Bud is the new King Of The Pastures. Fate is a joyous and free spirit, Red is slowing down, Bud is one of those dogs who has a small body but a great big spirit. He makes his rounds conscientiously, rushing to inspect every single hole or corner or wall or bush that might possibly be concealing a mouse or chipmunk.

If it’s empty, he tears off to another hole or wall or bush. He slips under gates, darts through thick brush, swims across ponds in his pursuit, then he always comes back to me to sit and wait for a reward.

I always reward him for coming back to me, this is a habit I wish to encourage. I admire Bud’s great big heart and his dog ego is pretty sound as well. He loves to hunt, and almost never catches anything.

His new favorite thing is to dive into the thick marsh grass and move all the way across, we can see the grass bending as he runs. I see that he likes to be photographed now, he’s starting to pose.