18 June

Herding Partners

by Jon Katz
Relationships
Relationships

There are few things more fascinating to me that seeing the relationships of animals evolve. When Red came to us a year ago, Simon tried to bite, kick and stomp him into the ground. Then Red became close to Rocky, who Simon tried to drive out of the pasture. Now Simon seems to have discovered Red, he comes up to him every morning, sniffs him, stands by him while he keeps the sheep at bay. Red does not change, he is the same all the time. He focuses on the sheep no matter what, doesn’t acknowledge Simon directly, but he does indirectly, in his posture and body language, both of which say “no trouble.”

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