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Jul 01
Amarillo Drover Puppies First Gator Ride!!!
The puppies are 3 and 1/2 weeks old and they took their first ride today on the Gator! They acted as if they were born riding! Not one puppy complained at all! In fact they LOVED being in the yard and running round under the big Maple trees while it rained! All the dogs hung …
Jun 29
Driving…Drover’s Stock Dog Journal
YES!!!! Okay… I know I have whined and worried and worked and discussed driving till you all are like sick of it. Well this morning I made some real driving work for Drover and he HAD to drive. I did not revert to the okay you can gather the sheep (as in the past). I …
Jun 19
Amarillo Drover puppies first Goats milk!!!
The Amarillo Drover puppies are growing! They toddle all over their area. I took the puppy pillows and bedding out. They still have blankets but they are on the rug with a few scattered pillows. They line up and nurse Amarillo and sometimes she manages to slip away from them when they have finished …
Jun 19
Sheep Shearing…
We have 5 grown full blooded Churio Navaho sheep. They do not shed their coats like the Katahdins do. The lady we got them from had been shearing them by hand (the old timey way before clippers) with a pair of hand held sheep sheers. My good friend Diane that does dog grooming has a …
Jun 06
Drover’s Stockdog Journal…
People often ask me what the sheep’s bells are for. It is so I can hear where they are and be able to tell what is going on with them. A soft tinkle as a sheep contentedly eats grass or chews its cud. A fast ding, ding ding, lets me know the sheep are moving …
Jun 04
AMARILLO DROVER Puppies ARRIVED!!!
The stork came in for his landing round 7:15 AM today! He took off round 11:30AM! A very short visit! But left behind 7 beautiful puppies! Some are tri colored and the rest are black and tans. All are beautiful! Photos and video tomorrow I promise! Momma and babies are fine! Tired for sure! As …
Jun 01
Amarillo Still going!!!!
Amarillo is very near delivery by the stork! Today she went for a swim and enjoyed the cool after noon. She is safely tucked away in the basement. This is day 61 … normal delivery can occur between day 55 and day 65.
May 27
Amarillo Puppy Update
Amarillo is moving much slower…She is happy to be still…Spends a lot of her time sitting instead of lying down. She looks like a ship sitting very low in the water. I have not allowed her to do much. She still goes here and there but no extra effort on her part. It is interesting …
May 23
Interesting what triggers memories…
I was showing our guests in the Shepherds Cottage around the farm…We were in the shop…As we chatted I looked down at the concrete floor… There were pits in the concrete where Daddy had worked on equipment 40 plus years ago…And for a few minutes I was standing there and could see the sparks from …
May 22
Lots Happening!
We have had several guests in the Shepherds Cottage! Les and I have been busy! We rearranged two bed rooms. Moved a queen bed to the room in the Shepherds Cottage that had twin beds… and moved the twin beds to the Guest room in the shop. I like it now! 🙂 Mowing and haying …
