What a joy it is each morning to take these two wonderful dogs (thanks, Karen Thompson) out to work with the sheep. They work beautifully together, and seamlessly. I’m beginning to wonder if they just shouldn’t work together. Red pays no attention to Fate, he does his work in the usual focused and competent way, and  Fate is happy when he is around. She seems to grow strength from him every day.

I have two wonderful farm dogs now, they can go anywhere, and when they work, they work off of each other so well. Something to think about. I’m lucky to have decisions like that to make.