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- Authors: Megan Wade
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Are you ready to show everyone the even accidental crossbreed puppies
can make great sheep dogs?” I say to my Great Pyrenees and lab mix, who’s
looking at me with her tongue hanging out the side of her head while she
pants up a storm. She seems eager, but I’ve been training her for weeks now,
hoping she’ll become a valuable addition to the farm, but we don’t seem to be
making a lot of progress.
As I watch the drool sliding off the end of her tongue, her waggy tail
kicks up the dust where she sits, and I can’t help but wonder if I’ve put too
much faith in her. It’s like the lights are on, but there’s just no one at home.
“You’re going to do great, Miffy. Don’t you even worry about it,” I add,
more for me than her. Miffy is now giving herself a grand ole licking—she
really couldn’t give a damn about the flock.
Adjusting the brim of my worn-out baseball cap on the top of my curly
blonde hair, I make sure the peak is blocking the sun as I look out across the
paddock, scanning the horizon for any sign of my sheep.
“There they are,” I say, spotting them chewing grass at the far end.
“Come on, girl. Let’s get those sheep in before it gets dark.” Clapping my
hands together, I get Miffy’s attention then whistle and point to the sheep just
like we’ve practiced. Miffy jumps up and bounds off excitedly, with me
following at a slower pace behind.
My heart fills with hope. She’s heading straight for the flock and I’m
starting to feel like a sheep-dog trainer extraordinaire. But then all of a
sudden she’s turning around and bounding back toward me.
“Turn around! You’re going the wrong way,” I call out, waving my arms
while trying to shoo her back. She’s not to be swayed though, and as she gets
closer, I realize she’s found herself a stick to play with. She skids to a stop
and drops it at my feet, incredibly proud of her find.
“Miffy,” I say sternly, putting my hands on my hips and setting my lips in
a straight line. “This isn’t playtime. We’ve got work to do. You need to get the
sheep back inside the barn. Go on, get them.” I gesture and whistle, but all
Miffy does is stretch back on her front paws, her butt waggling in the air as
she noses the stick at my feet.
I shake my head in frustration. Sure, Miffy is technically still a puppy,
and my brother, Josh, warned me trying to train a mixed breed dog to herd
and protect the way a pure-bred Great Pyrenees can could be difficult. But
when our faithful dog went and had a scandalous moment with a Labrador
that ended in her carrying puppies, I couldn’t say goodbye to all of them.
They were just too darn cute.
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