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Maybee held still for one second (Original Post) MontanaMama Dec 2022 OP
Man - is she ever cilla4progress Dec 2022 #1
Happy day to you too c4p. MontanaMama Dec 2022 #4
Thank youl cilla4progress Dec 2022 #15
Love his Rebl2 Dec 2022 #2
Really? Such an usual name. MontanaMama Dec 2022 #5
What a precious baby! tblue37 Dec 2022 #3
Thank you. MontanaMama Dec 2022 #6
Beautiful tree. Beautiful dog. wnylib Dec 2022 #7
They're such characters. MontanaMama Dec 2022 #9
Mine did not get us up at night wnylib Dec 2022 #12
Great pics! hermetic Dec 2022 #8
It's raining here too! MontanaMama Dec 2022 #10
I think Maybee's brother lives with us. 1WorldHope Dec 2022 #11
I'd love to see Booger! MontanaMama Dec 2022 #22
I would love to show you. Booger is not tri-color like Maybee 1WorldHope Dec 2022 #41
Lovely girl Jilly_in_VA Dec 2022 #13
Borders indeed need jobs. MontanaMama Dec 2022 #23
Beautiful! SheltieLover Dec 2022 #14
what a gorgeous dog. merry christmas Trueblue1968 Dec 2022 #16
Our border collie, Howdy, would bring in cilla4progress Dec 2022 #17
I recently started buying puzzles for Maybee. MontanaMama Dec 2022 #25
Cool! cilla4progress Dec 2022 #32
Merry Christmas MM ! Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2022 #18
Merry Christmas L PMAD! MontanaMama Dec 2022 #26
Guarding the gifts Tetrachloride Dec 2022 #19
Merry Christmas, Maybee & MM!! keopeli Dec 2022 #20
Merry Christmas to YOU! MontanaMama Dec 2022 #36
Beautiful, intelligent-looking creature Artcatt Dec 2022 #21
Oh she is just beautiful! I have two Texas Heelers livetohike Dec 2022 #24
They do keep us moving! You have two? You ARE busy. MontanaMama Dec 2022 #28
Thank you 😊 I needed a smile now Tribetime Dec 2022 #27
Im glad you're smiling. MontanaMama Dec 2022 #29
Ty.... I got my 2 dogs with me Tribetime Dec 2022 #31
Where would we be MontanaMama Dec 2022 #33
Nice dog, nice tree, have a nice day to go with 'em. panader0 Dec 2022 #30
I live in Missoula. MontanaMama Dec 2022 #34
WUNNNNNNNderful photos! calimary Dec 2022 #35
Merry Christmas calimary. MontanaMama Dec 2022 #37
Sweet girl SlimJimmy Dec 2022 #38
Such a beautiful little girl. Happiest of holidays to you both! niyad Dec 2022 #39
Oh, she's ADORABLE! Diamond_Dog Dec 2022 #40

cilla4progress

(25,936 posts)
15. Thank youl
Sun Dec 25, 2022, 05:43 PM
Dec 2022

We've postponed till roads are safe.

Anxious to get to husband's mom over on Olympic Peninsula. ...

Rebl2

(14,736 posts)
2. Love his
Sun Dec 25, 2022, 04:35 PM
Dec 2022

name! Lovely tree by the way.
Once had a dentist named Dr. Maybee when I was a child in the sixties.

MontanaMama

(24,034 posts)
5. Really? Such an usual name.
Sun Dec 25, 2022, 04:39 PM
Dec 2022

I named her after a character in Arrested Development. Also, Maybe it was nuts that I got another corner collie at my age. She keeps me moving and active, that’s for sure.

wnylib

(24,430 posts)
7. Beautiful tree. Beautiful dog.
Sun Dec 25, 2022, 04:45 PM
Dec 2022

Border collies have been my favorite dog ever since I had one several years ago. I like other dogs, too, but border collies have the #1 canine place in my heart.

MontanaMama

(24,034 posts)
9. They're such characters.
Sun Dec 25, 2022, 04:58 PM
Dec 2022

I’ve always had them…when I lose one, I honestly miss the chaos and the antics. Maybee got me up 5 times night before last…only to run like a rocket around the backyard…nothing more, just needed to go nuts. I was exhausted yesterday. Last night she slept all night. No rhyme or reason to it. Bonkers.

wnylib

(24,430 posts)
12. Mine did not get us up at night
Sun Dec 25, 2022, 05:23 PM
Dec 2022

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.



hermetic

(8,627 posts)
8. Great pics!
Sun Dec 25, 2022, 04:53 PM
Dec 2022

I just wanna give that Maybee a big hug. How's your weather today? Can you get out the door? It's raining here, of all things. Hope you're having a most Merry Christmas!

MontanaMama

(24,034 posts)
10. It's raining here too!
Sun Dec 25, 2022, 05:01 PM
Dec 2022

After 3 days of -20 and wind howling like a banshee. We had the whole family in the driveway moving the snowdrifts because we knew the rain was coming. Glad we did it because there would be no moving it today. I hope you’re having a lovely Christmas…glad the storm has passed us both.

1WorldHope

(907 posts)
11. I think Maybee's brother lives with us.
Sun Dec 25, 2022, 05:23 PM
Dec 2022

I didn't know how to post pictures or I'd send a picture of our Booger.

1WorldHope

(907 posts)
41. I would love to show you. Booger is not tri-color like Maybee
Mon Dec 26, 2022, 12:04 AM
Dec 2022

He is black and white. Noha, before Booger was tri-colored. Noha lived to be 17 and we loved him well. Booger is a time keeper. He will not allow my husband to sleep past 6:30 am. And announces supper time, for them, bone time, clean water time. Bone time again,
(has to be at least 2 bones) Then bed time. Then it just repeats, day after day. I love border collies. I really don't deserve them.

Jilly_in_VA

(10,907 posts)
13. Lovely girl
Sun Dec 25, 2022, 05:25 PM
Dec 2022

I once had a half Border named Sam. Couldn't keep him when we moved into the city for obvious reasons. Gave him to a friend of (unlamented) first husband's parents. They had seven kids and lived on 5 acres in the country. They taught him to round up the kids at dinner time, among his other chores. If Border Collies don't have a job, they will invent one, and you may not like the one they invent.

MontanaMama

(24,034 posts)
23. Borders indeed need jobs.
Sun Dec 25, 2022, 06:43 PM
Dec 2022

We’re working on herding chickens right now…but the chickens don’t come out of the coop in winter so that’s more difficult at the moment. Mostly we play frisbee. Maybee only weIghs 34lbs so when she jumps, she is airborne…she absolutely flies.

cilla4progress

(25,936 posts)
17. Our border collie, Howdy, would bring in
Sun Dec 25, 2022, 05:48 PM
Dec 2022

the chickens! We swear he would count them once he got them in their yard to make sure he collected them all!

I really notice those special skills, as our beloved current dog - a Chow Aussie mix - looks at me like I'm crazy when I ask him to help with it!

😅

MontanaMama

(24,034 posts)
25. I recently started buying puzzles for Maybee.
Sun Dec 25, 2022, 06:46 PM
Dec 2022

The chickens won’t be herded in winter so we have to wait for spring to get back to that. The puzzles keep her entertained and busy. When our lab became acquainted with the dog puzzles, she looked at us like we were insane…but slowly but surely she is showing interest in them. When Mabes is bored, she sits in front of the closet where the puzzles live and politely asks for one. The differences in dogs is amazing.

cilla4progress

(25,936 posts)
32. Cool!
Sun Dec 25, 2022, 06:58 PM
Dec 2022

I've been hearing about puzzles for dogs. At first it seemed strange, but I bet it mimics their feral
condition and staves off boredom of highly domesticated life! Keeps them mentally healthier.

There's a lot of awareness around this for horses nowadays.

livetohike

(22,983 posts)
24. Oh she is just beautiful! I have two Texas Heelers
Sun Dec 25, 2022, 06:43 PM
Dec 2022

(ACD/Aust. Shepherd mix). They keep me moving. They are nearly 6 years old and still doing zoomies. Have a merry Christmas .

MontanaMama

(24,034 posts)
28. They do keep us moving! You have two? You ARE busy.
Sun Dec 25, 2022, 06:49 PM
Dec 2022

I love your screen name…Maybee and I hike at every opportunity. Miles and miles…we love to hike.

panader0

(25,816 posts)
30. Nice dog, nice tree, have a nice day to go with 'em.
Sun Dec 25, 2022, 06:53 PM
Dec 2022

What part of Montana. My grandmother was born on the rez in Lodge Grass.

Diamond_Dog

(34,804 posts)
40. Oh, she's ADORABLE!
Sun Dec 25, 2022, 11:35 PM
Dec 2022

Beautiful tree, beautiful pupper! I’m happy she stayed still so you could share a photo with us!

I hope you all are surviving the bitter cold up there.

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