Phun with Phil

Here’s a tip for dog lovers. Having a dog is great. Especially a dog like this.

Phil is just a joy. She loves the heated front seats in the Subaru. Of course she’s not allowed anywhere near the front seats when the Farm Manager is riding with us, but when it’s just me and the hounds, well, what the hell…

Why would you want to let a heated seat go to waste?

Having two dogs may or may not be even better. Around here we’re fond of the two-dog model because when we have to step out, they’ve got one another for company. These were our two dogs BP, or “before Phil.”

Here they are on the shore of Colpoys Bay awaiting the next stick toss.

But don’t ever get sucked into having three dogs. Nosiree, three dogs is a dog pack. A dog pack is more than the sum of its parts. A pack develops a pack mind that can have a completely different personality than any of the dogs may have individually. That’s why you read those sad stories about the little old lady who was ripped to shreds by her pack of schnauzers.

Individually, each of those dogs loved her.

As a pack, they woke up one day and their pack mentality told them she was the prey.

That’s something we hope to avoid here at Falling Downs.