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Mar 20
Amarillo Update!!!!!!!!!!!!
As promised! Amarillo is 23 days into her pregnancy! I can hardly believe she is that far along! Week Four (Days 22-28) DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUPPIES Development of eyes and spinal cords Faces take shape Fetuses grow from 5-10 mm to 14-15 mm Organogenesis begins– Embryos are at their most susceptible to defects Days 26 …
Mar 20
Sheep…
No Lambs YET! Could be any day now! I had to give some shots to the sheep today and I did it all by myself! With the aid of Reba’s handy hold em gate! Fairly easy done. Ran out of needles and syringes so I went to town and will finish the job tomorrow! I …
Mar 19
Yes I Have Been Busy…
SO Much to be done on the Farm!!! I am so slow!!!! Gosh! The weather is so nice all I want to do is enjoy it! Not Work!!!!!! But in spite of my laziness, I have accomplished much! We have water lines in! Now, we can water the stock without hauling long water hoses every …
Mar 12
Herding Workshop…
We had a really good Australian Shepherd at the Work Shop today! His name is Artie! A beautiful tri colored bob tailed male. Nice and stocky, good dog! He is started on ducks. Quite an amazing Aussie! Loads of natural instinct to herd and easy soft mouthed to boot! I expect Artie to go a …
Mar 11
First Trail Ride…of 2012
Les and I went to Uwharrie National Forrest to trail ride today with some folk we know. Les has rode with them many times, this was my second time. Friday afternoon Les and I gave Tuff and Goodnight baths. They were so dirty that was the only way to clean them up. Then we blanketed …
Mar 10
DROVER’S STOCKDOG JOURNAL…
Wow!!! Today I got to work cows! Not just cows but BULLS!!!!! They were 6 months old! They had wicked horns and really wide heads that they liked to to turn and face me with and then sling their horns at me. Kay was not happy with them but stood her ground and made sure …
Mar 08
New Sheep!!!
We have 4 new ewes as of today! Three are Katahdins and one Barbados! Moon will likely have a lamb in the next few days. And another ewe should lamb in a week or so. The Barbados (Barbie) seems bred as well just not as far along! More latter!!!!!
Mar 07
4 Years Ago…ONE DAY!!!!!
We held a clinic here at our farm..for herding dogs and their owners. I rented a flock of sheep and they arrived in a small horse trailer. The field was too wet and hilly for the person delivering the sheep to drive to the pens and arena. So they unloaded the flock of 15 sheep …
Mar 07
SHEEP!!!
Twenty years ago, Les and I had a few sheep at our small farm . That is back when we lived at our first home. The ewes had lambs and we just “woke up” one morning to lambs….We had good success and no problems. But we could not keep them in our pastures and finally …
Mar 02
Living In The Moment!!!
It is hard to remember a nicer day! I have a puppy in Snow Hill, NC out of the first Abilene Drover litter. His name is Tucker and I have been promising to visit Marlene, Mrs. Dixie and Tucker for Months! It was a beautiful warm sunny spring like day as I left for Snow …
