It was perhaps inevitable, Liam, one of our wethers, came up to Gus, who stood his ground and got a head butt that caused him to yelp in surprise and back up. it was hot and buggy in the pasture and the sheep were irritable and anxious to get into the pole barn, where they are out of the sun and away from most of the bugs.

Gus backed up but didn’t run off. He wasn’t hurt, just startled. Liam does this to Red once in awhile, but regrets it. Gus was more shocked than frightened, many of the ewes are his good pals now.

The life of the farm dog, Gus is a bit wiser today, and I think Liam may be a nip on the nose soon. He took up position on the red bench and held court afterwards.