Red would have made a great Pony Express Dog, nothing gets in the way of the line of duty when he is working. Today, he was watching the sheep when Chloe came up to him and starting sniffing his head and nibbling on his collar. I do not know of many dogs who would have sat stone still through that nibbling, and then she started sniffing him from head to tail.

I think Red would get stomped to death before he would move an inch, so I keep an eye on encounters like that, he had them with Simon and Lulu and Fanny, and before that, with Rocky, the blind Appaloosa pony. When Red is in the pasture gate, he is undistractable and undeterrable. I’ve seen him sit like that in high winds, torrential rain, snow and ice storms. He gets it done.