Anyway, we went along to meet the lovely couple who were Toby's owners. He's a cross breed as well but the only part they were sure about was the Border Collie bit - the rest was/is a mystery. He seemed like a joyful little fellow and although he was just under 16 weeks, he was sitting to command and we thought he seemed very intelligent. At the time this was considered a benefit... read on....
Since my daughter was getting married the following weekend we arranged to come back after the wedding as it would be all to hectic to bring a new housemate into the chaos of a wedding. So the following week, we went back to see Toby again. He was packed and ready to go. I was a little surprised and said to his owners "you haven't changed your mind then?" "Oh no, " she said, "we've shed a few tears to see him go but we won't change our minds". She also wouldn't accept any money for him or the expenses they shelled out.
Now anyone who has experience of border collie puppies will now be smiling I'm sure. No money, bags already packed ... the alarm bells should be ringing.
But no we were delighted and off we went with our new baby.
Since he had been living in a retirement flat for the last couple of months, our long garden with lots of overgrown bushes must have seemed like heaven to him. He bounced around and sniffed every blade of grass thoroughly loving it.
The first thing that disappeared was a packet of cigarettes ... where did I put them ... I searched and searched and the next morning found them in the garden chewed. Fortunately all of them were still there so I decided Toby hadn't actually ingested any. Lesson No. 1 - make sure any harmful items are well out of his reach.
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