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I have two pet dogs. Looking at the photo's you would
find it hard to believe they were brother & sister.
They were both born on or about 10th February 2000. This is
an estimated date as they were abandoned as small puppies. They are out of a litter of seven that were dumped. I could only
take in two of the litter, but I'm sure the others were found good homes as they were under the care of "the rescue puppy
centre", based in Warwickshire.
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Ellie
Ellie along with her brother has a mixture
of Collie X, Setter and other mixes in her make up. She is a very placid girl and she loves to be fussed, played with, taken
over the field and of being the centre of attention. She is the brainy one out of them and she nearly always takes the lead
when it comes to getting into mischief.
Although placid she is very protective of her brother, the house, garden and
me. Even though she looks as though butter wouldn't melt in her mouth, she is more than capable of looking after herself and
is a very good guard dog when left unattended.
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Formby
Formby was named after my hero George Formby.
He is a mix of Collie X, Setter, Alsation and Rotwoiller. He is a very loving dog, but is short of intelligance. He has had
to taught everything as he can't pick things up by himself.
Now I have taught him how to play he likes nothing more
than to go over the field with his ball. He relies very much on his sister for guidance but he also is a very good guard dog.
He looks out for Ellie, myself and the house when unattended. I trust him immensly as a pet & guard dog but I wouldn't
like to meet him if he were alone & I was a stranger.
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Both these dogs had a bad start in life, having being
left abandoned to die cold and hungry. They have however overcome their terrible start to life and now seem happy and content
with their lives. To begin with they were both shy and withdrawn, but after alot of loving care and attention they have developed
into healthy, stong and very loyal pets.
At one stage, after having replaced the panel fence
with chain link (both torn down by Formby) and after having a "Dog behaviour expert" examine these two, we were very close
to having to decide whether we could carry on with them or not. As we both love these two to bits, we decided to give them
one more chance. Looking back we are glad we did, as they have both been great fun to have now that they have settled down.
Ellie & Formby both enjoying the snow Monday
February 21st 2005.
As you can see by the two photo's, they each seem to take it in
turn to watch while the other jumps up to try and catch the snow.
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