Posted by chuck on Jun. 6, 2011 at 10:35 AM
This was supposed to be posted on June 2. However, due to my oversight I did not get it up till today! On June 2 Trevor had his 12th birthday! This is a good old age for a collie and I wish everyone of my collies had attained 12 years....
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Posted by chuck on May. 25, 2011 at 8:54 PM
Today we take a day off to remember Kira and to think about her being with Hallie in Heaven. I will have more to say.... today we just feel sorrow and sadness.
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Posted by chuck on May. 24, 2011 at 8:29 PM
When the phone rang my heart sank for I knew it was way too quick and Kira must be gone. Sure enough..... As I walked down to help my friend prepare Kira for burial my mind went back through the years when Kira and Georgia would go for walks with...
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Posted by chuck on May. 24, 2011 at 6:56 PM
Tonight I received a call from a friend telling me something was wrong with her dog. So I ran down to her house and when I got there I find her Kira laying under a tree and she will not respond even though she is wide awake. The symptoms remind...
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Posted by Bill Zeltman on Mar. 8, 2011 at 10:36 AM
My favorite writer is Albert Payson Terhune and I always wanted a collie descended from his lines. Well, a few years ago we were able to trace our collie lines in depth back to the fabled Sunnybank lines. We were pleasantly surprised and thrilled to say the least. :) Many,...
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Posted by Bill Zeltman on Mar. 7, 2011 at 9:16 PM
I have had several ppl ask about the picture here on Collies In The Meadow. Well, it is a picture that includes the past and the present with the future in it. The collie in the back is Teddy, the last surviving collie from Niamh's time. Below him on the...
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Posted by Bill Zeltman on Mar. 6, 2011 at 7:36 PM
As you can see the picture above was taken at Christmas time many years ago. On the left is Niamh's MIsty Meadow Theodore Roosevelt. Teddy is now and elderly guy here at 10 years old. Of these three collie only Teddy is still with us. On the far right with...
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Posted by Bill Zeltman on Mar. 4, 2011 at 6:12 PM
Here is the latest picture of Walter, Niamh's Misty Meadow Rebel Yell after ripping up a box I gave him to play with. Meanwhile, the other half of the dastardly duo, Rutherford, is coming along with a roll of bathroom tissue we use for cleaning eye glasses, hair clippers and...
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Posted by Bill Zeltman on Mar. 3, 2011 at 7:46 PM
When I showed Ginger the pictures of her 2 nieces and 5 nephews she reached out with her paw to touch the screen. She then proceeded to "talk" in a series of whines, woofs, and various tones and inflections to tell me what she thought! I think she is proud...
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Posted by Bill Zeltman on Mar. 2, 2011 at 4:51 PM
Here is a great picture of Albert Payson Terhune with his wife Anice with Wolf and Bobby in the back seat going for a ride. Our collies love to go for rides, well most of them anyways, and they love to look out the windows and react to the world...
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Posted by Bill Zeltman on Mar. 1, 2011 at 6:45 PM
It is a event we have been waiting for holding our breath in anticipation! Finally, our Ginger's brother Austin became a daddy! At Glendale Farm Collies Apache, a beautiful blue merle had 7 lil puppies and all are beautiful and healthy!!! It is hard to believe out lil Schnap is...
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Posted by Bill Zeltman on Feb. 27, 2011 at 7:00 AM
Through the years I explored many religions, many types of pathways and each of them has left a impression upon my life and my collies. While I a Christian I do believe each pathway holds many truths, insights and helps for the path of life. Years ago I studied Zen...
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Posted by Bill Zeltman on Feb. 26, 2011 at 9:28 AM
Through the years I have written many things, experienced and explored many things. One of my loves is Haiku and below are some I wrote when out with my collies. Some are about the collies, some are jut about what we saw. Haiku and Senryu, which some of these are...
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Posted by Bill Zeltman on Feb. 24, 2011 at 7:20 PM
Skylight hamming it up! skylight wondering who is in there! My name is Mick and I am silly! I'm Trevor and I am going for a ride! Wheeee! I'm Smoke and I love jokes.... Watch how bad I am about to be.... Hope you enjoyed our pics of happy silly...
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Posted by Bill Zeltman on Feb. 23, 2011 at 6:10 PM
For years Trevor has been the ultimate gentleman and one of the best mannered and well behaved collies we have ever had. Alas, it has nto always been so for Trevor when he came to us while being housebroken had spent years in a kennel and had what I called...
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