The Three Graces and the Chesapeake Bay Retriever

I am so happy to introduce Sasha, the newest author to the dog blog. Sasha hails from the UK, but currently lives in Tel Aviv with her family, that includes her Chessie, Troy. She’ll be posting here now and again and I’m excited to have a fresh perspective from a different part of the world.

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One of the dog garden regulars (note: not a park, because it is a garden behind our local performing arts center) shares his life with three almost fairy-like Collies, who flutter about so elegantly and ethereally, I’ve come to call them the “Three Graces” as based on the Greek goddesses of charm, beauty, and creativity. Whichever celestial part of Planet of Dog they’re from, they have smitten the hearts of many a man, woman and child.

Including that of a bumbly, happy, muddy and wet (alternately) Chesapeake Bay Retriever.

I get a lot of “dog racist” attitude because I’ve stuck to a specific breed of dog, between you and me mostly from people who bleeding heartedly support animal rescue, but don’t even have a pet. But I’m sticking to my guns even though I’m not out there shooting ducks with Troy – that’s his name, by the way. Why so?

Is it the mad butt waggling that’s always seems like an invitation to dance? Perhaps the Tiger-like eyes, which induce a spontaneous outburst of “tiger tiger burning bright”; perhaps the “man at work” attitude when fishing in the sea? The way he attaches himself to a group of kids and its all play play play from that moment on?

It’s all that and more. I met Troy up with another Chessie and their attitudes (the big doggie NOW is highly manifested by Chessies, as their humans will tell you) were in sync; it’s a wonderful genetic pattern, trait, whatever.

And that’s what makes them such great companions, because they put you in sync with that attitude of theirs – and the actual proof is in me as in the last two years I have become bumbly, happy, muddy and wet (alternately).

I never thought I’d wake up dancing.

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All photographs were taken by Sasha. Visit her wonderful images on Flickr.