The dog in the family - how we love her!

Our border collie is a little long in the tooth and surely, she doesn't have much time left.

She is so considerate, and so sweet, her passing will be a blow to our family. We love her immeasurably. She controls us completely - and we don't mind a bit.

When she was a pup, we introduced her to "the dot" - a laser pointer. Since that time, she has been hunting the dot - up stairs, down stairs, in containers - everywhere. When we're too lazy to walk her, we have her scampering up and down the stairs, pursuing the elusive red light that she can never capture or control.

Even in her arthritic old age, she cracks us up with her devotion to nailing the dot.

Aren't collies lovely? I will miss her when she goes.