Home with Sally

Sally is in one of her moods right now. In fact as I type she keeps on bringing me a tennis ball to throw. She's just knocked over a little basket and keeps on pulling things out to chew only to have me take them off her and put them away again. Oh no, she's just run off with something and is now barking loudly. I think I'll have to make this a short blog and take that girl out for a walk.

I wrote recently about collecting Sally from the farm. That was the easy part. Once we got her home we decided to show her around our back garden . It was around 5pm in November and the light was almost gone. The garden is entirely enclosed so it didn't seem a stupid thing to do at the time. The trouble was that she was a great deal slimmer than she looked. Sally took all of 30 seconds to notice the flock of sheep at the far end of the field next to the garden and she slipped through the picket fence as quick as Jack Flash. We were in complete shock and had no clue what to do. This dog hadn't even been in the house yet and had no understanding that she now lived with or belonged to us. What on earth was going to happen? Where would she go? Hang on what was she doing with those sheep? I could not believe my eyes. She didn't try to attack them, she circled them, got their complete attention then got them together just like that. She took them to one end of the field, then the other. She was a pro! If I hadn't been in panic mode I may have been very proud of her performance. This was impressive stuff.

Then I called to Tony. 'You've got to get her back.' 'But how?' came the swift reply. 'I don't know but you've got to do it. If not we might lose her forever.' Tony headed over the fence and started chasing Sally all over the field, calling her by her new name (she probably had no clue who he was or who he was calling). I thought it was a lost cause and then I saw a very amazing transformation. All of a sudden Tony took control. He metamorphesised before my eyes from a 5 foot 4 gentle guy to a bear like figure who boomed 'Go back NOW' and pointed to the garden. Sally took one look at him and turned tail back home, a home she would get to know, get to love. Sally was finally with us for keeps.

So much for the short blog!