Border Collie

The first dog I ever really remember is a dog my parents got from the dog pound at Ft. Benning, GA. He was a purebred Border Collie. We called him Fluff...I don't really know why because Fluff was not a puppy, while Fluff is definately a puppy name!

Fluff was full grown when we got him. He was a beautiful black and white and did have lots of fluffy hair around his neck. The Border Collie is a very intelligent, active dog and Fluff fit right in to our life. We lived on what my parents called their Mini-Ranch, which consisted of about 5 acres of property with a few cows, horses and an occassional goat. Fluff was the canine king of the ranch.

My dad would cut hay with a local farmer and would take Fluff with him. That dog loved to ride in the truck! He loved to ride on the trailer! Fluff would climb the hay bales to the top (and they stacked those things HIGH) and he would ride perched atop the hay with his hair blowing in the wind, tongue hanging out, almost eating the wind!

Next post will be the introduction of Fluffs mate.