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I got my first Border Collie soon after I got married and subsequently have always had at least one and at most three in the house (not counting litters of puppies). Two are in residence now, called Meg and Susie, which explains my chosen screen name of miss meg. They came from a farm in the Lake District, where the farmer was going to destroy them as �they were surplus to requirements�. I was left with no option but to bring them home and adopt them as family pets. They will be 14 years old in June and old age has calmed them down slightly, but they are still capable of terrorising the local rabbits and squirrels.
I only ever had one male Collie and that was when the boys were young. He followed them everywhere and guarded them with his life. If he wasn�t gnawing on a bone, he was nose to the ground tracing their tracks. He loved joining in when they played Hide and Seek. He find where each in turn was hiding and sit nearby looking wistfully at the son doing the seeking and then switching his gaze to the other son�s hiding place! After several �Wimbledon Tennis�- type alternate head movements and the hiding place was soon discovered. He would often be banished to the house for �spoiling the game�!