that such a rare breed as a DS would need an adoptive home like mine. My friend bought her one dog overseas. The sire of Lynn's mother was from some fancy pants kennel in the Northeast.
I saw a lot of calls for help with Dutchies on the Mal list though. And I realized that my first love really is the brindle babies.
I applied for a girl in Virginia this week. I don't know whether it will work, but my app is in now. So there's a stripey pupper out there somewhere for me....
