This morning Ernie and I worked his dog Artie…(well Ernie worked Artie on the sheep and I watched!) It is really cool how Artie is starting to catch on and do such a good job! Ernie is working hard with him  and doing a great job! So afterwards I worked Montanna for a few minutes. She …

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Today we spent a good portion of our day working dogs on sheep. We started with BOO in the arena gathering up the sheep and penning them. A job that she did very well. BOO is gaining coinfidence and doing a great job! She is easy to work with ! I am thinking of trying …

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Today was “The Cow Sale Day”!!! Every Wednesday the Davadison County Livestock Barn in Lexington holds an Auction . They sell ducks, chickens, turkeys, geese, and all kinds of birds… Plus rabbits…sheep, cows, goats, and such! That  sale starts at 8:00AM …When they finish they have a “Junk Sale”…consisting of whatever folk do not want …

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Clay my neighbor, friend, potter and wood cutter has hurt his back… I sure hope and pray it heals soon… Back pain is no fun! So we needed a new source of wood for my wood stove. (Les works and does not have time and  his back is troubling him as well) Saturday Les and I …

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This evening as I sat at the table in my yard looking out at the pond and the beautiful fall folliage, with my 5 dogs around me….Amarillo in one of the chairs (she thinks that is where she belongs) . Drover beside me, Abilene talking her trash, BOO being well BOO, and sweet, sweet Montanna in front …

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We had friends up from Snow Hill NC late yesterday evening. They spent the night with us …and I cooked country ham and eggs with grits and bisquets. Les and I went and picked up a truck load of  fire wood for the house and  put up new fences for the horses. The sheep were …

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Ernie Borders and his Aussie Artie came up and worked the sheep today…This was their third time this week. Ernie and Artie are making great progress. Artie is developing a stop! His walk up is improving and today some of the work that Ernie and Artie have been doing in parts, started to come together! It …

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Daily Drover and I put our small Katahdin sheep flock out to graze in the morning…Then in the evening before dark usually we gather the sheep up and put them in the arena for the night. This evening ….it smelled like Fall…leaves and that wonderful earthy smell that I can not describe…but is so distinct….It …

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All Summer and early Fall, we spent prepairing for the North Carolina English Shepherd Gathering. Fixing fences…Installing Gates…Putting up fence…Digging post holes…Tamping posts into post holes…(by hand with a tamping pole) Hanging Gates…makeing gates swing properly…Installing latches on all the gates…Making pens sturdy…Cleaning up and out the shop and barn…Chopping down brush… You might ask …

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I don’t know!!!! Lets see…..Herding….Practicing herding….Actually herding sheep everyday! (I think I am a Shepherdess!) Cleaning, Decorating, Hauling off junk, Ordering Books, Answering Emails and Phone Calls, Playing with my last puppy (teaching him what he needed to know) Swinging in a swing with Stetson….Mowing…Spreading Mulch…Cleaning out the shop…Making Lists…. AND WORKING on the ARENA!!!!!!   …

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