Bark! (Translates: Good'ay Mate!)

We have a new client at Happier At Home! Pet Sitting. We are caring for Jemma and Wrigley, a couple of sweet Austrailian Shepherds.

Jemma is 13 and has one blue eye and one brown one. She is very sweet and laid back. Her side kick is Wrigley who is 3. Poor Wrigley has had some terrible allergies in her time and is on a lot of medications that we give to her in a spoonful of peanut butter each day.

The owner said she does not like men. No reason why as they got her as a puppy and she had no known tramua. So, we were careful the first time I showed up with my 5'11" son. He is a very gentle soul and has a way with animals and a quiet nature. But Wrigley was still a bit careful. But by our 3rd visit today, she was fine with both boys.

Oh, we were also told never to let my sons wear baseball caps around her. That makes her very wary. Humm... Wrigley, if only you could talk.

They have not tried to herd us yet, as I hear Shepherds sometimes will. I wonder what they would do if set loose in a field of sheep? Would it all come back to them...?

But, we are enjoying our new girls to watch. They love walks and we love giving them belly rubs while their family is off in New York. It is fun learning about and spending time with a breed we are not familiar with.