He was our first… collie that is. Somedays he drove me to the verge of insanity and others he melted my heart. But, his passing left me devastated. He was a good boy who deserved a long life but God had other plans. MacKenzie as two of our friends guessed was this wonderful collie who taught me much in his short life.
He went through life gleefully loving everyone and everything and gleefully doing some of the most dastardly deeds ever done here at the meadow. But, he is not to blame for them for I did not know a lot about collies at the time and if I had known he would’ve had activities to keep him out of trouble…. It was a learning process and I did all the learning. Someday, if I make it to Heaven I will hold Mac long and apologize for being so ignorant of the ways of a collie. Then with all the others we will run and play… and Mac will get a huge hug for the biggest thing I learned with him is to not leave anyday without making it full of love for you will regret it… his passing so quickly, so early and so unexpectedly left me with lots of regrets…… that I will carry with me till the day I pass…. If only I had told him I loved him one more time.. if I had more patience, if I had known how to keep him busy so he wouldn’t have done his deeds…. if.. if … if…. Oh he knew I loved him and I know he loved me. He was well loved… but there was so much to do, so much to say, so much to experience yet…. if I had done what I do now there would be no regrets…. I don’t know if this makes sense.. but I think it does….
Mac lived several lifetimes in his short time here ……. he was full of energy and he loved his family all the way through it…. he even paid each of us a visiot after his death.. appearing to each of us till I… the last one to see him… in disbelief…. as if he was saying goodbye…. letting us know he loved us. I know he is waiting….till then my old Mac who has been gone for 16 years now…..till we meet again…. I love you!
OUR WINNERS
Our first winner is our wonderful friends from Key West (they have shown their knowledge of the Meadow during our quizzes… fantastic!!!) Sherman and Dog Dad have had their joys, glories and tragedies with their collie family also. It is the way of a collie I guess for they live life with gusto! Full speed ahead and relishing every minute of it too. They live beautifully and sometimes they pass way too young due to that gusto. Key West Collies are our friends and we enjoy their posts! You will too! So please visit KEY WEST COLLIES at;
http://keywestcollies.blogspot.com/
MacKenzie was a unique color for a Mahogany Tri….. This picture was taken on a Sunday afternoon…. 12 hours later he was gone from this earth……But he rollicked through his short life having tons of fun and was so proud of all of his deeds… good and rotten… at the time the rotten ones were unbelievable…. now we laugh as we think about them…. like the time he dug up the Rose Garden….. now it wasn’t a few holes.. it was one big one… big enough that I could’ve drove my pickup into it and buried it. No… it is not an exaggeration… he spent all day digging and when I drove up he clumb up on the huge mountain of dirt surrounding the Rose Garden looking so proud of his mining work…. LOL….. It took me three days to fill it back in… yeah… like I said it was no exaggeration…..
-Now I laugh…… at the time he caught what for… now I would not be happy but I would not have this regret…. for I know they leave us way too soon….. He was much more good than he was naughty…. he loved our son when we brought him home and would guard him daily… looking into his crib and making sure he was okay. If he had survived I believe Mac would have been my son’s dog. I saw Mac’s spirit one night laying on Rory’s bed and he looked up at me and when I turned and saw three collies laying on the floor I wondered who the fourth one was! I looked back only to see him disappear….. I said goodbye Mackenzie and he was gone…… his last act was to look up at me as if to say it is okay…. I wouldn’t believe it if it hadn’t happened to me…
OUR NEXT WINNER
Our friend Bubba, the furries and Mum at BUMPY ROAD TO BUBBA guessed MacKenzie also…… Oh what a wonderful blog they have. Watching Bubba grow up has been a pleasure. I know havent met them but I feel as if I know them. Bubba is growing up so fast and is such a sweetie. I watch as her Mumma goes through the joys, hardships, trial and the joyous pride of raising her Bubba. Ah… I wish I had been able to relish each moment as she is. She is doing it right and I cheer her on for it is no light task raising a child. But, there is nothing like the joys it brings and the joys are there on BUMPY ROAD TO BUBBA! Don’t miss this blog for it will bring light to your day. Someday, I hope to see Bubba grow up into a young woman who will be a great as woman as her mumma…. for there is nothing better than to be a person who love completely, gives totally to empower another person to become all they can be! 🙂 Go to:
Here was Sadie with Teddy whom she adopted when he came here. Sadie was a cranky, grumpy old collie yet when it came to a puppy her mothering instincts came out and she showed us a side we had never seen before….. Teddy is now almost 13 and old and feeble now. But these days live on in my mind….. he is our last link to the old days….. for all of the collies from then are gone except for him….. It seems like only yesterday…… but so much has changed…
Yes they do teach us so much. Glad you enjoyed that our post was “The Lookout.” Hope you enjoyed reading the article as we have this collie feeling that you are a subscriber too.
Sherman & Dog Dad
He was a beauty – inside and out. The perfect collie teacher.