Wildwood Press

Tired and sad the next day, I tried to keep busy, think of other things—anything but Bonnie Lass. But that was impossible. No matter how hard I tried, my thoughts kept going back again and again to the little pooch that so recently pranced into—and out of—my life.

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When Mary arrived to pick up little Bonnie Lass, the little sheltie was delighted to see her. I must admit I felt a little jealous about that. But I had to remember that Bonnie would soon be Mary’s dog—not mine anymore. I’d picked the perfect home.

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Not only was the whole family—except Bonnie—tired, they were also getting ornery. Not getting enough sleep will do that, we all quickly learned. Jim’s long face was nothing compared with the long-nosed stares I kept getting from the resident shelties, Ginger and Carrie. I was beside myself. Finding a new home for Bonnie Lass started [...]

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Phyllis and her granddaughter Alexandra had planted a few pumpkin seeds out in Grandpa Jack’s garden. The plants were growing nicely, but slowly. Halloween was right around the corner and Alexandra was worried about having a big enough pumpkin to bring to her pre-school Show & Tell. Phyllis was worried about Alexandra being disappointed so [...]

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We’d barely left the condo when little sable and white Bonnie Lass—predictably—became extremely anxious. Outside of a scary ride as a tiny pup in a plane from her breeder in Kansas to her condo home in Michigan, she had not been inside a vehicle. Here she was in a strange vehicle with two strange people. [...]

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Read about the wonderful dogs I grew up with in my new book, A Tree Grows in Trout Creek. There’s a border collie named Bippo in the story called No More Pets. Calling Coyotes is the adventure that led to my being allowed to get the dog of my dreams. The story Crossing Bridges is [...]

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Here’s another great shelties site: www.tiptail.com! Tip Tail is about three collies, one border collie, dog training, agility, flyball, dog training and collie rescue. And the human behind it all is Cynthia! Take a look!

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This adventure started with an email from our friend Bob who had received an email from his friend Nancy who worked in a veterinary office. An elderly couple, both in ill health, was looking for a home for their tiny two year-old Shetland sheepdog. My friend wanted to know if I knew of anyone who [...]

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Sometimes, I forget these TV couch potatoes of mine were actually bred for working. But, when they decide I’m the only thing around here that even remotely resembles a sheep, they remind me that they really are working dogs by going directly to work. It happens every day! When I try to get from one [...]

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When my friend Phyllis retired from a twenty-one year career in Financial Operations at the University of Michigan, she didn’t wonder for a second how she would spend her days. Her dreams of being a full-time grandmother would finally be fulfilled. That she would also have time to redecorate the house and knit to her [...]

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