Sam (Generalette Samantha Grant) was acquired through Great Lakes Border Collie Rescue,
shortly after we moved into our Ann Arbor house in 2003. She was
not a pure Border Collie, there was clearly a "fence jumper" of some
kind (Keeshond or Samoyed) in her background, but we did not
care. She literally adopted us---when we went to where she was
being fostered, as soon as she was let out of her crate, she went to
our minivan (we had left the side door open), jumped in, and made it
very clear she was not leaving! She could be aggressive, but not
in a bad way---she simply objected to anyone (human or canine) walking
on the sidewalk in front of our house. She was diagnosed with
bladder cancer in 2014, fought through it for over two years, but took her
last trip to the vet in 2016.
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