Comments on: Shelties I Have Known: Merlin http://SheltieTales.com/2007/10/14/shelties-i-have-known-merlin/ The World Of Rescued Shelties Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:38:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: SheltieJim http://SheltieTales.com/2007/10/14/shelties-i-have-known-merlin/comment-page-1/#comment-11387 SheltieJim Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:16:44 +0000 http://SheltieTales.com/2007/10/14/shelties-i-have-known-merlin/#comment-11387 Chuck, thanks for your comment; even after almost 12½ years, I still miss Merlin terribly. I've lived with literally hundreds of Shelties since then, but Merlin will always be my true Heart Dog. Cherish every day you have with Bouffie. Relationships like that don't come along every day. Don't get me wrong, I was seriously in love with Annie, a blue merle Sheltie (gone for several years now) who sometimes seemed to channel Merlin, and I adore my Abby (young and healthy). But it's never going to be the same. People ask us all the time how we can stand to lose them; many people won't ever have a second dog because the pain of losing the first is just too great. My answer is easy: the joy and the love make it all worthwhile. Yes, my heart breaks and I die a little...or a lot...every time. But I live with so much joy and love because of my Shelties. Chuck, thanks for your comment; even after almost 12½ years, I still miss Merlin terribly. I’ve lived with literally hundreds of Shelties since then, but Merlin will always be my true Heart Dog.

Cherish every day you have with Bouffie. Relationships like that don’t come along every day. Don’t get me wrong, I was seriously in love with Annie, a blue merle Sheltie (gone for several years now) who sometimes seemed to channel Merlin, and I adore my Abby (young and healthy). But it’s never going to be the same.

People ask us all the time how we can stand to lose them; many people won’t ever have a second dog because the pain of losing the first is just too great. My answer is easy: the joy and the love make it all worthwhile. Yes, my heart breaks and I die a little…or a lot…every time. But I live with so much joy and love because of my Shelties.

]]> By: Chuck McPhail http://SheltieTales.com/2007/10/14/shelties-i-have-known-merlin/comment-page-1/#comment-11361 Chuck McPhail Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:33:25 +0000 http://SheltieTales.com/2007/10/14/shelties-i-have-known-merlin/#comment-11361 What a great accounting of your life with a wonderful Sheltie. I too have a Sheltie named Bouffard(Bouffie). I love him so much! He is my rock. I never knew about Shelties, almost up until the time i got him 2 and a half years ago when he was 9 and a half weeks old. Now i don't know what i'd ever do without him. Your story sort of broke my heart and makes me wonder what i'll ever do if i out live my little guy. Thanks so much for sharing this with us. What a great accounting of your life with a wonderful Sheltie. I too have a Sheltie named Bouffard(Bouffie). I love him so much! He is my rock. I never knew about Shelties, almost up until the time i got him 2 and a half years ago when he was 9 and a half weeks old. Now i don’t know what i’d ever do without him. Your story sort of broke my heart and makes me wonder what i’ll ever do if i out live my little guy. Thanks so much for sharing this with us.

]]> By: St. George Utah Real Estate http://SheltieTales.com/2007/10/14/shelties-i-have-known-merlin/comment-page-1/#comment-5046 St. George Utah Real Estate Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:48:24 +0000 http://SheltieTales.com/2007/10/14/shelties-i-have-known-merlin/#comment-5046 What a great story. You really pulled me in; very touching. It's amazing how close we can become to our pets; they are wonderful. What a great story. You really pulled me in; very touching. It’s amazing how close we can become to our pets; they are wonderful.

]]> By: Melanie http://SheltieTales.com/2007/10/14/shelties-i-have-known-merlin/comment-page-1/#comment-1030 Melanie Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:48:01 +0000 http://SheltieTales.com/2007/10/14/shelties-i-have-known-merlin/#comment-1030 My husband and I have a Sheltie and just love it. He was extremely easy to train and very smart. Not, only is he are great dog to play with he is also a pretty good guard dog. Loved the story! My husband and I have a Sheltie and just love it. He was extremely easy to train and very smart. Not, only is he are great dog to play with he is also a pretty good guard dog. Loved the story!

]]> By: Dog Training http://SheltieTales.com/2007/10/14/shelties-i-have-known-merlin/comment-page-1/#comment-909 Dog Training Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:42:10 +0000 http://SheltieTales.com/2007/10/14/shelties-i-have-known-merlin/#comment-909 Such a perfectly written story. I think evetryone has a time like this in their dog owning lives and it is the worst time. I loved reading this story, somehow it made me think im a better frame of mind about other pets ive losti nthe past. thanks. Such a perfectly written story. I think evetryone has a time like this in their dog owning lives and it is the worst time. I loved reading this story, somehow it made me think im a better frame of mind about other pets ive losti nthe past. thanks.

]]> By: Dog Training http://SheltieTales.com/2007/10/14/shelties-i-have-known-merlin/comment-page-1/#comment-159 Dog Training Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:52:46 +0000 http://SheltieTales.com/2007/10/14/shelties-i-have-known-merlin/#comment-159 I still grieve for a dog I had many years ago. Certain places remind me of him frolicking around. These wonderful creatures certainly know how to touch our hearts. I still grieve for a dog I had many years ago. Certain places remind me of him frolicking around. These wonderful creatures certainly know how to touch our hearts.

]]> By: cindy colbert http://SheltieTales.com/2007/10/14/shelties-i-have-known-merlin/comment-page-1/#comment-78 cindy colbert Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:08:54 +0000 http://SheltieTales.com/2007/10/14/shelties-i-have-known-merlin/#comment-78 Ah Jim, Merly was one of the funnest dogs I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. I loved walking him, Ellie and Candy together, they all wanted to be the inside dog, they would switch places and hardly drop a step. People used to stop and ask me how I taught them that trick. (I used to watch Jims dogs in both Utah and Colorado.) Merlin always wanted to be helpful, he would carry things around for me. I taught Rockie the same trick and everytime he does it I think of Merlin. What you forgot to mention and probaly forgot as you were usually in the ring with him was that he was a pleasure to watch working- unless of course he was mad at you for some infraction then he was so sly at sabatoging his score. Still laugh when I think of him timing your out of sites so perfectly. Thanks for talking about him. Cindy Ah Jim, Merly was one of the funnest dogs I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. I loved walking him, Ellie and Candy together, they all wanted to be the inside dog, they would switch places and hardly drop a step. People used to stop and ask me how I taught them that trick. (I used to watch Jims dogs in both Utah and Colorado.)

Merlin always wanted to be helpful, he would carry things around for me. I taught Rockie the same trick and everytime he does it I think of Merlin. What you forgot to mention and probaly forgot as you were usually in the ring with him was that he was a pleasure to watch working- unless of course he was mad at you for some infraction then he was so sly at sabatoging his score. Still laugh when I think of him timing your out of sites so perfectly.

Thanks for talking about him.
Cindy

]]> By: ML http://SheltieTales.com/2007/10/14/shelties-i-have-known-merlin/comment-page-1/#comment-60 ML Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:52:27 +0000 http://SheltieTales.com/2007/10/14/shelties-i-have-known-merlin/#comment-60 When I read "He was perhaps the greatest single influence on my life after I became an adult" I could relate. Penny was the same for me. What a great post about a great dog. When I read “He was perhaps the greatest single influence on my life after I became an adult” I could relate. Penny was the same for me.

What a great post about a great dog.

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