Rollin & Timber

Rollin pads slowly out along the length of a barbwire fence. He tenses his muscles, then launches his lithe frame over the fence and into the pasture. Timber follows after, but instead of jumping, he squeezes under the fence.

Rollin instantly takes up an alert stance. "Be careful now, the cows can get frightened and can crush you with their hooves. And stay away from young calves, because their mothers will defend them." Rollin began to walk slowly around a group of cows, and Timber followed. But, curiosity got the better of the pup and he wondered over to a calf. "Shimmer, look how big the baby cow is!" he marveled.

Shimmer

She followed him and listened to what Rollin had to say. She nods happily half listing for it was so exciting. She bounds over to Timber happily. "Wow its bigger then us!" She says. She padded over to the calf and sniffed it.

Rollin & Timber

Rollin gave a side-glance back at the pups. He figured they would be too excited to heed his warnings. He glanced up at the mother of the calf, and saw she was about to charge the pups. In a flash, Rollin sprung towards the cow and sunk his teeth into her nose as she started to charge at the pups. The cow was surprised and nearly fell over with the sudden weight to her snout, and the pain. Rollin released and leapt back lightly. The startled cow snorted and took a step back. The calf galloped away from the pups and over to his mom.

Timber pulled his ears back slightly, but was still amazed to see what his dad had done, "Wow, that was neat, dad! Can I try?" Rollin gave a small grin, "You aren't big enough yet. But when you are, I'll teach both of you how to do that without getting hurt or really hurting the cow. It's a way of showing them you are the boss."

Timber tried to make his fur rise along back to make himself look bigger, "I bet it won't be long before we can do that." he told Shimmer and he stretched his leg, trying to make himself appear taller as well. "In fact, I bet I can do that to one of those calves!"

Rollin gave his son a steady look, "Timber, don't even think about it. Even if you could do that to a calf, you have the mother to deal with."

Shimmer

She leapt up excitedly and yipped as she watched Rollin. "Wow! Cool!" She barked at the same time as Timber. "I can't wait till I can do that!" She looked to Rollin. "Oh please can we try it to a calf. Can you deal with the mother." She pleaded and looked to Timber then Rollin. She could pick up the scent of other wolves that ad been here once. "Hmm it seems allot of wild wolves come here.

Rollin & Timber

Rollin sighs, "Well, I guess you'll have to learn sooner or later. Just don't tell you mom." he grins at that comment, not even thinking that Shimmer might not consider Abigale her 'mother'.

Rollin races at the mother cow with the calf and begins to bark loudly as he springs at her. The cow charges at him twice, and both times he sinks his teeth into her nose and nearly pulls her down. Finally, the cow backs off, and Rollin herds the calf away from the other cows.

"Now, when you bite the calf, don't bite down as hard as you can. Curl up into a ball so that all your weight is pulling on him, then let go as soon as he falls down."

Timber looks over at Shimmer, "This will be fun!" the collie pup runs around the calf, barking madly. He would let Shimmer have to first attempt at bringing the calf down.

Rollin watches, and keeps alert for any cows that might attack them. "After this, I will show you the sheep. They are the ones you will need to protect the most when you get older."

Shimmer

She leaps up and watches Rollin excitedly. She considered Abigale as a 'mother' since she didn’t have one and Abigale cared for her. She saw the calf and sprang into action. She leapt up and grabbed its nose and curled herself into a ball as told. She hoped she did it right.

Rollin, Timber, & *Cows*

The calf's front end sank to the ground suddenly with all the weight at his snout. Giving out a muffled cry, the young cow fell over onto his side, and then kicked out frantically to get back up.

Timber bounced around the calf and barked wildly. "Good job, Shimmer!"

Rollin watched the pup, "Nicely done, Shimmer." just after saying that, the mother cow rushed forward again now that her calf had cried out for help. Once again, Rollin sprung at her and latched onto her snout. The cow backed off.

Shimmer

She released the calf and bounced around it so Timber could have his turn. "Thanks!" She barks excitedly.

Rollin, Timber, & *cows*

Timber crouched his body low at first and slunk up in front of the calf. When the young cow charged at him, Timber sprung up and caught his little fangs in the creature's snout and curled up his body. The calf suddenly fell over like he did with Shimmer. Timber released and sprung back, yipping and barking in triumph.

Rollin held the calf's mother at bay again, and praised his son like he had Shimmer. "Very good, both of you. The cows won't be the thing we really have to worry about too much. The sheep are the ones who need the most protection, so I'll show you them now." The collie padded off to the Sheep Pasture. Now and then he would have to snarl or snap at a cow who tried to charge at him or the pups. Timber tried snarling and growling at the cow, but the larger creatures didn't really have fear of a pup.

Shimmer

She yips happily. "Good Job." And follows them to the sheep pasture.