IT AIN'T EASY BEING A FISH .. OR A POOL

My puppy is insane. I have proof.

She seems to have a particular psychosis related to all things aquatic. Again, I have proof. Below, is a pic of Terra punishing her pet fish. I'm not exactly sure what transgression the fish is guilty of. But this may be extreme and unusual punishment.

In the High Court of Boder Collie justice, there seems to be no leniency, or no reprieve. Terra is quite steadfast in her treatment of the guilty fish and really, expresses no guilt whatsoever.

In the video below, you will see Terra's disdain for seafood extends beyond mere fish. Apparently her stuffed squid (know as Calamari) is also in need of a good need of discipline.

Then there is her pool. As seen in previous posts, Terra loves her pool. Perhaps too much. Lately she has taken to splashing around in the pool and barking incessantly. Quite frankly, my puppy loses her mind in that pool. That pool is, indeed, border collie crack To the point, we decided to empty the pool of water, since that seems to be a trigger for her to go totally berserk out in the yard; amusing at my birthday party, but not so fun for us and the neighbours at 7 in the morning.

Of course, like any addict, Terra does not take too well to going cold turkey. Detox can be an ugly experience.

I guess we have Terra well enough trained that she won't vent her anger on us. So the pool bears the full brunt of her fury. Why something just six months old has so much pent up rage I'm not sure. Maybe it stems from the lack of free running sheep in North York. At any rate, if you thought the poor fish had it rough, the pool may now qualify for workman's comp.

As you will see in the video, Terra's little discipline session with the pool went on for a good length of time. But, Terra is still a female after all. And part way through, she suddenly realized that the pool could be used as a lovely hat.

After her brief fashion foray, Terra remembered her mission and, even angrier that the pool tried to distract her with haute couteur, went at it with even more ire.

I should be careful posting these pics. I'm expecting a phone call from Amnesty International any minute now. So I will move on to the video. I have to put a Viewer Advisory on this one. Some of these scenes may be inappropriate for smaller above ground pools.

Aqua Terra from Victor Kellar on Vimeo.

THE PERILS OF BORDER COLLIE CRACK

When last we left Terra she was in her pool. Well, this new post features her new pool. And as you will see, I shouldn't leave the TV on the Home Improvement Channel, apparently Terra picked up a few tips ...

But the video starts with Terra and her new BFF, Major. Major is a gorgeous German Shepherd, about a month younger than Terra. This is their second meeting but they have since become a regular item, or maybe "going steady". Well, to be honest, this is more like some kind of Battle Royal grudge match or something. Terra pretty much taught Major how to wrestle. When they started, he would just sit on her but she used her long back legs to kick him into submission ... then Terra realized that a month younger or not, Major is a ... German Shepherd. Once he got his wrestling skills down, he was able to pretty easily out power her. So Terra discovered a border collie's secret weapon: Speed. And agility. You'll see some running in this video, but Terra has advanced far beyond that by this point. It's not just her speed, it's her ability to cut sharp corners and to change direction with dazzling speed. Well, to be honest, she is not yet always dazzling. I swear her legs grow an inch over night and it's difficult for her to keep up with the growth.

Then on to the new pool. The pool may be Terra's border collie crack. She goes a little nuts in there, herding the ripples and tossing the water up so she can catch the drops on the way down The problem with that is that it sends her into some kind of soccer-hooligan frenzy. You'll see in the video she has already pretty much chewed the rim off her new pool. We've actually had to put it up when we're not in the yard to supervise her. With water in the pool, instead of having a quiet afternoon in the yard, we get a canine version of Robin Williams on cocaine, just lots of frantic energy and noise.

Her other new fave obsession are squirrels. Birds too. In an open field, birds on the grass are as compelling to Terra as .. well .. beer is to me. Terra saw a squirrel in the back tree once. And she is now convinced that he's there every time she goes out. Maybe he is, but the way she attacks that tree, if he's still in there, he must have rent control.

So here's the little video, just a few random sequences strung together. A technical note: There's about 10 seconds of black at the beginning of the thing. Some day I need to hire myself an editor.

Terra & Major from Victor Kellar on Vimeo.

SPLISH SPLASH

Just a short post and a video at the end of it. Terra is almost four months now, weighs 24 pounds and is slowly taking over the entire universe .. if she learns how to purchase kibble on her own, we may be in trouble. I don't want to be superfluous to this dog.

As we go on and she is getting older, Terra is discovering more and more and having more new experiences. As we are getting into the warm weather, it became time for us to open our doggie pool .. well, not exclusively a doogie pool, on occasion it has been used my many semi intoxicated drunk people to cool their feet in, at my birthday party. Miss Hayley was not impressed. Of course, now she has to share her pool with the puppy ...

Terra took to the pool like .. well, like a border collie to water.




Now, Miss Hayley loves her pool and of course she loves the Beaches and of course she loves the beach at Springhaven Lodge .. but all that water is good for playing in, not swimming. Will Terra like to swim? We'll have to wait and see.

But she sure liked the pool. As she walked around it, she created ripples and of course she had to try herding the ripples ...





and when she discovered that the water was coming out of the hose, she tried to take that right out of the pool ..




I am border collie, I shall control you ..

At one point Collette took the hose out of the water and was spraying it and Terra decided it was great fun to catch the water, even leaping in the air to do so. So yes, the pool is a big hit.





Here's the video, Terra at the beach and with her trusty lifeguard, Miss Hayley.

Pool Girl from Victor Kellar on Vimeo.