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Jan 16
Monday Puppy Up Date….
Today I wormed the puppies and Abilene this was their first time! All did great! I trimmed their nails and weighed them. They have all gained 1 and 1/2 to 2 pounds since birth!! Abilene is dishing out the meals! I will start helping her today. Video of the first time latter! It will be …
Jan 15
Week 3 What To Expect!!!!
Week Three (Days 15-21) DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUPPIES Teeth begin to erupt Puppies stand up and start walking Begin to lap liquids Defecate/urinate without stimulation Start becoming aware of environment Start playing with littermates Develop sense of smell Puppies will start to discriminate as to where to relieve themselves CARE OF THE PUPPIES Start adding …
Jan 15
TWO WEEKS OLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It does not seem possible that the puppies are Two Weeks Old today!!! In some ways it has been a long two weeks and in others the time has flown by!!! The long part has involved the Web Site Troubles!!! What a awful time and a worrisome thing it has been! Yes I have not …
Jan 13
Windy (Okay all most a Hurricane!)
Wow! Tonight as the cold front approaches the Piedmont the wind has picked up ! Gusts to 45 mph! It is mighty scary sounding! With all the rain I sure hope and pray we do not loose any more trees in our small forest. The dogs will likely sleep in the Utility Room! tonight! Speaking …
Jan 12
Rainy Day…
Wow! Has it ever done some raining! WOW! Puppies are doing fine and I think they grew over night! They are walking around like big dogs! Eyes are starting to open a bit. They eat regularly! Abilene sees to that. And when I get down close to them they start sniffing and wiggling and crawling …
Jan 11
New Song!!!
Today as usual we took the sheep out to pasture. I had parked the truck in a different location and the sheep object to such foolishness on my part! So instead of going down like normal sheep…they went on past the gate and to the front yard at Momma’s. This web site business has consumed …
Jan 09
What A Day!!!!!!!!!!
As you all can see the web site and blog are under major construction! It’s like a trusted route to work and suddenly there is road work and you have to detour! and you were late all ready!!!!!AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tell me! You should be the one that copied the files but did not copy the photos! …
Jan 09
WEEK # 2 Here is What to Expect!
Week Two (Days 8-14) DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUPPIES Eyes should open around days 8-10 Ears should open around days 13-17 Temperatures should be around 97-99F CARE OF THE PUPPIES Keep whelping box around 80-83F Begin holding puppies in different ways (applying light stress) Trim nails weekly CARE OF Abilene Abilene should get three times her …
Jan 09
March 12,2010 (old post)
HERDING CLINIC MAR.12-14,2010 Posted on March 12, 2010 by Administrator CLINICIANS: SANDRA LINDENMUTH ,FRANKLIN GEORGIA & CLAIRE APPLE, PITTSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA Friday evening we started the clinic in the shop with our dogs on leash and Sandra and Claire explaining herding terms and live stock flight zones as well as arena set up for trials. …
Jan 09
PUPPY UPDATE 1 WEEK OLD!!!!!!!!!
Has it been a week all ready???? Abilene is doing fine and what a good Momma she is ! She stays with the puppies all most 24/7….I have to encourage her to go out. Her diarrhea has cleared up, when I stopped the canned dog food it went away! Hum.. The puppies are so sweet …
