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[gwheezie]

30. I wouldn't agree to it

I don't mind a trial period and references also a follow up visit would be fine but at some point the dog is mine.
I had 2 dogs that lived with my goats. They guarded them. They liked their job. Once or twice a day they'd come up to the house and when they got old they spent most of their days in the house.
My best dog was an Aussie. He loved the goats. He worried about the goats. He was a serious dog. He protected every damn critter he thought was his. He once came and got me running and barking back and forth to the pool. I went over to see what he was upset with and it was a drowning squirrel. He also would bring me wounded birds. But if a coyote or bobcat bothered the goats he was fearless.
After years of tending his goats he slowed down and I kept him in the house more and more. But I'd have to bring him out when I went to feed. His old cloudy eyes would brighten and he'd bark and take charge. I'd tell him good job. He knew it. It got too hard for him and he got cancer. But he would still tend his goats. I called out the vet one day and me and Buddy took a long slow walk to the pasture. He had to stop a few times and finally got out to his goats and laid in the sun and wiggled his butt and was happy his goats were safe and we ended the suffering for him His long time friend the old nanny Leeann was with him. I told him good job buddy. I wound up burying Leeann next to him when she died.
I got buddy from Aussie rescue. He had been in 4 homes in 4 weeks because he could not be a house dog. He was too smart and knew he had a job to do. He wound up on my farm. He never did one thing wrong in the 14 years I had him. He did a good job. My buddy boy