Our Old English Sheepdog Miracle (Mirra for short) is our constant companion, and a great traveling dog. We got Mirra soon after we lost our male Old English Sheepdog Buster. Buster made it to the ripe old age (for an Old English Sheepdog) of 13. My husband and I were heartbroken over loosing him. We lost him right before I retired, and we had our first big post-retirement trip scheduled - a winter in Arizona, then stops along the way home in Texas and the Florida Panhandle and Keys. I couldn't envision making this trip without my Buster, and just had to get another dog to ease my breaking heart. We searched for a dog that was old enough to travel with us but was still a puppy, and lucky for us we found a breeder in New Hamshire that had a 41/2 month female that she had decided she didn't want to show and would sell. Anxiously, we went to pick Miracle up. She greeted us by jumping up on us and licking our faces all over, something we have now gotten used to and call a "mugging". She jumped into the car with us and I could tell from the trip home that she was going to be a wonderful traveling dog. She has accompanied us on all of our trips since, and has brought us so much laughter, joy and love. Here's a cute video of Miracle's first encounter with Sheep that I put on YouTube.
Cute dog. I liked the video. It appears that the sheep knew what to do even if Miracle wasn't too sure.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry about your loss of Buster. My dog Sam (Sampson, because he kept breaking chains) was with me from the time I was in elementary school until after my first child was born. He's been gone for over thirty years and I still mourn for him.