My beloved Shelbie is six years old today. Where has the time gone? It seems like yesterday that I brought her home from the Humane Society of North Texas. She was three months old and weighed 11 pounds. Now she weighs 50½ pounds. She is in the prime of life and in perfect health. In human terms, she's an athlete. We ramble twice a day, without fail. When we reach the end of the street, I let her off the leash in the nearby meadow, after which we traverse the school grounds. I walk about a mile altogether. She runs (full tilt) about two miles. Here she is (click image to enlarge), a few minutes ago, in my back yard. A couple of months ago, Shelbie found this football on the school grounds. She carried it most of the way home, which told me that she wanted to keep it, so I allowed her to have it. Some poor kid lost his football; but hey, finders, keepers.
Addendum: Here is my post of three years ago, which shows Shelbie at various ages.
Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D. 