Meanwhile, back at the farm...

We've been spending a lot of time outside enjoying the gorgeous and mild Fall weather lately, so lucky for us, we have a courageous cow-herding farm dog to protect us from any bovine threats...

in her mind, anyway.



Lady is very proud of her Border Collie heritage, and fine herding skills.



Piper, however, is a chicken.

And when we leave in our golf cart to explore on the farm, Piper will sit on the porch for a long time watching us go and debating whether or not she should follow us.


Because that's a long way to run for a dog with little legs,
especially when there are lots of really big cows in the way.

But eventually loyalty to her family wins out and she will find her way down to where we finally park ourselves.


Because all dogs love human attention,
but Piper, especially seems to live and breathe for it.

Some things are worth braving the cows for. :)