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Really, are these dogs great or what?

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By Donna Littlejohn on February 9, 2009 10:28 PM | | Comments (0) |
First up is the Australian cattle dog, "Stitches."  "Tough, no-nonsense dogs." 

Australian shepherd -- really an American breed. Copyright, what a cool name. His handler has gold lame sensible shoes.  There's a look. 

Bearded Collie. Scottish. I LOVE these funny dogs. I remember seeing one in a sheepherding trail. He was so not interested in the sheep, he just wanted to bounce around and play. 

Here's a new one to me -- a Beauceron named Leo. Guess this is only the breed's 2nd year at Westminster. From France. 

Belgian Malinois. Beautiful dogs, used in police and security work. 

Belgian Sheepdog -- message carriers on the battlefields during WW I. 

Wow, that judge looks serious. Scowling. 

Belgian Tervuren -- Smart dogs. 

YAY. the border collie -- "Legendary" sheepdogs. Indeed. Smart, almost in an evil way the announcer says. Border collie owners must be smarter than their dogs. Well no wonder things are such a mess in my household.

Buvier: Pushy dogs. 

Briard: Official dog of the French Army. Pigtails for ears. Lotsa hair.

Canaan dog -- Israel's only native dog, probably 3,000 years old. Re-domesticated in 1935.

  

 

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Daily Breeze reporter Donna Littlejohn has shared her homes with a succession of wonderful, funny, and occasionally difficult canines -- Muffin, Fritz, Ellie, Mercy, Pilgrim and now Cowboy, an Australian shepherd-border collie, and Tess, a border collie. From strong-willed terriers to weirdly obsessed Australian shepherds, they've invaded her world with boundless energy, wet noses, muddy paws and soggy tennis balls. But they've really brought so much more than that -- like laughter and joy, some unexpected life lessons, and more than a few tears along the way.

E-mail Donna at donna.littlejohn@dailybreeze.com.

Josh Grossberg grew up with the usual array of animals: goldfish, dogs, hamsters, parakeets and turtles. He now owns the loudest dog in the South Bay(Video: Rocket the Dog) and is the least popular person on his block. He spends his free time in dog parks, pet shops and always has an extra plastic bag in his pocket just in case. He also has a cat.

E-mail Josh at josh.grossberg@dailybreeze.com.

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