collie's

“I worry about you, okay?” she says, her face a placemat of concern, like June Lockhart's onLassiewhen Timmie announces he's going upstairs to study for his algebra quiz and doesn't need his genius collie's help.

The Sylvia Plath Foreclosure Sale 2010

Hanes said the bird is using his collie's hair for what else, to build a nest.

CNN Transcript Mar 30, 2007 2007

One portrait of a collie's head by American David Johnson is a kind of doggy cheesecake, with a cloud-studded sky in the background and a far-away, luminous look in the pooch's eye.

Dog Days 2006

Oh, and last, via Kristin at 32 Degrees, there's this excellent story about dogs and language -- especially Rico the border collie's vocabulary.

"you don't have the sense god gave a dog" Gwenda 2004

As I stare into the Border collie's eyes, I think that maybe I should go inside and call the girls.

Excerpt: 1st To Die by James Patterson 2001

As I stare into the Border collie's eyes, I think that maybe I should go inside and call the girls.

1st to Die Patterson, James, 1947- 2001

He couldn't imagine a dog with the collie's spirit meekly submitting to having elastoplast tightly wound round its muzzle.

A Place of Execution McDermid, Val 1999

The warmth of the collie's body and the sound of her contented sighs somehow brought with them the illusion of comfort.

Irresistible Balogh, Mary 1998

She pulled the collie's ears and Lass, contented, padded back to her place before the fireplace.

Irresistible Balogh, Mary 1998

I suppose that this reference to Terhune (the collie's Balzac) will be permanently enshrined in the "Wilson canon" by some future MLA editor either as a precious piece of discarded chaff or, perhaps more significantly, as a vital clue to his creative processes.

Fruits of the MLA Donner, Frank J. 1968