{"id":5227,"date":"2015-01-01T15:20:40","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T23:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stormtiger.com\/collie\/bestiary\/?p=5227"},"modified":"2015-01-01T15:24:34","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T23:24:34","slug":"grateful-for-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stormtiger.com\/collie\/bestiary\/2015\/01\/grateful-for-the-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Grateful for the holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"

The holiday season is finally coming to a close, and I find I have a great deal to be grateful for. One random side thought: Good heavens, new houses take a lot<\/em> of time and effort! ;)<\/p>\n

I’ve already written about our lovely kittens, but I do have two cute new photos to share before I talk about my wonderful new pup. So here’s Tessa doing her camo thing…<\/p>\n

\"Camo-Tessa\"<\/a>
Camo-Tessa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

and Manda playing the part of the cat in the Far Side cartoon — somewhere a deliriously happy dog is yelling, “SCOOOORE!”<\/p>\n

\"Cat<\/a>
Cat Fud in dryer! ;)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Also included is a shot of a rather tired-looking Manda with her (nearly fully grown & still nursing) kittens for comparison purposes, from the shelter. She has filled out so beautifully since then!<\/p>\n

\"Manda<\/a>
Manda & kittens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So! Now, without further ado I present my lovely Goldie Girl! :) Our new pup is actually a 3 year old rescue dog. She’s a lightly built, nearly 50 pound, blonde mixed breed with big soulful chocolate eyes…<\/p>\n

\"Aren't<\/a>
Aren’t you going to pet me?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

and the cutest little “dragon whiskers” around her mouth — which is what I call the short, soft barbels around her mouth, since they look rather like the whiskers painted on Eastern or Chinese dragons. We were initially told she was probably a golden retriever and standard poodle mix. I think they guessed poodle because she’s got rather curly fur on top, though the vet says it’s not the hypoallergenic poodle type of fur. Thus the more I work with her and have her around other people and dogs, the more I suspect they were right about the golden retriever, but the other half is more likely something like borzoi (Russian wolfhound), or some other sight hound.<\/p>\n

At one of the dog parks we frequent there’s a woman who breeds borzois, and she pointed out several things I didn’t know, in fact, which led me to conclude there was a borzoi somewhere in Goldie’s ancestry. For example, she noted how Goldie is pale, but has dark pigment all around the eyes — as you can see here, as she models for the camera.<\/p>\n

\"Goldie<\/a>
Goldie posing beautifully<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Apparently that’s a breed-trait of borzois, as is also the nice, high arch of her spine and neat tuck-in of her waist. There’s also the fact that when Goldie wants to run, she runs<\/em>! -and pulls away easily from all the other dogs.<\/p>\n

This is the two of us about to step into our new house for the very first time:<\/p>\n

\"Entering<\/a>
Entering our new home!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

and here she is in the back yard, looking all adorbs…<\/p>\n

\"Adorbs-Goldie\"<\/a>
Adorbs-Goldie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

and finally, a shot of her in her beautiful new little hiking pack that she got for her Solstice present!<\/p>\n

\"Goldie's<\/a>
Goldie’s Solstice backpack<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alas, her gorgeous new peacock-feather-pattern collar doesn’t show under the bow I tied around her (long-suffering, but appeased with treats!) neck… but you can see her dragon whiskers in this shot!<\/p>\n

So! That’s enough of me being the doting new puppy-mom. Enjoy! -and a very happy holidays to you and yours. Namaste! :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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