Rose collapsed in the pasture this morning while herding the sheep, and she seemed to be in a spasm, especially involving her rear legs.  She just couldn’t move.

Rose had been through a lot – kicked, butted, run over, chased by pigs, stomped by rams, trampled by cows, caught in barbed wire. We got her to the vet and the report is good – she has a tick-born disease, not unlike Lyme. Painful and somewhat limiting, but not life-threatening in any way. Going to get her this evening and bring her home.

I do think it’s time for Rose to retire from active work. She isn’t too old by any stretch, but I think her body is calling it quits.