Pets

but he definitely was a character. He was mostly my dog. My husband got a Beagle-Bassett mix who was a 2 year old stray. Very hard to housebreak and teach house rules to, so the border collie monitored him and ratted him out to us whenever the hound broke the rules. LOL.

The hound was also an escape artist from our fenced in yard so the border collie ran after him to round him up.

His incredible intelligence and vocabulary, plus ability to read body language and assess context made me feel like he was a mind reader. He was always in sync with us but also made his own independent judgments when necessary.

To top it off, he had a beautiful shaded sable and white coat that resembled a shorter haired version of Lassie.

I was much younger then and able to keep up with his energy level. Doubt that I could do that today.