Bud is Red’s security detail when he’s out with the sheep. Red is partially blind now, and doesn’t see the sheep the way he used to. When the sheep give Red menacing looks (they didn’t used to dare) Bud moves in between them and stares the sheep down.

I’ve not seen a dog do this before, and Boston Terrier’s are not known as herding dogs. I have a farmer friend with a BT, he says he moves the cows around, nipping at their heels if they don’t behave or go where they are supposed to go.

He is agile enough to stay away from their hooves, he says. I don’t understand why the sheep don’t come after But to butt him or push him away, but they do what he says. When Bud gets in front of Red and glowers, they freeze or back away.

Every since Red got sick, he’s got his own security detail. I love seeing this, even as I am bewildered and amazed by it. Animals do that to me, all the time, they are so much deeper than I expect them to be.