Herd Immunity

My dog is a poodle-dachsund mix and sometimes looks like a little sheep. She’s a mutt. Probably engineered — my friend in Austria said, “Oh you have a dacharoodle!” What a word! My dog came to us second hand during the pandemic and I adopted her for her good looks, bad attitude, and because she has the same name as me. Hilarious.

I learned today that mutt is short for muttonhead. So, that’s a funny thing to call my little lamblike dog.

The foster border collie is a working dog without a job. About twice a day the very smart border collie decides to herd my little sheep-looking dog. The little dog looks plaintively at me. She’s upset by the affront to her dignity, autonomy, and tired of the gosh darn doggedness of her cousin.