Good Ole Shep

I need to follow Mara's lead and post a pix of good ole Shep.  It was a rough week out at the ranch last week.  We lost Shep in an accident with the sleigh.  It's funny how we become so attached to animals even when we know going in that the odds are great that we will outlive them.  Here is a shot from  a few years back of Buster and Shep.  I think its safe to say that he has been one of Buster's top dogs - and he has had many over his lifetime.

Shep was as smart as they come and we all loved him.  His devotion was to Buster first, but he like everyone else too.  After he got hurt, Jim called the vet's office - they said they were pretty busy.  Jim said that if they told J.V. that it was Shep, he might make time.  The gal came back on the phone and said - boy were you right, J.V. said to bring him right in.  Shep has quite a posterity - two of which live at my house.  Last week was the end of an era at the Gravel Creek Ranch.