Ever read about a really amazing fictional dog and started to want one?  Here's what our life with an Aussie is really like:Meet the Dog Behind the BooksIn The Coral Killer, Ruby West's fictional dog is a full-sized, tri-color Australian Shepherd named Angel.  Our real-life dog is a Mini Aussie named Gracie (technically minis are also called American Shepherds).  Gracie is a blue merle (which means she looks like someone splashed white and black paint on a blue-gray dog).

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