Blue Moon Mel turns 10

*WARNING* all photos after the first one are boring – signed The Cats.

The self appointed farm warden loyal companion (well, one of them) is 10 today.  Almost always by my side, he is a great dog, if you don’t count all his little idiosyncrasies.
To name a few:

♥   He hates the salad spinner, and barks at it when it is spinning.  If he isn’t in the house, he comes running when he hears it.

♥   He hates the shower curtain just as much, and there are fang holes to prove that – good thing I made it out of rip-stop…

♥   He has never been down the inside stairs to the basement, because of the dog-eating monster that lurks down there.  Although if he comes into the basement from the outside he will go up those stairs.  If Trace goes down those stairs he is disciplined quickly by Mel.

♥   He hides if he hears Hangdog getting the smoke pole – or if he thinks someone is getting the smoke pole.

♥   For some reason, he has to help me go to the bathroom, every single time.  I am the only one he “helps” in that regard.

♥   He disciplines us if we hide from him more than 3 times in one day.  He missed his calling, he would be a great search and rescue dog.

♥  He will run right past the fresh spring water at the barn, and come in to drink in the toilet, then he will throw up in the kitchen before he goes back out.

♥   He climbs all over Trace but if Trace so much as touches a hair on Mel, there may be heck to pay.

♥    He is fastidious and nary a dread can be found on him.  That being said, he never rolls in dead things but he will roll on snakes and then in fresh cow manure…but only when he has to ride in the pickup to get home

He’s a funny guy, our Shan – and we love him!

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