Real stories, muddy paw prints, so many dogs, and never enough caffeine.
Eight border collies. Yes, really. No, I’m not running a rescue or a farm. Yes, I know that’s a lot of dogs. This blog shares real stories about life with Border Collies: expect chaos, laughter, muddy paw prints, and all the dog hair that comes with it. Welcome to Borderline Insanity.
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Welcome to the Insanity
As I sit here trying to write (which doesn’t come easily to me, if I’m being honest), I can hear one dog snoring, another one is scratching annoyingly impatiently at my closed bedroom door, and it sounds like at least 3 are playing tag in the backyard, complete with ecstatic, chaotic, (probably) neighbor-irritating barks. I
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Bananas
My son Gus had told me that he wanted either a baby brother or a pet monkey. I said No to both. And then one night, when my husband was leaving for work at 3 am, he came back inside to tell me that there was “an enormous, soaking wet dog on the porch.” Awesome.
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The Dogs That Came Before
So, here’s the thing. Dogs will steal your heart. But eventually, they all will break it. Nobody likes to think about it, but when you first say hello, you are also inevitably going to have to say goodbye. If you’re lucky, you’ll have years. Maybe even a decade, or a decade and a half. But