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Jan 08
It is Cold Here!
We have the coldest temps on record for last night. Today the 20s felt not so bad! Tonight single digits but no records expected. Puppies, sheep, horses, dogs, rooster are all doing fine. There was an interesting Rooster Puppy exchange today. As I stood and watched from afar I laughed so much! The Rooster came …
Jan 07
A Working Dog…
This evening Drover and I had to put the sheep in the barn because of the wind and our single digit temps…I parked the truck so to block the sheep from circling the barn (the Churrios have never been in the barn) Dover drove the sheep to the barn and I went round the other …
Jan 05
What Do Puppies Dream?
These puppies are dreaming of their future! Of Girls and Boys to love and play with…Sheep and cows and such to herd…Of swimming in creeks and ponds….Mousing in big fields… chasing vermin of all kinds… of keeping birds of prey away from chickens … of horse back rides in the woods… and of having their …
Jan 05
Working English Shepherd Puppy Photos!
New New Years Day we worked dogs all day! 🙂 We started with Ernie and his good dog Artie! Then Tosha and the children came and we worked Drover and Timber and the puppies! Well we actually watched the puppies show us their natural abilities and made sure no sheep hurt the puppies! It was …
Jan 02
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
Today Drover and I worked sheep. So did Timber! Ernie and his good dog Artie came up and works the whole flock in the 8 acre field as well as pen work! What a beautiful day! What a wonderful way to start the new year! Then Tosha and the children visited this afternoon …Turns out …
Dec 30
PUPPIES, Today…
We rode the Gator, Gathered Sheep (Drover did) and watched the sheep and played in the front yard and on our porch. The puppies were very interested in the sheep grazing so I took them down to the meet the sheep. Two of BOO’s puppies walked up and touched noses with my ewes …
Dec 29
Nice Day…
The weather was good for working sheep today. I had a new dog Finn and his nice owner in this afternoon to work sheep. Finn is a Australian Shepherd. What a pretty boy and a nice, interested, good worker! He is only 10 months old. He was a lot of fun to work because he …
Dec 28
Puppy Up Date…
Puppies are growing and eating good! Today they came down from the shop to the house! I looked out the back door and there stood a little black and tan puppy and a tri colored puppy looking in the door! So Sweet! It was nice out today and we played on the ground. The puppies …
Dec 25
Sheep Worming today!
Farming like many jobs has no holiday…Grandma use to say” if the ox is in the ditch you got to get him out…” I looked at the sheep Sunday, and thought I think they are coming down with the liver flukes! (we had several days in the high 60’s and rain) …Well I looked at …
