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Aug 16
What is Happening?
Well here at the farm we are in the process of making a pan 8 inches deep, 7 feet long and 14 inches wide! What for? We need it for a foot bath for our sheep! Sheep need their feet dipped into a solution to keep their feet from being sore. In dry times it …
Aug 16
Learning…
In the work that I do…teaching dogs to herd…I have been learning so very much about how to be a better human being. Like how the things we do affect the environment…Not just head knowledge but actual see the effects knowledge. Simple things like going to the creek that flows thru my family property and …
Aug 15
Off in the distance…
Thunder is rolling. As the softly falling rain makes its wonderful music…and the smell of fresh rain…Then a large boom of thunder that shakes everything! Lightening displays the clouds in the summer sky. Oh for sure a Simple Country Pleasure! I walked by the honey jar and stole a drop…I love fresh honey. When I …
Jul 17
Puppy Blog…
What is sweeter that a 4 week old puppy? Eight 4 week old puppies! As the sun set over the pond the sky turned a dark pink…I was laying in the grass watching the reflection in the pond and listening to the frogs, and birds as they sang their evening praises… All Eight of the …
Jun 13
The Making of a Good Stockdog…KAT’s Journal
KAT is progressing nicely… It has taken me some time to realize that while she is not Drover…She has nice qualities that I like and can use! Yes I like this young dog. She can take whatever comes her way and work thru it with out quitting, or getting upset. This is her nicest quality …
Jun 13
A Glorious Sunday Morning!
I woke up to a beautiful Sunday morning sunshine streaming through the open windows…The birds were singing… There was a slight breeze, cool but pleasant. The trees in full bloom. My sheep off in the distance with their bells softly tinkling as they grazed peacefully completing the lovely morning. A ewe softly speaking to …
Jun 13
Happiness…A Simple Country Pleasure
This evening a friend dropped by..She brought me two wonderful Christmas Gifts. One was a lovely sheep ornament for my tree next year. The other was a handmade felt sheep pin for my jacket. It has amazing detail! I am so blessed!
May 10
Even The Sheep!
I keep bells on my sheep. This helps me to know the sheep are okay and nothing is bothering them. The bells help me find the sheep…and at night I know they are all fine . I love to listen to the soft tinkling of the bells as the sheep graze or chew their cud …
Mar 25
Sheep Walkabout…
This evening I had noticed for several hours I had not heard the sheep…But I was busy and not paying close attention. They were in the far field across the pond. It was getting close to dark and KAT and I walked across the dam…Not a bell to be heard! Not a problem…The pesky sheep …
Mar 24
Amazing Beautiful Day! Drover’s Stock Dog Journal…
WALK ABOUT… Well, Kay has been working my daughter out of Abilene …Ms KAT Ballou…I hear a lot of fussing down in the field. I am sure happy to have survived all that 🙂 years ago! Kay tends to get loud and excited good or bad! I know her and pay her little attention. I …
