Treacle - I too would love any of those breeds BUT they need a lot of exercise, a lot of mental stimulation (which I am now able to do, hence taking on a foster dog, but when we first got O I worked a lot more hours than I do now) and also quite a lot of grooming! If time was infinite, I'd have a border collie in a heart beat as well as a young Shire horse to start off and bring on, but as things stand, I've not got the time, space or energy to do one justice. Now if I had a farm...
(I've got a Border Collie dog as a client at the minute. He's a lovely lovely boy, but my goodness is he full of beans! He just doesn't seem to have an 'off' switch! At least O, a Lab X Collie, knows when to chill out
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On a TTC note, OH suggested sexy time earlier (just as I was about to get into a nice hot bath - wtf? Men and their timing, eh?) and then when I declined, went on to say "we won't get pregnant if we don't have sex". Yeah I know, but why waste the energy when the little eggy has already been and gone? Might do it just for funsies later, but seriously, why would he choose a moment when I'm mucky and smelly and in need of a good scrub (I've been out riding this morning, hence the muck - I'm not just a tramp...well, not all the time LOL) and also naked...maybe it was the nakedness... to suggest getting jiggy with it? Silly OH.