It's a Dog's Life

The dogs are enjoying their time here at Custer's Gulch.  This view is from one of our walks just a few hundred yards from our campsite.

They are also loving their  beautiful green lawn.  We celebrated Colt’s adoption day, September 9.  He joined our family on that date in 2011 as a recently-retired five-year-old herding champion.  Since then, he has excelled as a companion dog and Bagley Pack member.  He enjoys his retirement and occasionally helps with our cattle at the farm or as a set-out or exhaust dog at trials. 

We also had Colt’s 12th birthday party last week.  

Kota and Rue joined him in a bowl of ice cream to mark the occasion, then he had a good nap before bedtime.  It has been a good week for Colt.

Marrow bones are always a treat for the dogs…and the big ones keep them busy for several days.  Early one morning, Rue went to the living room window and began barking.   I looked out to see that this crow was perched on one of the bones I had given the dogs the day before.    Rue was not happy.

As I watched, the crow began pecking at the marrow in the middle of the bone that the dogs had not been able to reach.  With his small head and beak, he finished it off in short order.  It was a treat for the crow as well as the dogs.