The Old Ones - DailyPetPhotography submissions | Day 306

Tommy, the old one, The Man,

in his prime. He lived fourteen years.

Ted the Red Heeler, the Pistol,


was an iron man, a cyborg, a speeding bullet, but he started slowing down around age 13 and died at age 16. He was our neighbor's dog, but there is no fence between us, so Ted staked out a place on our deck. Tommy never fell for Ted's terrorist routine and calmly, coolly ignored him. In this photo, both of them are in their final years.

Blaise and Bailey

joined our family when Ted was already age two.

Ted outlived both of them by an additional two years.

Our daughter posted this at Facebook:

Those cattle dogs are a tough breed!

Our collies were rugged, outdoorsy, adventurous creatures, both of them considerably larger than Ted, but he didn't care. He terrorized Blaise with his rocket routine and Blaise, the chicken boy, would come running to my side. Instead of playing Lassie, he wanted me to protect him. Bailey, his little sister, put up with none of Ted's nonsense. He never got the best of her.

Prince and Bear are now two years old

and totally different from our first two collies. A breed apart, almost!

My husband painted portraits in chalk pastel

of our babies, including Blaise and Bailey.

Our daughter Claire at age 16 painted Bailey grooming Blaise:

Our babies!

Canine, feliine, and human, we love them in all their stages, and want to keep them with us forever.

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