Sometimes I think there is a secret scheme launched by the donkeys and the sheep to throw Red off his work and rattle his self-control. He has been butted, ignored by lambs, blocked by Liam, nosed by Pumpkin. Simon tried more than once to stomp or bite him, and Lulu and Fanny are on a new campaign to stand in front of him, block his sight, sniff his butt, push him aside.

Red has so far resisted all of these challenges, I could not figure out what Lulu and Fanny were doing, but Red is not distractable when he is in the pasture, he can not be thrown off of his game or deterred. I do not know a lot of dogs who would keep their eyes on their work while two donkeys were nosing his rear end.

Red did not blink. I wish I could focus my life like that.