But sometimes pushes the envelope in the heat, he tears around the pasture looking for mice and chipmunks and comes out of the marsh with a very long tongue and heavy panting.

I don’t like him to be out in the heat too long, BT’s don’t have the long noses border collies have to cool the air they take into their lungs, they can overheat easily.

I got Bud to sit down this morning, and then let him into the house, he gulped down a lot of water and keeled over to sleep. He is a sweet maniac, but a maniac nonetheless.