New cattle dog Nyx added to the household Collie-Brigade!

We were driving around last week looking for something to do and I was reading the local newspaper and saw an ad for 2 month old Blue Heeler/Black Lab puppies free to good homes. Now having just a week earlier having said no to another Border Collie-Rottweiler mix from the same place we got Zipper, I really only wanted to see what the puppies looked like since we now had 3 dogs in the house.

We found our way to the farm and got a look at the puppies parents, both of whom are working cattle dogs and looked to be quite good at their jobs. I hadn't seen the puppies yet and this got me thinking that they could be really good dogs. I happened to have stopped at home and grabbed a puppy leash and seat belt harness just in case of course. When we got into the yard, all the puppies were outside but they all but 1 jumped underneath the sheds and hid. I grabbed the one who was curious enough and had stayed out, and had Darren fish out the next nearest one from under the shed. OMG they were so cute! and I really should know better than to pick up a puppy. She looked like one of the best of the litter and didn't freak out too much being handled and looked at. We compared her to the other one we'd grabbed and decided she was the better of the two. So I snapped on the seat belt harness and leash and put her in the truck. Done Deal!

Our hope is that this puppy turns out to be a much better cattle dog than our shepherd husky cross Hera who doesn't get why our collies run around all the time herding things. The new puppy has been named Nyx, and once she got over being taken away from her litter mates, she started exhibiting great curiosity and boldness and began to follow us around trying to herd us. Perfect! I think she'll turn out really well. Here's some pix of her: