The Farm Dog

[milkloss]

Dogs eh?! Might even make one or two of you well up a little

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-43860787

 

[JP1]

So Meg tonight you're up in the big sky, free of confusion and ills and back to herding those sheep. A working dog, skilled and forever willing you were also the best companion I could ask for. You not only accepted Freddie in to your life , you never ever took your eye off him even if that meant taking a beating from cows when you lay by the Landrover passenger door. I've never felt such a strong bond and empathy with a dog: when you worked you gathered almost without instruction , had face in the handling pen and amazingly could have the very lightest of touches at lambing time catching ewes or driving couples and keeping them together. I could never have done that without you. Family and friends came to love you and you will be missed terribly especially by me and by Jess your constant kennel companion. We never knew how old you were as you came to me as a rescue but I console myself a little bit tonight - hard to bear though it is - because I know you had the best life here and obviously happy

 

[Greenbeast]

 

[betweenthelines]

I feel your pain

 

[JP1]

I feel your pain

Thank you

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

So sad to have to say goodbye to any dog, let alone one as special as that.

 

[nick...]

I’m so sorry for your loss
Nick...

 

[JP1]

I’m so sorry for your loss
Nick...

Thank you Nick, especially coming from you, I know we both love our collies

 

[asm]

Sorry for your loss, looked a lovely dog

 

[nacnud]

my blue heeler Meg.

 

[JP1]

 

[Greenbeast]

Latest pack shot, now including a baby
From left to right:
Charley (and Robin), Betty, Frank, Norman, Hari, Alan, Maddie, Joanie, Rodney, Nessa, Tinks

 

[nick...]

That lot woukd struggle to all get in front of the fire
Nick...

 

[Greenbeast]

That lot woukd struggle to all get in front of the fire
Nick...

Don't need a fire with them all in the same room.....

 

[Pilgrimmick]

Two of ours looking deceptively sweet.

 

[JP1]

Jess out with the pack this morning

Takes the mind off missing Meg

 

[JP1]

Just opened the post and Mum has really surpassed herself with her sketch of Freddie and Meg from a photo.

I'm going to frame the print and put it up by his bed

 

[Blaithin]

It's puppy season here for coyotes so Conn has been doing double duty. To the point he's going near their den to pick fights. He'd probably consider it above and beyond the call of duty, I'm calling it unnecessary travelling across the country

Either way, the night before last he must have been on the fight path. Except he fought a stick and lost Impaled himself in the armpit and skinned it like a little chicken wing. So we went for a car ride (he's not a fan of car rides), met a vet, got drugged, got stitches, had a much better car ride home thanks to the drugs, and then continued his stupor on the lawn for a few more hours.

Willow wasn't quite sure what to make of it. He wasn't very lively, and that wrapping on his elbow was a tempting chew toy!

 

[nick...]

Hope you get a rapid recovery
Nick...

 

[Ramrod]

Got up for another Pimm’s and this interloper pinched my sun bed, worse than Germans!!!!