The Border Collie Chronicles
Observations from (arguably) the World's Smartest Dogs;
(but, without question, the bestest friends!)
or, Life As We Understand It, as told from dad's shop.
Posted September 8, 2016
But ... I Do!
By Bubba and his sisters (and a
little help from Billy!)
You know that dad likes to say ... "Life is MORE BETTER than good!" And all of us BC's buy off on that!
Even ol' Merritt agrees and she has just had her first (and we hope last) tangle with a rattling stick! The snake was so small that it couldn't even rattle yet - there was only one button! But the bite still swelled her nose up quite a bit (she went to Dr. Ted's twice ... Sunday AND Monday morning ... dad says that they see us coming - but we all know that they are just providing great medical attention, and we DO DESERVE IT!)! She's just fine now, and the little fella is in "snake heaven" ... mom-D wrangled it with a stick from a planter while she hollered for dad - who came with a pistol and a shovel (he wasn't sure where the little boogger would be) - the shovel turned out to be the tool of choice!
Anyway, while we were lounging around with Ms. Merritt
(helping her to recuperate, don't you know), we got to thinking about some of dad's
sayings and trying to figure them all out - or at least make some sense
out of them! We noticed dad moping around and whining about
something the other day … and for no
good reason that we could tell!
(I mean, what does he have to mope about?
Surrounded by four adoring Buppies like us!!
Anyway, I decided to write him a little poem (well, with a little help) … maybe it will keep him cheered up for a while …
Like My Dog
He never tells me that he's sick of this house.
He never says why don't you get off that couch?
He don't cost me nothin when he wants to go out.
I want you to love me like my dog.
He never says I need a new attitude.
Him and my sister ain't always in a feud.
When I leave the seat up he don't think that it's rude.
I want you to love me like my dog does Baby.
When I come home, I want you to just go crazy.
He never looks at me like he might hate me.
I want you to love me like my dog.
He never acts like he don't care for my friends.
He never asks me where in the hell have you been?
He don't play dead when I wanna pet him.
I want you to love me like my dog does honey.
He never says “I wish you made more money”.
He always thinks that pull my finger is funny.
I want you to love me like my dog.
He don't get mad at me and throw a major fit.
When I say his sister is a bitch!
I want you to love me like my dog does baby.
When I come home, I want you to just go crazy.
He never looks at me like he might hate me.
I want you to love me like my dog.
All of us BC’s love dad more than an ol'
poem
and wagging tails can convey[ii].
And we know that he thinks pretty
highly of us, as well!
With Love,
Bubba and the BC’s
Some Bubba Quotes:
No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversations as
a dog does.
Christopher Morley
If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where
they went.
Will Rogers
In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't
merely try to train him to be semi human. The point of it is to open
oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.
Edward Hoagland
If dogs could talk, perhaps we would find
it as hard to get along with them as we do with people.
Karel Čapek
A truly rich man is
one whose children [or Buppies] run into his arms when his hands are
empty.
Unknown
You don’t own a dog, anymore than you own your life. If a dog has any intellect, you are best to treat your relationship with your dog as a partnership. It is all right that you have a majority ownership in the partnership – just remember that it IS a partnership. He (she) does have the option of quitting you.
Dad
[i]
Actually, "Like My Dog" is a
song recorded by American country music artist Billy
Currington. It
was released in October 2011 as the fourth single from his
album Enjoy Yourself.
The song was written by Harley Allen and Scotty
Emerick (not Bubba).
You can watch Billy and Paco’s version here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6xeFrDo0ao
[ii]
Happy Birthday dad!
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