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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 7431901" data-attributes="member: 19675">On other pets and their shenanigans...We have had a series of Border Collies since 1986, as many as 3 at one point, but usually 2.  Supposedly, “collie” comes from an old English, Gaelic or Welsh word for “helpful” or “useful “.  Makes sense, seeing as how they’re used as working dogs.  For the most part, OURS have been...house princesses.But our current younger one is trying to live up to the name.  She’s 6 years old, but from 6 months on, she has always wanted to be of assistance, even when an assistant wasn’t needed.She earned the nickname “Helper” while I was putting a new toilet seat on our guest bathroom.  Just as I got the screwdriver and pliers properly aligned, her little fuzzy self stepped over my prone body to inspect what my hands were doing, occasionally looking back a me.  “What are we doing?” was clearly the question on her mind.Since then, “Helper” has stood on my back while I was working in my Mom’s closet, updated the system software on Mom’s iPad, done some data entry in the family business’ accounting program, and answered a robocall on speakerphone.  (The robot did NOT understand Doglish.)Yesterday, while Mom was on the home phone, her cellphone started ringing.  I started rummaging in her purse for the phone, and just as I spotted it, “Helper” decided to augment my digging efforts.  Three times, she whacked the phone out of my hand, foiling retrieval.  We missed the call.</blockquote>

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