Hi, Cinder. I've got a solution to your zapping problem. It's called Cinder & Dear Old Dad's Great Adventure. The clue to this solution is what you said...you might have to wait until summer because the zapping doesn't happen then. So summer is good, right?

OK, now for the solution. Get Dear Old Dad to follow you to the nearest really, really big airport you can find. Then look for an airplane with a flying kangaroo painted on the side. Now ask for 2 tickets, one-way, to Australia. You're a Shepherd, so round up Dad & head into that plane.

When you get to Australia, you'll find a lot of it is in the sub-tropics or tropics so there's really no such thing as the kind of winter where you have all that zapping. And you & your Dear Old Dad can have great adventures here. There's lots of jobs here for Shepherd dogs...rounding up the sheep & cattle. But maybe you both might like to just lie on a beach all the year round. Zapping will be a thing of the past.