She looked as if she had survived a famine. I could count every one of her ribs. But on my ranch, she thrived, and never left my side
had not intended to get another dog. I already had three collies: Raleigh, Randolph and Byron. Ridiculous names for dogs of Scottish heritage. For generations, our family had embraced only this one breed. I have a picture of my grandmother, taken in 1930, with a collie in the front seat of her Studebaker roadster., and had plenty of room for more dogs. When my dearest friend, Artie, asked me to foster a stray she had picked up on the Nogales highway, I didn’t see why I shouldn’t.
My collies were affectionate but their love wasn’t unconditional. They wagged their tails and licked my hand, fully aware of their own charm. They were like hopped-up teenage boys. At sundown they would run with the coyotes, only dragging themselves home at daybreak. That was the free life a dog should live, and could live in that open country. These dogs slept all day, completely uninterested in going on hikes with me – unlike Reina. She never ran ahead, and walked at the exact pace that I did.
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