My sheep!
Posted by Lexi on October 7, 2008, 9:22 amGUESS WHAT everyone? I got to HERD SHEEP this weekend!!! That's right, me and real sheep! Mom's boss has a whole bunch of sheep and 5 (!) border collies plus another dog-like creature (one of those purse-sized things that's yippy) and a horse. On Sunday, mom and dad didn't tell me where we were going. We got into the car and I thought maybe we would go to my field... but we kept driving...and driving. And suddenly we were far from the city and we were in these wonderful open hills. Mom's boss's dog, Bill (oh my, what a fine specimen of a BC he was....I am still twitterpated) separated a few of the sheep from the flock and drove them to a pen. Then mom and dad and mom's boss came into the pen and stared at me. I wanted to chase the sheep, but I didn't think I was allowed (mom usually won't let me keep chasing cats), so I sniffed the rocks instead and whined. But then every few minutes the sheep would get themselves into a corner and Bill would herd them away from it... well, finally I couldn't help myself anymore, and as the sheep ran by, I took off!! I herded those sheep all the way around the pen - I came in great circles around them and tried to control them with my stare - it was fun!! Oh, and it felt good. Something just clicked in my head, and I was doing what I needed to...wanted to... felt so good!! Mom's boss was really nice to me too. He kept encouraging me to chase those sheep. He even told mom that he thinks I'm a very nice dog, with good manners. I'm not as sheep crazy as Bill (who is living every moment to hear the whistle that means he can round up the sheep) but I'm not afraid to nip the sheep either.
Well, it was a fun day. After we wore the sheep out, I got to run around with all the other BCs, including an adorable and IRRITATING 3 month old BC puppy.Why are they so cute? And, for the first time ever, I got along with all the other dogs - I'm still no social cassanova, but there was no rasied lip at all - mom was proud!! Mom's boss said we can go back and herd the sheep again sometime. I hope we can do it again soon!
