but she has declared that she is done with them. She keeps jumping out of her whelping box. They are eating a mushy mush right now so we let her move out. 
Oh yeah, they look cute but they make a big mess and with Megan gone it's now my mess.
I never thought I'd be glad to get all the junk fliers that come in the mail every week!
And maybe he can't herd the sheep (well, not correctly anyway) but he helps out with keeping the gopher population down.
But after all this work and time he has put into this family he is still wearing a generic collar. Oh, it says he belongs to Alta-Pete Stockdogs, but it doesn't have his name on it. All the "keepers" have their names on their collars. 
and Hemp has one
but Skid doesn't have one.
Guess what Skid? A package just arrived for you!
Then Louanne showed off the guests she brought with her, Craig and Rosie-maybe-Sin. 
(the black and white pup will be coming back to our house to live in a couple of weeks when she's older and even tho her name is Rosie now, we are thinking of calling her Sin.)
One would think they would like to get that walking thing down before they started horsing around. Or maybe even grow some teeth. 
But before anyone could develop balance, an uncontrollable nap took control and the games were over. 
The doctor is pretty sure he'll live. Skid is not so sure but a couple of new toys would go a long way. 
Oh, and maybe a cookie after each treatment.
in either pen.
Lad and Drift kept everything under control.
And when some desperate mother's broke out to try and return to their babies at the barn, Laddie gently but firmly put them back.
We put some cozy straw in the lean-to of the barn and it seemed to take the edge off the loss for the lambs as they started to play in it.
But the best balm seemed to be food. You can't keep crying if your mouth is full.
All the other pups were still oblivious to her whereabouts. I wondered about that. How did he know where she was? I had a hunch so I picked him up and saw this
Sorry, Megan, it looks like your days of hiding from the pups are over!
For others, it was their first visit.
Isn't she cute? She's only 7 months old and everyone loves her. 
Wicca used to be the Queen Bee but ever since the baby came, Wicca's been second fiddle. "Pixel's so cute! Pixel's so smart!" It's starting to wear on Wicca. This time She didn't think she had it in her to work her sheep so Pixel got to try it out. And guess what? She was good at it!
Wicca was demoted to watching through the fence. 
I don't think she was all that happy about it. 
They often sit and watch us while we work dogs. I always get the feeling they are judging us. Perhaps we are doing this training thing all wrong and the cats know it. 
After being gone for a while, Ghost has returned to take responsibility for his family, but true to his name, I still can't get a good picture of him.
