Dash is my Australian Shepherd, Australian Cattle Dog cross boy. He is silly, funny, devoted, loud, and always ready to run. He is also what could be termed "a one-person dog," and that person is me. If I'm not home and others are, he is more likely to melt into the shadows, you'd never know he was there. When the dogs are home alone, though, he is a window-watcher, and he loves to bark at whatever goes by.

He has a beautiful relationship with his big sister Nyssa, an American Akita. They are virtually inseparable and will play for hours together. Both of them teach me lessons every day. That is perhaps the most amazing thing about living with dogs—all of the things they can impart if we only listen.

Most of the time I can relate some part of Dash's lessons back to editing and writing. I will share them here on Fridays so he can perhaps inspire you as well, or at least make you laugh. He may be small (33 lbs), but he has an infinite amount of humor under that red coat and there is nothing he likes better than to make me laugh.

I hope you will enjoy his antics as much as I do.~