More about Smoke…..

Another Smoke memory….

For years, Smoke and Lad have had a sort of rivalry that has had its humorous and not so humorous moments.  They competed in everything. Laddie was the faster more acrobatic collie and Smoke was the bigger more powerful collie.  They had a one upmanship going for years and here is one fo the scarier moments of that rivalry.

They used to run around the yard at full speed…. I mean as fast as a collie can run and it was at time scary as they would run very close to things and with all the other collies trying to keep up it would sound like a herd of buffalo running around.

One day as I watched them running full speed side-by-side I saw Laddie bump Smoke and my heart quit beating as SMoke flipped forward and flipped over and over again! The dust flew, all I could see were his feet flopping in and out of view as he flopped like a ragdoll!!!  I ran towards them and all of a sudden up went Smoke’s head and he was grinning from ear to ear….. sigh….  Laddie caught the what for for the move and he knew it was a no-no!

A few minutes later off they went again and this time I swear they ran even harder than ever.  As they raced side by side I saw Smoke make the same move and as I screamed NO I saw Laddie begin flipping…… This time I was furious!  Smoke caught his what for scolding and I am thrilled to say I have never saw this ever done again.

Later that day I talked with my friends who have collies and mentioned it to them and they laughed and told me that their daddy Marcus and his brother Wyatt used to do the same thing too.  However, they would do it along a washout and when they flipped they would roll down into it and would come crawling out of it grinning from ear to ear.  Sigh… so it runs in the family…..

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Would I do such a thing?  Hey Smoke, want to go for a run?  Muwahahahahahahah

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Would I do that?  Sure Laddie, lets go for a run… it will be fun (seeing your body print in the fence) muwahahaahah