Anyway, this morning before starting work, I let Sophie and Mater out and walked out with them to enjoy the cool morning air. There's a couple rabbits that have made their home near our barn, and they've been driving the dogs nuts in the morning. This morning; however, was different. Sophie was looking to the east and started barking like crazy! Because she was barking at something, of course, Mater had to start barking, too!
I looked and looked and couldn't see anything in that direction. Mater eventually decided that Sophie was nuts and stopped barking, because he couldn't see (or presumably smell) anything, either. But Sophie wouldn't stop She'd run to the end of her rope and bark and bark, and then come back and stand in front of me, as if she was protecting me from whatever she was barking at. She did this for at least ten minutes!
Greg came outside to see what the fuss was about, and we realized what Sophie was barking at and protecting me from. See the picture below:
If you look closely, to the left of the shed, there is a wheelbarrow leaning over a tire. Yes, indeed, my precious Sophie was protecting me from a WHEELBARROW! How sweet is that?!
Normally, the wheelbarrow isn't there, so Sophie was wigged out about it! We knew it was the wheelbarrow because I went to get it and when I brought it to her, she ran around it, sniffing it, like she had never seen it before and needed to know what this thing was!
This was the first time I had ever seen her protective instincts! My dear, sweet, 135 pound Newfoundland! I must say, this beautiful giant is one of the sweetest, gentlest dogs I have ever met! Even though she's a lot of work, and a lot of extra cleaning (she sheds more than four dogs combined!), and of course, there's the slobber (and lots of extra cleaning), it's all worth it!
(Don't worry, even though we're in Wisconsin, this picture isn't from today!)!
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