Joey

We have a new  

resident here at the farm.  His name is Joey, and he is a smooth coated collie.  Joey will be 3 years old on Dec. 17th.  He has fit right in with the girls, they all get along great as you can see in the photos.  He even mostly gets along with Tootsie!  Joey came from a breeder in Swanzey, NH.  She breeds both smooth coated collies and rough coated collies (think Lassie).  She had way too many dogs and her husband lost his job so she needed to find homes for some of them.  Joey was a show dog, and has his AKC championship, which basically means that he stands nicely for a judge, and walks beautifully on leash, but doesn't have a clue about any other obdience commands!!!  We are currently working on "sit" and "come" and he's starting to get them.  I'd like to take him to an obedience class but there aren't any locally until November.  Joey is small for a male in his breed, he's about 55 lbs.  He is not yet neutered, but he will be!  (Don't tell him.)  Joey LOVES toys as you can see.  He likes to pull them out of the doggy toy box and surround himself.  He's a good watch dog, keeping track of things by himself, with Echo, and with Rosy.  He takes a lot of cues from them, but has a mind of his own too.  Do you have any idea how hard it was to get a photo of the 3 dogs together???  They don't stay still long enough to get a non-blurry shot!   Joey is about as sweet as he could be, but he is curious about everything and likes to put things in his mouth and taste them.  He always keeps track of where I am in the house and stays very close.  I would not call him insecure, but he just LOVES attention.  I have a feeling that after coming from a place with 20 or 30 dogs, mostly kept outdoors in kennels, being in a home with just 2 other dogs is paradise.