I almost didn’t bring out this morning, it was so cold, but it takes a strong human to deny a border collie work in the morning, Red’s assignment was to keep the sheep in the barn while we moved  the hay feeders, I didn’t even want to think about what -8 degree ice and snow felt like when you lay down on your stomach, even a dog, but Red did not flinch, I kept thinking about what a dog like this must have meant to a farmer 100 years ago, I know what he means to me now.