TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVERS
My friends, K & E have a Great Pyrenees named "Argos" and a Border Collie named "Maximus". When I visit, we, I mean they enjoy rambunctious play on the front lawn. Argos is the old English for treasure ship, and it is an apt name for this hound. He is descended from a proud line of livestock guarding dogs, and Maximus is of livestock herding lineage. Argos can and tries to dominate Maximus physically but can't always catch the nimble shepherd who runs circles around him. They have, however, shared instincts to protect other animals, and so they look on each other as two cops who work together, or as belonging to the same company but different departments.
