Maddy's Mate: Sherlock

Maddy now has a buddy. My other dog Sherlock, who for the last year had been living with my boyfriend, his Poodle and our horses on a 20-acre ranch around the mountain, decided he had to come home with us after a weekend of wanton romping through the pastures of Rain Valley. He planted himself in the driver's seat and that was that.

Sherlock was another "doorstep doggie" who came into my life in May 2001 in Escondido, Calif. He's a big dog, and he's really a good boy and a great protector. He loves to patrol the perimeter and takes his job seriously. 

Now Maddy and Sherlock are here with me, and they are inseparable. They roll around and chomp on each other all day. Maddy does the cattle-dog bitey thing with Sherlock and he loves it. Poor Sherlock is still trying to figure out the cholla deal here in the Sonoran desert... tonight he got a mouthful of the nasty barbed spikes, and it took two of us with pliers to free him from his misery.

Maddy rang the doorbell tonight to be let into the house. Such a smarty pants!