The guard dog is different from the working dog in many ways. Frieda was trained, I learned, as a junkyard dog protecting an auto body shop in South Glens Falls. She is intensely aroused when behind a fence or gate, usually dogs are trained by people banging on the fence with sticks or pans. She is alert to any strange presence on the farm, barking the second a car even slows down by our driveway. She protects Maria’s studio all day, watching the doors and windows. She is convinced she is driving off trucks from the road near the house. It is an old and traditional role for dogs like Frieda, she is as serious and purposeful as Red is moving sheep.