I dunno. Am I the only one that researches and analyzes to death and agonizes over choosing the right dog (more or less losing sleep over the decision)? I am so paranoid of making a mistake and having a nitemare on my hands and it would absolutely kill me if I ever had to give away a dog. I feel I have limitations on dog experience and training ability, that I have to be very careful. I see all the behaviorial issues on this forum and others, that people have to deal with and after Oz, I just know it doesn't have to be that way. I look at other dogs, but I find myself circling back around to Smooth Collies.

And this may be veering a lil' off the subject, but my only possibility, slim though it may be (in 2 yrs, I think I've seen 2 smoothies in rescue here), to get a Smoothie is through rescue (I've yet to see one at the shelters here) and I seriously doubt they're going to adopt to me, regardless of the fact that I have two of the happiest, most well adjusted guys you'd ever want to meet. I work all day and even though they're mostly inside dogs, I will leave them unsupervised in the backyard, fenced though it may be. So I usually just look at the dogs in shelters vs rescue, but that leads to a whole scary unknown factor, of what their temperaments and health might be.

I dunno we had a nitemare dog when I was a kid and I do not want to relive that experience. I have stressful job, so I really don't need a stressful home life. I give Oz and Murph big ole kisses on the head first thing everyday when I get home for being so wonderful.

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