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Oct 30
FINALLY! I have some time to blog!
As you all can guess…I have been busy with puppies and the NC ES Gathering and Puppies!!! Drover is ready for all this to be done and for us to get down to some serious work… Speaking of Drover what a good dog he is! Sometimes I fear I love him too much! What a …
Oct 18
Finally !!! Some Puppy Photos!!!!!
Thank you MJ and Andy Hollingsworth for the photos! Enjoy! The photos are from the NC ES Gathering Herding Clinic These are the Drover /BOO puppies. (The larger pup is Marianne Dwights Greta) Here is the link… https://goo.gl/photos/bUoQnLwASdVAxoNz5 Kay
Sep 18
Today My Daddy would have been 79 years old!
My Daddy Alton J. Delk… was born September 18, 1936 to Astor J. Delk and Lyde Nance Delk in Jackson Creek North Carolina. He was the first of 4 boys… Daddy was a farm boy (though I do not think he liked farming) he milked cows, helped with all the farming chores and was a …
Sep 16
Never a More Glorious , Beautiful Day …
I am very tired…But so content and pleased… First off I want to thank God for all His blessings! 5 of the blessings are Tosha, Roger, Kynsay, Ashlyn and Graham Hunt! Friends that I shall for ever be thankful and grateful for… Then there are the 7 Katahdin Ewes I started with some 5 years …
Sep 08
Old Dogs…
Montanna is 12 years old…and becoming slower… Today she slipped down to the sheep pens while I worked dogs …Took her a while because we were at the far end of the field…But she finally made it quietly…Along with Abilene…They sat in the thicket and watched on the other side of the fence across from …
Sep 05
What Can I Say?
This afternoon…my Uncle Don Rogers called to tell me that his older brother (my Uncle Houston Rogers) had passed away this morning …Uncle Houston was out in his yard with some tools and had a massive heart attack… Houston was my Mother’s brother… Sigh… I am sad…and surprised…Though Uncle Houston was up in his 80’s …
Sep 03
I Stand Amazed…
Life…New Life…I witnessed nine miracles born today…I never cease to be surprised at the feelings and wonders this stirs in my heart. What a wonderful Mother BOO is! She just knows what to do…and does everything correctly! Cleaning, feeding, caring for her puppies… She also wanted me with her ! But once I was there …
Sep 02
The Stork arrived with BOO/ Drover Puppies Today!!!!
At 9:00 AM the Stork landed at Maple Grove Farm with NINE healthy, strong, beautiful, English Shepherd Puppies!!! It took most of the day for the stork to unload the puppies! BOO and Puppies are doing fine! I suspect BOO, puppies, and myself will sleep well tonight! I know that stork is tired! We have …
Aug 26
Drover’s Stock Dog Journal…
Today we worked sheep…Once a week or so as needed…Kay and I gather the sheep and pen them in the sheep pens and check them for worms and also their feet and anything else that might need attention. Today Dan and Buddy came down and they took a lesson in herding . I like to …
