SADDI and i use to borrow the company van and do weekend day trips. One of our favorite places to go was Sauvies Island, a small farming area just outside of Portland. SADDI would always sit in the middle of the backseat, where i could always see her in the rear view mirror. Sometimes she'd look at me, but usually she was searching for horsey's. Whenever we'd come up along side on field was horses, i'd pull over off the narrow road so she could see them better. We would be just a couple of feet from them, but SADDI never barked. She was just in awe of them. It wasn't until we pulled away that she'd start to whine and bark. But it didn't take long until we came up to another field of these glorious creatures.
One area, where we would get out to walk, a large open field that was always great for bird watching and spotting eagles. We walked over to a fence, on the other side were what seemed like hundreds of cows. SADDI always knew the difference, so she wasn't as excited. But i remember the cows being excited to see my little black ball of fur. Dozens of them walked up to the fence and tried to touch noses with SADDI. One cow actually stuck out it's tongue and touched SADDI nose. SADDI didn't like that at all, so she started walking back to the van.
On the way back, about 10 feet from us, in the high grass, a black snake stood up and moved down the hill away from us. SADDI must have known snakes weren't to be messed with because her pace back to the van increased.
She jumped into the van, grabbed some water and waited for me to begin driving again so she could find more horses. And i got to enjoy seeing her smile.
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