Doggie's Anniversary, part II

Yesterday was the official date of Doggie's anniversary and her mom once again told her story to the BML. Today and in the last post I'm going to let her words tell the story.

"I came home from work and there were two dogs in my pasture.

Since the normal attitude of people around me is to allow dogs to roam I assumed they were a neighbors dogs and if I shooed them out of the pasture they would be on their way.

Benji and I headed out to shoo them away. One a very large yellow lab looking dog took off as fast as it could ki-yiking as if I had beaten it silly. We were not even close to it. The other smaller brown dog was furiously trying to force it's way through the corner of the stock fence. I figured if I called and tried to get it to follow it would make it out the gate. I spoke to the dog and it snarled at me.

Well, fine! I turned with Benji and left - find your own way out then and I hope the horses don't kill you before you do!

The dog followed us.

By the time we got to the house yard it was playing with Benji and Benji was quite happy to oblige. It would not let me near it though. I figured it would be on it's way sooner or later.

It spent the evening in the wood rack on top the firewood with it's nose pressed against the glass watching us watch TV. In the morning it appeared to be gone....but as I pulled out of the drive there it was sleeping on the welcome mat.

This continued until Friday when Don got home from work before me and the stray ran all around him acting as cute as can be playing with a stick...so he fed her. He always accuses me of attracting strays and feeding them.

So, if the dog is staying until we found it a home, it was going to stay in the house because it - who I now discovered is a she, was killing all my chickens. She could not be trusted outside alone.

The search for her home - new or old was on. In November, with no home yet - she came into heat so Don agreed - got her spayed and up-to-date on shots. By February, still no home and no head way in the chicken killing. We decided one more month and we would have her put to sleep.

Don't know if it was because our attitudes toward her changed....but in that month Doggie did a 180 and became a different dog. She became Doggie.

In 2006 she lost her mentor Benji. she also helped me raise baby geese that summer and we met Nancy Knarr and the Blue rock crew at the end of summer. Miranda Sue was Doggies favorite. Miranda was very kind to Doggie and I think a bit like Benji for her."

to be continued...

Doggie learned to trust people and became a fixture on Don's lap at night.

Helping hatch out the chickens, proof how far she had come.

and the geese as well

In 2007 she took up sheep herding even allowing George, the ram to come in the house.

Clearly the sheep respond well to Doggie's brand of herding.