Scottish Terrier Champion Roundtown Mercedes of Maryscot ( Sadie to her family and friends ) won Best in Show at Westminster last night. If I didn’t have a nasty head cold I’m sure I could come up with several pithy statements about how she is a Scottish Terrier and Scotland is the home of golf, so of course this information belongs on a golf blog. But any pithy statements are lost in the cotton that currently occupies the space where my brain used to be.
I liked this:
Rangel kidded that his relationship with Sadie was like a marriage. "I'm happily married," he said, "as long as I say, 'Yes, honey.'"
If you’ve ever known a Scottie you understand exactly what he was talking about.
In another article there was this:
Frei agreed, saying Sadie is a typical terrier. "It's her world and we're just living in it," he joked.
If you’ve ever own….ah, lived with a terrier you know exactly what HE was talking about.
I’ve lived with many. I live with one now. Scottie’s may be cute, but they are a bundle of sturdy determination and they don’t suffer fools. At All. As long as everything goes their way, life is good. When things don’t go their way you really have your hands full. It’s much easier on everyone if you just go along. The Irish Terrier ( which is what Jigger is ) is just as sure they rule the world, but they are a bit more patient and sneaky. They are very good at letting you think you are doing what you want, while making sure you are actually doing exactly what they want. As long as things are going their way they don’t see the need to actually point out to you that they are in charge. Scottie’s are much more direct in their attitude. They make sure everyone knows they are in charge.
Each terrier handles the I’m-in-charge-here issue a little differently. But the one thing they all have in common is the fact that they are in charge, and the sooner you figure that out, the happier everyone is.
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