Sunday, May 15, 2022 On the day Juno arrived, Dec 12 of last year, we had a bed ready for her and a cute blue manatee stuffed dog toy. Why a manatee? I have no idea, probably because it was on sale at Chewy. ha So after the initial commotion of her arrival we settled her in her bed and gave her her manatee. I think she liked it! Within a few minutes, Blue came into her space and took off with the manatee. Oh well, perhaps I should have bought 2 manatees. Anyway, we never saw the manatee after that first day. Blue does love to bury his treasures so I figured that’s what had happened and we’d find it some day. Well that day was yesterday! He buried it good and deep in the big old compost pile in the north pasture. We were piling the compost up to make room for the new pile and there it was. This manatee hibernated in old poop all winter. lol The rest of this story is best told with photos so I’ll continue it below…..
Photo of the Day: The missing manatee! 
Other than a bit of dirt, he looked fine.
Juno was really happy to have her manatee back!
Now what I should have here is a photo of Blue burying her manatee again! Because that is exactly what he did! But I was too far away. I did see him push the dirt over something with his nose and I was pretty sure he was sending the manatee back to hibernate longer. But Juno also saw him and proceeded to rescue her toy. Ha! Blue just watched her and finally decided she could have the manatee. She was pretty happy, his face tells another story. 
Now when she sleeps she keeps one foot on the manatee at all times. 
Blue knows it’s hers now and I think all is well. The end. 
Gigi Caito
Sigh! What beautiful scene of two guardian dogs knowing they have done a good job!
Linda
Thanks Gigi. They are quite the pair.
Maureen Lifton
Great story! Thank you!
Linda
Thanks for reading Maureen!
Jan Parcell
Best dog story!! I think those two just might end up with their own podcast! 😂
Linda
Thanks Jan. Puppy podcast – what a thought! lol
Ingrid Brouwer
Oh, what a lovely story. Brings a big smile to my face. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Linda
Awwww, thanks for reading it Ingrid!
Sherry Halley
Adorable story! Two beautiful, sweet dogs! They sure bring a lot of happiness to their family and others.🥰
Linda
Thanks for reading Sherry! They sure do bring us joy in addition to keeping the alpacas safe. 😊
Sunny
Too funny!!😂😂 Oh the adventures of the BMR Guardian Dogs!
Linda
I was hoping you’d see this one Sunny. You’re the biggest fan club these pups have!
Sunny
I wish I was a writer, as I have mentioned before, there is a children’s book just dying to be written about Blue and Juno 💜💜
Brandy
So sweet. ❤️!
Linda
Thanks Brandy!