tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post114705605633888464..comments2008-10-08T06:21:43.752-04:00threecolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05811004278088768813noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-4118535819453302422008-10-08T06:21:00.000-04:002008-10-08T06:21:00.000-04:002008-10-08T06:21:00.000-04:00Matt, I was hoping you would see this post. There aren't too many people who remember them like you and I do. The kids think they do but not really.<BR/>Love you! Glad the job is moving along safely.threecolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05811004278088768813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-89769167863465214902008-10-07T20:38:00.000-04:002008-10-07T20:38:00.000-04:002008-10-07T20:38:00.000-04:00Fred, Hi Man the times we had back then with the dogs!! yours and Tennesse Jed. My share of the cracker dogs. they were great!!!<BR/>Also That is the truck that I drove for my drivers test!! It only took me two trys!!!!<BR/>Dilled the first hole on this job today it went well!!!<BR/>Love ya <BR/>MattAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-38056242801583571502008-10-05T20:23:00.000-04:002008-10-05T20:23:00.000-04:002008-10-05T20:23:00.000-04:00Jojo, thanks! and thanks for vising and taking time to leave a commentthreecolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05811004278088768813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-31508982392432712502008-10-05T09:41:00.000-04:002008-10-05T09:41:00.000-04:002008-10-05T09:41:00.000-04:00AWWW! so heartwarming and you had me laughing.jojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10739043673679583206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-10218203961255550032008-10-05T06:50:00.000-04:002008-10-05T06:50:00.000-04:002008-10-05T06:50:00.000-04:00Aussie O, you wonder at what some people do to dogs don't you?<BR/><BR/>Alan this is true, but yours is bluethreecolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05811004278088768813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-37317026848324848292008-10-04T21:03:00.000-04:002008-10-04T21:03:00.000-04:002008-10-04T21:03:00.000-04:00by the way you knew that my first car was a pick-up too right?alannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-70030975842591260242008-10-04T18:55:00.000-04:002008-10-04T18:55:00.000-04:002008-10-04T18:55:00.000-04:00What a wonderful story! Brandy reminds me of a dog my parents used to have, called Randy. He was an abused resue aussie. He was afraid of guns and sticks, but Randy was one the best dogs that we ever had.Aussie Oklahomahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10644359888188042064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-83881390334383120702008-10-04T06:23:00.000-04:002008-10-04T06:23:00.000-04:002008-10-04T06:23:00.000-04:00Paints, I love the BC's but they sure were cool, weren't they?<BR/><BR/>FC. I couldn't imagine life without dogs...it would be so empty!<BR/><BR/>Jan, thanks, reading FC's blog about Bear made me think of them<BR/><BR/>Nita, thanks, I enjoy reading about your dogs too.<BR/><BR/>Alan, Ha! I had forgotten the hair cut....<BR/><BR/>Linda, I don't know what fluke created them (although the original Sparky came from a college cross breeding experiment) but they sure were smart and fun to work with.<BR/><BR/>Teri, thanks, as soon as I was reminded of them I just HAD to write that...it was crazy because with everybody home and a lot going on this place was a zoo. I was scanning pictures and paying taxes and cutting hair and discussing other people's new haircuts and writing all at once. lol<BR/>What color did it turn out to be?threecolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05811004278088768813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-15830149213473491102008-10-03T22:45:00.000-04:002008-10-03T22:45:00.000-04:002008-10-03T22:45:00.000-04:00Heart-grabbing reading. It seems most of us can identify in one way or another. How blessed that dog was to have you. And how your life was changed. Beautiful. Truly. Thank you, it made my day!<BR/>p.s. My geranium bloomed today! What a nice surprise within the wind and the rain and the sun.Teri Conroynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-43623282059378395892008-10-03T20:52:00.000-04:002008-10-03T20:52:00.000-04:002008-10-03T20:52:00.000-04:00Your Cracker sounds like my old Boots dog. Mutts are great in my opinion although I won't part with my Border Collies.Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183448760614051130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-44845611668285809112008-10-03T19:27:00.000-04:002008-10-03T19:27:00.000-04:002008-10-03T19:27:00.000-04:00i miss sparky, she was a cool dog. really hairy too. remember when we gave a "hair cut" poor thing. it wasn't exactly stylish was it?alannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-37962261020288621572008-10-03T13:56:00.000-04:002008-10-03T13:56:00.000-04:002008-10-03T13:56:00.000-04:00Great post, dogs are so special, and so are the people who see the potential in them. <BR/><BR/>Wonderful story and pics.Throwback at Trapper Creekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12418370592659531735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-67458567187115586652008-10-03T12:54:00.000-04:002008-10-03T12:54:00.000-04:002008-10-03T12:54:00.000-04:00What a beautiful, funny post. I love that he only bit humans that you would have liked to.janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07145008534811435024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-11417362044574245792008-10-03T12:45:00.000-04:002008-10-03T12:45:00.000-04:002008-10-03T12:45:00.000-04:00Thanks for sharing that wonderful dog. <BR/>What would we do without them?Floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-9511534268778741532008-10-03T11:56:00.000-04:002008-10-03T11:56:00.000-04:002008-10-03T11:56:00.000-04:00Sigh I miss them!!! I think we need to recreate the Cracker Dog!!!!Paintsmhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05912149407619396384noreply@blogger.com