Shadow, sniffing the Sunday morning breeze.

[George McGovern]

[SheltieLover]

1. Reading the morning newspaper

Ty for sharing!

[George McGovern]

4. Ha Ha - Thank You SheltieLover! She always starts with the funnies!

[SheltieLover]

7. Of course she dpes

[Biophilic]

2. Dang, I think Shadow must be one of the most photogenic dogs going.

Plus you do a great job of catching the feelings and atmosphere. Give Shadow a pat for me What a sweetheart.

[George McGovern]

5. Will do Biophilic! Thank you for your kind words. She's an expressive puppydog.

[lark]

3. Your shadow is such a beautiful dog.

Is he an Aussie? With the short little ears and long ear fur and abundant coat, he sure reminds me of that breed. If he's a different breed, please let me know. I studied dog breeds before we settled on getting an Aussie 2-1/2 years ago, there's so many great ones. I'd love to know where this beauty fit.

[George McGovern]

6. Thank You lark. Not that Shadow knows the difference, but she's a she.

We looked into her genetic makeup and found out she is one half blue heeler, one quarter border collie and one quarter combination of golden retriever, austrian white shepard and alaskan malamute.

Shadow was rescued from a barn, one of a litter of ten puppies. Shortly thereafter the pups were listed for adoption online. We made connection and fell in love with her at first sight. She was called something else then and we decided to rename her because she followed us around closely, as though she were our shadow.

I appreciate your interest!

[lark]

8. Dogs can have such interesting interbreedings.

She is absolutely a winner in the genetics category. Since our dog is a genetic anomaly, born of pure bred parents but has a long fluffy tail, while the breed has little short stubby tails, that I've started paying a lot more attention to lineages.

[George McGovern]

9. They surely can!

Do you have a picture of your long fluffy tail dog?

Who is in the picture of your Avatar image?

Thanks.

[lark]

10. Jim Morrison is my avatar.

Unfortunately, I don't know how to post pictures here, but imagine a big medium brown red merle Aussie shepherd with cracked blue/brown eyes, a pink nose and a long "red" fluffy tail. People have sometimes asked if he's a border collie mix because of his tail, but nope, didn't happen.

[George McGovern]

11. I WONDERED if Jim M. was your avatar. What an incredible artist.

I am imagining your dog and he looks quite handsome.

[Mira]

12. OH - an unforgettable catch

it has all a photograph like this ought to have. - Life - Emotion - and the wish you could be there to see it yourself
It's heart stoppingly wonderful

[George McGovern]

13. Mira, you're very kind. Thank You. I'm glad you could see it!

[Mira]

14. Me too - about seeing it

My “bad eye” is minimally improving. I send out vibes and hopes for a full recovery.

[George McGovern]

15. Me too

[Diamond_Dog]

16. What a great photo of Shadow!

I love how you capture your pets’ personalities and interactions with their surroundings.

Maybe Shadow smells bacon and eggs on the stove for breakfast?

[George McGovern]

17. Ha Ha - Now that would be one spoiled puppy. Bacon and eggs slathered on her dog food!

Thank You Diamond. Pets definitely have personalities (animalities?) and are quite sensitive to their surroundings. Like Sophie!