Rose, at work
Posted At: Sunday, December 21, 2008 9:45 PM | Posted By: Jon Katz
It’s difficult in this photo to convey the difficulty of what Rose is doing. She is moving up a steep and
icy hill, wind and snow blowing in her face. Her task is to give the sheep the eye, to hold them in place, and then to dig them out of the pole barn, which they don’t want to leave, and push them down the hill to the hay feeder, about 30 yards down a sleep slope. She has to be firm, but not push them too fast, or they will slip and fall. She walks up, holds them, then dives into the barn behind them and gets them out, and then walks them down the hill from the rear.
Height of the storm, Carriage Barn
Posted At: Sunday, December 21, 2008 9:42 PM | Posted By: Jon Katz
Height of the storm, in the woods
Posted At: Sunday, December 21, 2008 9:40 PM | Posted By: Jon Katz
Here comes the cold
Posted At: Sunday, December 21, 2008 5:31 PM | Posted By: Jon Katz
The snow has finally stopped, and now comes high winds and bitter cold. Has winter just begun, or will it never end?
Rosie. Hail the working dog
Posted At: Sunday, December 21, 2008 5:30 PM | Posted By: Jon Katz
Can’t say enough about Rosie. All day we struggled with heavy snow, bitter cold, driving winds, ice and drifts. She moved the sheep down to the feeders, back to shelter, held them off while I grained them, was covered most of the day in snow and ice, and never wavered, faltered, or lost focus. I love my dogs, and love working breeds, but what, really is as sweet as a border collie locked in on a mission. Rose is my hero, and once again reminds me how difficult life would be without her on this farm.
