Greetings from Tennessee

[danisgoat]

And there was the incident earlier this week when three boys came running up the street to us when they caught sight of Lerwick, because from where they had been standing at the other end of the street, they had mistaken him for a fox! Boy were they disappointed to learn he was just a dog after all.

Sad story around this. My Aunt used to live in Gallatin, and she was walking along her property on the outside of her horse fence, and her Sheltie was following (as always). Some guy ran his pick-up truck off the road (all four wheels) and ran over her Sheltie! Just ran her over right there! It was HORRIBLE. My Aunt ran over and picked her up, and she died in her arms. He had killed her. They knew the guy lived down the road, so my Grandfather drove down there so angry and the guy said it was a fox and he wanted to kill the fox!!! You can't have foxes around, he says. What It was just the saddest thing ever. It was the day before her wedding, and she didn't even want to get married after that and cried through her entire ceremony and reception. Horrible.

 

[mcemily]

Some guy ran his pick-up truck off the road (all four wheels) and ran over her Sheltie! Just ran her over right there! It was HORRIBLE. My Aunt ran over and picked her up, and she died in her arms. He had killed her. They knew the guy lived down the road, so my Grandfather drove down there so angry and the guy said it was a fox and he wanted to kill the fox!!! You can't have foxes around, he says. What It was just the saddest thing ever. It was the day before her wedding, and she didn't even want to get married after that and cried through her entire ceremony and reception. Horrible.

Wow, that IS horrible! Even if it WERE a fox, to deliberately kill an animal like that... ugh. I would have gotten the authorities involved. There are laws against killing pets. And what awful timing, right before her wedding! I give her lots of kudos for keeping the wedding going as planned, and not rescheduling... even if she did cry through the whole thing.

 

[Calliesmom]

Sad story around this. My Aunt used to live in Gallatin, and she was walking along her property on the outside of her horse fence, and her Sheltie was following (as always). Some guy ran his pick-up truck off the road (all four wheels) and ran over her Sheltie! Just ran her over right there! It was HORRIBLE. My Aunt ran over and picked her up, and she died in her arms. He had killed her. They knew the guy lived down the road, so my Grandfather drove down there so angry and the guy said it was a fox and he wanted to kill the fox!!! You can't have foxes around, he says. What It was just the saddest thing ever. It was the day before her wedding, and she didn't even want to get married after that and cried through her entire ceremony and reception. Horrible.

that has to be one of the worst stories ever

 

[seashel]

Hi and welcome

I think it's definitly worth waiting for the right pup and doing the research. I waited a lifetime but certainly realistically 3 years to get my first sheltie and spent 18 months of waiting before bringing home my new puppy, Epic, a month after you brought home Lerwick.

I love his name. Don't know if you already know but one of the very early kennel names of shelties was 'Lerwick' and probably the best known dog, because he was one of the founding fathers is Lerwick Jarl. So it's a lovely historical name too.

 

[danisgoat]

I love his name. Don't know if you already know but one of the very early kennel names of shelties was 'Lerwick' and probably the best known dog, because he was one of the founding fathers is Lerwick Jarl. So it's a lovely historical name too.

That is great information! Thanks for sharing, I forgot all about that Sheltie.

 

[mcemily]

Don't know if you already know but one of the very early kennel names of shelties was 'Lerwick' and probably the best known dog, because he was one of the founding fathers is Lerwick Jarl. So it's a lovely historical name too.

Thanks for the welcome, Seashel, and for the history lesson! I was not aware of the history surrounding the name, so thank you for telling me. It is good to know that we have settled on a fine old Sheltie name... however coincidentally! I will certainly not worry about his name now.