and then there were two...

over the last week our household has gone from this...

to this... 

oooo my heart nearly broke into itty bitty pieces as six mini hounds
went to their various (wonderful) new forever homes

and we are left with two little mini hounds

 

sigma and gamma

tiggy-tiggy and gams will be our boys

and over the next year I will spend much of my time 

teaching them the ways of the creek

they will learn how to behave around cattle and sheep

to swim in the surf 

and travel in the vehicles

to run beside bikes and fetch sticks and balls

the will learn an array of commands

('sit', 'come', 'stay', 'drop', 'down', 'ball', 'up', 'in', 'over', 'behind', 'outside', 'wait'....
these boys are kelpie x collies
- pretty much the smartest dogs in the known universe -
so they can learn over 100 verbal commands if you have the patience to teach them...) 

 it's our job to show them what their purpose in life is

and help them grow into the special dogs that I know they are ready to be

oh this is going to be a glorious adventure!