She does have border collie in her, but she has a lot of something else too. She looks like a border because she is all black with white speckled feet, but she has short stiff hair like my Jack/Rat, so I think she has some terrier in her. Actually we saw a Katrina rescue dog on the Dog Whisperer one time, and it looked like it could be Shadow's sister. It was a Lab/Daschund mix.
I'll let that combo sink in for a minute. 
Anyway, she's a little bit of everything.
Yes, I was a little dazed when I started. Kinda looked like this guy

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Everyone was very friendly and helpful to get me going.
Hope you enjoy your lunch with grandma today.
Since you were talking about homeless hitchhikers, I have to tell you a sweet story about my DD. She has been reading in their Weekly Reader at school about homeless children. That 13 die every day. Well, this really disturbed DD. She came home one day saying that she wanted us to adopt a "homeless Kid". She had the whole plan worked out, how she would share her room, etc.etc. It was really sweet. I love the heart of children.

The funny thing is I told her if we did it, she couldn't keep calling her "the homeless kid".

Cause that is how she kept referring to her.