...Are Worth More Than Gold to a Cowboy!
This is our Mac..
an 8 week Tri-Color cutie!
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Here's Mac at 9 months, (on the right), helping his Mom, Kayla during one of Cowboy's Stock Dog Clinics he was putting on...
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See all of this snow? Yikes!Mac is on top.....at age 4
We were all in agreement..let's head for Arizona !
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After 5 years, of working at the feedlot and becoming bilingual working dogs,
we came home to Washington.
(His Mom Kayla and Grandma Zig...died here at home)
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Last Summer, at age 12, Mac enjoyed the sunshine and still thrived on spending his days trailing along with Cowboy, scouting for cattle and tangling with the coyotes.
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Ol' Mac is almost 13 years now.He still loves his role as Cowboy's sidekick...
Long days outdoors, curling up in the cave he dug under the chicken coop
and throwing in a quick nip at one of the horses..
...yes, at a much greater distance now.
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But he loves to sleep too!
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EXCEPT....
At Night!
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I am a night owl...by MY choosing.
I get cranky when I don't get to sleep when I want!
Since January,
Ol' Mac has become afraid of the dark!
He hates to be alone!
And he hates to be in our room!
He became an inside dog only 3 years ago and had never set foot in our
room until our recent attempts of trying to get him to sleep!
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He howls...and he howls...
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We have tried leaving him in the mud room.
(with the light on and off...the heat on and off)
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He howls...and he howls...
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We have tried leaving him inside with the TV and lights on.
(His eyesight is not good, nor is his hearing but we tried anyway)
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He howls...and he howls...
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Having one of us "sleep" on the little tiny sofa in the TV room seems to keep him content. Frequently, he will nudge your hand.
Or he will stand staring at you.
Once you are in as deep of sleep as you are going to get,
he will apply his cold wet nose to your face,
making sure you are still there...and awake!
...scaring the crap out of you!
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Cowboy and I have been taking turns, since January when this
became an issue, of curling up with Ol' Mac.
Because I "fit" better on the little sofa,
I seem to be the elected companion more times than not.
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This is getting really old!
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I mean REALLY REALLY old!
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Ol' Mac's value of being worth more than that of gold...
... is fastly declining!
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So here I sit, Ol' Mac is standing guard in the doorway - doozing!
Yes...he is standing, I'm sure it is to prevent any attempt on my part of sneaking
off to the soft comforts of my REAL bed!
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I may as well work on my projects!
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Sleep has become a rare commodity in our home!
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I'm pretty sure this has contributed to my previous post!
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