Peoples thoughts on body traits?

[DingoJay]

 I had a dog a few years ago who was a mix of Border Collie and Australian Shepherd.  You would think he'd be a herding fool and bouncing off the walls hyper, but he wasn't.  He was older when he came to me, though.  He was quiet, sweet and polite.  He did love to run with the other dogs but the only time I ever needed to put a leash on him was when we were on a road with traffic.  He tended to lunge after moving cars.




 He was gorgeous!  Apparently, his BC parent had been a "smoothie" and he had a medium-length coat that lay flat with no feathering anywhere.  His tail was about half the length of an average BC's; it was shaped like an artist's brush, complete with a dab of white "paint" at the tip.  He was the general shape of a BC but had the barrel chest, stout legs and big, round paws of an Aussie.  Unlike most BCs, he was rather well endowed.




I would post pictures, but his markings were quite distinctive and he appears elsewhere online.




 He was the dog I wrote "Remembering A Friend" about.  I miss him more than words can express.