I loved watching Lassie save the day, and rescue poor little Timmy from his latest perl each episode. Collies were the most popular dog back in the early fifties, and they were certainly my favorite dog, too.
Our family dog was a huge collie mix named Bonzo. He was the darker colored collie, mixes of browns and black, and then some almost cream colored hair on his legs. I was an only child, so Bonzo was also my closest friend, and he didn't even seem to mind when I gave my Suzanna doll rides on his back.
I was also horse crazy, and Trigger was my favorite horse ! He always understood just what Roy wanted him to do, and managed to save Roy or someone at least once in the show every time. Or he would also help trap the bad guy, Trigger was usually pretty good at that because none of the bad guys thought they had to worry about being caught by a horse ! !
