My sister has friends visiting this weekend for Labor Day, and they brought their dog with them. Being from an area far less rural, this was Nalah's (the dog's) first trip to a farm and I think she thoroughly enjoyed it. The first thing she did was discover the wonderful joys of fresh manure. Having never experienced it before, she spent about ten minutes just rolling and thrashing about like a beached fish, coating herself in as much manure as she possibly could.
This was also her first encounter with cows, sheep, and horses. She was rather frightened by the large animals at first, but her fear soon turned to curiosity. She ran stood at the fence barking, but decided it was close enough, so she slipped inside. That was where she met the charming, wooly monster Ziah (aka Bully the Sheep). Ziah is not one to suffer intruders so he started chasing Nalah around the pasture as fast as he possibly could, running with two feet at a time.
Nalah quickly ducked back out through the fence, but decided she was having a good time annoying this strange white creature. She continued to bark at the sheep, sticking her head in through the fence every few minutes tempting the sheep to come and get her. Ziah accepted the invitation continuously ramming himself into the fence just as Nalah pulled her head to safety. The two of them must have spent a half hour bantering back and forth.
After finally getting board with that, Nalah spent the remainder of her time running circles around the huge garden, rolling in the grass, and enjoying the novelty of drinking water out a stream. She is still afraid of the cow, however.
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