Our first blue, aptly named Dingo, showed up a little under a year old at our first property here in MO. Neighbor was going to take him to the pound as a stray, we said no, we'd take him. That dog loved everyone, everything and no fence could hold him. We rescued 5-3 month old reds from a local Amish puppy farm. Sidney, Ben, Rocki, Diesel and Varna. Sid died when she was 16 months old from Pythiosis a very rare and incurable parasite infection that isn't even supposed to be here in Missouri. The other 4 have been a real adventure. They hate cats, our other two rescues, Buck (border collie/hound) and his half sissy, Spot, (border collie/Jack Russell). well, actually, Spot loves the boys and hates Rocki, Rocki hates Spot because Spot hates Rocki. Buck just hates everyone. And the four reds hate all small animals. Hate might be an overstatement. They just play things to death if they can catch them. Rabbits, squirrels, moles, mice, possums, chickens...cats.....They are probably far more genetically Cattle Dog than Dingo was. As a result, we divided the house in two. Buck Spot and the three cats on one side, the cattle dogs on the other. Makes live interesting but keeps the vet bills down, LOL.
I'll have to hunt up pics of them.
This is Varna at Halloween. He's short, stocky and all attitude:
View attachment 4266887View attachment 4266892Right to left, Ben, Diesel, Varna and Rocki. We were told Rocki was a boy, until the next day when DH lifted her up and I noticed the plumbing didn't match what we were told 'his' name was Ox as that pup was just huge and fat. We changed it to Roxanne but that didn't suit her.. One day I called her rock head and that stuck as Rocki. She is a sweetie.
