The thing about having one I.W. is that you're spoilt ever after for any others...well, no not really
but their temperament is so gentle & willing to please. My husband says he wanted a lion cub when he was small & this is the next best thing ....(?!) But then he tells others that having tall dogs saves him from having to bend down to cuddle them. Lazy or what?
We do have to be "aware". Like when they are playing in the garden, there is a circular route they chase each other round the house, very fast and yes, exactly like two express trains that wouldn't be able to stop in a hurry. If we, or one of the little Borders, happen to be in the way---beware! I usually hide behind my hubbie....wimp!
Bracken is the most gentle & unassuming one we've ever had. He's unbelievable. If we need to give him tablets, we wrap them in cheese and offer them to him. All other dogs in the whole world would grab it from you & it's gone, together with your hand or a finger or two on the way, right?? (depending on how they were dragged up by their mum).
But he will open his mouth and wait for you to put the whatever it is in...then he might drop it in case you didn't actually MEAN to give it to him...which might get dodgy because the other vultures know this might happen and could (and do, given the chance) grab it from the floor before you can pick it up...so we must "take measures"-- like remove the vultures in advance
He's the same with treats etc. And the same with baby birds or rabbits that he might pick up from curiosity. He will give them to you from his mouth without having harmed them in any way, & they can be set free. They might have been just washed a bit
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