Murph was the bounciest most playful puppy in the litter, probably
not the best criteria to use, when choosing a terrier pup. As I was
soon to discover when I got him home and he turned out to be a
dog in perpetual motion. After he mellowed out a lil', he turned
out to a real sweetheart of dog.

I fell in love with Maddie the moment I saw her. She was very
mellow for a terrier, but still seemed very inquisitive and so
lovable. She came right up to me and crawled into my lap. I
was a goner then and still am. She's the most spoiled of my
three dogs and she takes full advantage of it.

I really never much cared for the look of Collies, due to their
long nose, so I always dismissed them from consideration.
But when I started searching breeds for a big dog to add to
the family, I decided, except for grooming requirements, not
to concern myself with looks. The two dogs that I seemed to
always keep coming back to were the Collie and the Golden.
All things being equal, I finally decided on the Collie, because I
loved the unique look of the blue merles.

So off I went in search of a puppy. Spent months surfing the
internet and finally stumbled on a really cute female blue merle
smoothie. I talked to the breeder and it turned out she was
already taken. She only had 2 puppies left. Both male. One
a Sable and White and the other a Sable Merle. She said both
were similar in personality, friendly, playful and sweet. Again
all things being equal, I picked Oz based on his spots. I didn't
realize he had blue eyes until after I'd picked him. So as fate
would have it, instead of a blue merle female, I ended up with
a sable merle male with gorgeous blue eyes. And as usual
fate was right.

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