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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I had a Blue Heeler mix and it was the easiest dog I ever had. Extremely polite, always aware of us around her, super easy to train. Such a beautiful darling and left a pretty high standard in my head of what a dog should be when she finally died of old age.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

The contrast between yours and the previous reply haha.