Hard-working sheep dog knows how to get the job done

Living with dogs has been one of the blessings of my life. Working with these dogs on our little farm, homestead, has been joy with lessons in life, nature and about myself. My family and I have had dogs as long as Lori and I have been married, that is now past 30 years. Our first dog was from an ASPCA where we lived in Rhode Island. Chelsea was a wonderful dog to live with and fitted into the small outdoor farm museum I ran. She kept the fox away from the chickens, mostly and the many groundhogs out of the fields and gardens. She moved with us to The Berkshires and our sons played with her and she did the same helpful work that mix breeds can do at my new job, another “historical farm.” She began to age and before she was 13 we made that sad decision.