When Red came to be with me, Karen Thompson said when I took  him out to be with sheep, he would bond with me, and she was right. The meadow across from the farmhouse was where Red first worked sheep with me, and every time we go there, he goes to the gate and looks at me. I often wonder why he doesn’t look around and notice the sheep are gone from there, but it doesn’t matter to border collies what they see. If they have ever worked sheep, they will always look for them in the spot where they worked them.

This is imprinted in Red’s consciousness, it is a part of who is now, it is the point of bonding for him and .