A Young Boy's Dog

For a young boy in 1951 things were not going right. School friends I had none, had no one to turn to. Knew that my dad had a great collie named shep. Loved this dog so, as he loved me, even more. I had been down to my dad's farm many a time, shep and me would play on and on for hours and more. One glad day my dad paid my mom and me a visit, said how would you like to have shep for your to keep? My mom said yes and I of course became the happiest kid in the world. Not knowing all the fun that this dear dog and I would share for many a, year nor many memories, this loveable friend would give me. wrote 8-27-08 NOTE HERE Dad gave shep to me because he said that he was a chicken killer and an egg sucker he told me, that once a dog did that you could never break them. and if i didn't take shep he would have to have him killed. Many years later I did break shep of these things. My dad could not believe it. He told me shep must be one special dog. You know what dad, He was.