I'm so excited I can hardly think about anything else. Since December, I've gone back and forth, back and forth and back and forth some more. Should I get another dog or not? After Coral died, my heart ached for another Golden. But I just didn't think that was going to be the right agility dog for me, and that's what I wanted next. I figured I'd get Daisy to trial, get more training under our belt, and then we'd start the serious puppy search, likely for a Standard Poodle.
Until Sunday. Our evening agility lesson should have been perfect. The weather was good. I had good treats with me. I was revved up and energetic and thinking positively. And Daisy just sat there. Didn't want out of her crate. Didn't even want to do circle work or hand taps. Certainly had no drive or motivation to work on our handling.
I knew it was time...for another dog. Stacy kept talking to me about Border Collies, and I just thought of them as neurotic, wild, out of control dogs. A blast on the agility field, but not as a house pet. Except her Jib and Keen are so wonderful, I kept considering it in the back of my mind. Stacy told me about a litter that is due NOW (yahoo!), and Ed said he would only consider a non-poodle as he's afraid I'd have the same issues with a Poodle as I did with Daisy and Chloe.
So....I have a deposit on a Border Collie puppy. The litter should be born in the next week, and ready to go home mid-July. I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!
