Thanks so much for your kind words! Our experiences with all our dogs over the years have been so special and unique in so many precious ways! I’ll be sure to give her a few extra belly rubs and “lubs” from you.

@migizii @loribmt You two are right there is such dignity in an older dog. In 2010, my husband was at one of our other farms on Labor Day to work cattle. While working they heard a noise by one of the big mineral feeders. They went to check it out and found a year-old Pyrenees pup. He apparently was dumped out into our pasture. We searched to find an owner and run ads and put up posters. But found no one. So we had a guard dog again named Jake. In April after that Labor Day Abby was delivered to us from Illinois. She was only three months old and just all puppy, not ready to be a guard dog yet. I came home from work and found my new garden hose in sixteen pieces. As I remember Jake would sit for hours in his RCA Victor pose and watch the pastures. Abby was getting older and figuring out what she was supposed to do. The two worked out a plan. Jake would guard all day and sleep in the big barn at night while Abby was on guard all night and slept most of the day. We had a good ten years with Jake who would ride in the gator to check the cow. But a year ago we found laying in the barn and would get up. So we said our goodbyes. But Abby is still around trying to figure out how to guard all day and then all day. I did spend time looking out my window as the two grew up. Abby now has a barn cat that follows her and sleeps on top of her back where it is warm especially in the winter. And now look out my window thinking of Jake, with his head up, tail curled, and running at a fast trot. It was a beautiful sight. Thanks for the memories and remembering our furry friends.