4 May

Red Healing, Red Watching

by Jon Katz
Red Watching
Red Watching

Red can’t work for now, he has an injury to his spine, perhaps caused by a stomp from Chloe when they collided near the fence. I bring him into the pasture, and tell him to “stay,” he watches closely as we move the sheep around with grain or our own movements and shouts. Fate does her runs around the sheep, and looks to Red for guidance, but he seems a bit sorrowful to me.

I don’t, as a rule, project human emotions onto dogs, but I do think Red would rather be working than watching. I’m keeping him from running the week week or so and then we’ll give it a try.

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