Glenna Girl

This is my "puppy girl". She is an Australian Shepherd and the coloration is called blue merle. She does not have any blue in either eye - which means she is a few points off perfect - whatever that means. I love her enthusiasm and her smarts - although the later can be frustrating because she thinks for her self.

I was running errands in Eureka a few years ago and saw a couple walking with their 'Aussie' down the street. I could not help but comment and compliment what a fine-looking dog they had. Both humans gave me the 'I don't know you-why are you speaking to me look'. I felt brushed off and deduced that they were not from the area. I went on about my errands and ended up in need of a cappuccino so I stopped and went in the nearest coffee house. When I came out - there were the same threesome - the Aussie and it's two owners. They sat at the table next to me and being a total Aussie-lover, I apologized for disturbing their peace earlier but that I love the breed so much I could not help myself. This time they were not so nervous and we started up a conversion. They told me a tale about another fine-looking and VERY smart Aussie they had seen in the redwoods a few days earlier. They went on to tell me that the dog was not just with it's female owner, but with a whole school bus full of children. I asked them if the bus had the name Orleans on it. It turns out I bought my Glenna-girl from a woman who lives in and drives a school bus for Orleans and that their description matched Luke (the school bus dog) perfectly! That couple was a little freaked out that by pure happenstance, the dog they had seen in the forest was the sire of MY dog!!! I could tell that they were from a large city and didn't expect such connections. Its a small world sometimes.