So yesterday we picked up Pippin from the rescue centre.
He's an 18 month Kelpie Collie cross, and is absolutely beautiful.
I've got some photos of him here, but none of them can really do him justice! His coat is really interesting (though not that obvious from the photos). He's mainly grey, but has a darker black streak down his back. Brown flanks, vaguely mottled with black. White toes and belly, and light grey legs. Perfect colours for roaming the woods!!
As you can see from the third photo he looks fairly similar to a mini wolf.
He's a bit of a naughty lad at the moment, and doesn't know his name, but we've only had him for a day and he is already learning fast (like real fast - he's so far appearing very intelligent). As you can guess from his breed cross, he has a lot of energy, but settles down ok after his exercise.
So yea, a lot of work needs to be put in. But I'm sure he'll make a great companion, especially for ranger-type activities. He's terribly afraid of water at the moment too (I've had to carry him over streams), but we're working on it. He'll hopefully be doing the Pennine Way with me this coming year, so making sure he stays fit is a priority!
