—– Original Message —–
From: (Jack) MIKE
To: Lauren
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: Info on Jack

Lauren,

Well, my first few days at my new home were kind of an overload on my senses, but it wasn’t bad at all.

I did notice that there were a lot of fat birds that couldn’t fly so I sat for a whole day and just watched them.  Dad said they were chickens, and after a while, Chance (my Australian shepherd brother) and I grabbed one and pulled it into the yard to play with.

Mom and Dad decided it was time to start my training for my new job.

The first two times I was taken into the pasture, I wandered away from Dad and stayed way away from the big white fluffy things Mom called sheep.

Then last night Chance and I got away from Dad while he was doing chores and ran into the pasture.  It kinda scared them sheep and something went boooiiiiiing in my brain.  Chance left in a hurry — and I ran the sheep about 30 yards and then sped up (they are kinda slow) and turned them around and ran ‘em the other way!

I got kinda confused ’cause Dad was happy and upset all at the same time.  He told me a lot of the sheep were carrying babies and I couldn’t run them at full speed, but I did good for the first time herding.

Then he said we are going to start in the morning with new signals and commands so I do what he wants and not so much what I want.  It sounds like fun, cause I’ll be the center of attention and spending a lot of time with Mom and Dad.

I did get to help with the unloading of feed today.  Mom put me on my leash and I — just me — kept all the sheep away from Dad and the feed until he got it all put away.

Well, better go now. It’s time for lessons with Dad.

Jack

PS:  Mike and Nance say Thanks again for bringing us together.