Conversation with Amy

Amy follows a lot of dog pages on Facebook.  One of those pages asked the question: "Can you identify your dog?"

So, Amy, in our discussion about this, went on to say that Echo had a "white star" on her face, and "socks".  She, then, asked me to tell her which sock was lowest on Echo's legs.

I told Amy the following:

It wasn't a "star", per se, it was a sliver of white, above her brow.

The lowest "sock" is on her left hind leg.

She is white, with an overlaid mask, "jacket", and tail of blonde.   At the crook of her tail, she has a spot of black/merle ... that's what makes her a "sable" collie. ... Also, while her tail is blonde, Echo has a white "flag" at the end of it.

Right in the middle of her hips she has a spot that, while "blonde" is darker than any other blonde on her body.

While her eyes are hazel, in her right eye, at "9 o'clock", as you look into it, exactly, there is a spot that is "ice blue".

Her skin, under her fur, in what would be a person's arm pits, and at the top of the inside of her haunches, has what I call large freckles.  They are black.  Amy calls them "liver spots".

... Oh! between her "mask" and "jacket" of blonde, over the white, there is this ... peninsula of blonde on the left side of her neck. If you look down from her head toward her backside, it looks kind of like the Korean Peninsula ... or the shape of the state of Delaware.

The interesting thing about all of the above is that, while Echo was in the room while I was saying this, she was not in my line of sight.  I had, shortly before this, turned my head opposite of where she was laying, and didn't turn to look at her, in this conversation. ... Just to prove my point. and I didn't have to say it.

While I couldn't see Echo, Amy was near Echo, and Amy was in my peripheral vision.  She checked Echo for what I said, after I said it.  Because, I, apparently, brought up some details that she had never noticed before.

Amy's final conclusion: "You know your dog."

I refrained from shouting: "DUH!?!?!?" because I'm not stupid.

Our 28th wedding anniversary is in 20 days.   I've learned a FEW things in that time. (grin)

Life is Good

On November 17th of last year, I posted this: http://echoservicedog.blogspot.com/2012/11/wow-change-of-perspective.html

Do the following, in order: 1) follow the linked song; 2)  read the text below the video box CAREFULLY.

While we haven't succeeded in completing all the training that I hoped we would, at this point, I AM "her veteran/Dad", and she IS the brightest spot in my life.

By the way, way "my little girl/puppy" will become "my little girl/dog" in 12 days.  On the 14th of June, Echo will be a year old.