
As he grew, we realized he was going to be a good blend of the two breeds; the size and mellow attitude of the golden, with the colors and hair of the Aussie. He was smart, and beautiful, and after going through several dogs over the past few years, none of which really fit us, its seemed we'd finally gotten lucky.

Tad named him Zip, after the Australian blue healer in the movie 'Last of the Dog Men', Tad's favorite movie of all, but as he got older, we realized he wasn't all that zippy. He was very laid back, but he did love to play with sticks! He would chase anything you threw but would only bring sticks back.
Not much room left for Tad....
This was taken about halfway up Mt. Lewis, looking out on Reese River Valley, where we live.
Tad was teaching Zip to catch treats off his nose.
Derek's mother was very sick with stomach and intestinal cancer, so we all packed up and went to visit her in April of 2004, she passed away on June 4th that same year.
Zip rode in the back of the Suburban, while Tad had the back seat to himself. At one point, Derek had went off the road just a bit and hit the rumble strip, scared Zip so bad he jumped into the back seat where Tad was stretched out. Zip landed feet first in Tad's groin. We all laughed at Tad's discomfiture. Neither he or Zip thought it was too funny at the time :)
Zip loved horse grain, and didn't really care that Jasper loved it too....
That same trip to Arizona to see Derek's mother, we came home by way of the Grand Canyon. Wonderful memories!
Me, Jasper and Zip, ready to go for a quick ride.
This is on Mount Moses, just me Derek and Zip on this trip, just wandering around the mountains.
Tad and I used to do this a lot, he loved looking at the stars.
They are together now, I think. It is a comforting thought.
Rest in Peace Zipper!
3 comments:
It's good for you that Zip stayed with you after Tad was gone. He wanted to make sure you would be ok before he went to joint his Boy.
RIP Zip.
You have a lovely farm dog.tu
What a handsome boy and how fortunate you were to enjoy him for 14 years, which is actually quite long in dog years. I hate the parting but I loves my dogs so deals with the partings :( So sorry.
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