Dog vs. Cow

Right now, you're probably wondering how Eric and the cows are getting along. In the paddock, they're fine. Eric paddles about in the cow's drinking water, the cows sniff at him half-heartedly, and all is well. When we (dogs and I) cut through the pasture on our daily walk to the meadow, it was a somewhat different matter. In a cow's mind, Eric-in-the-pasture is a different creature from Eric-in-the-paddock. Five cows charged down the hill in hot pursuit of Eric. He stood his ground. He barked them into submission. One brave Guernsey did not remain cowed, however, and again closed in on Eric. The result this time was inter-species butt-sniffing (cow-to-Eric, not the other way around), so I suppose it's all in good fun.

Brave Eric barked at the herd again when he was safely on the other side of the fence, so it's unclear what the final score in the Eric vs. cow contest was.