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May 08
Sheep…
It will not be long before we have lambs! The older ewes are dilating and they are huge! The young ewes are not so large. But they may not be as far along as their Mothers… The sheep want to stay round the house! They hang out on my tack room porch. Silly girls! Plus …
May 07
Puppy Up Date…
The puppies are growing and doing well…To say I am pleased with this BOO/Skye Litter is an understatement! 1. All the puppies have stayed very uniform in size. 2. They are very smart. They are figuring things out. Like how to get out of their pen. 🙂 3. They are fearless! 4. Very interested in …
May 06
What Do Tired, Happy, English Shepherd Pups Look Like?
The Puppies had quite a day ! Duck Herding, Visitors, First Gator Ride, Duck Moving, Playing in the Branch, Sheep Watching, and Playing with each other! They are just plumb tuckered out! As you can see!
May 06
Imagination….
I dreaded the evening chores. This Sunday has been a cold, grey, windy day …Spitting rain… at times…and just plain miserable if you were out in it. I put my long rain coat on with the hood and had my ear muffs on as well as my gloves. The smell of my coat reminded me …
May 01
Drover…
It has been a grey, cloudy, cool spring day. The kind of day that if you did not take the rain coat you know you will get wet before you get back from what you are doing. The dogs and I turned the sheep out of their pens this morning and the sheep ate all …
Apr 29
Puppy Up Date…
BOO’s litter spent the day outside under the shed next to my house and shop today! What a time they had! Lets see…Rough concrete surface, big gravels for surface, grass (wet from the rain) , wood smooth and rough, some sort of metal surface, and their favorite just plain dirt! They were exposed to trucks …
Apr 27
Puppy Herding Instinct Testing…
I have lots to tell…But am very tired and it is late and I have a very early day tomorrow. I will tell you that my BOO/Skye Litter definitely has herding instinct. Some more than others! But ALL will be great dogs no matter where they go to live! They were fun to watch! But …
Apr 26
Puppy Up Date!!!
Today the weather was nice, breezy and the sun shone bright! The birds were happily singing and the dogs were feeling great. All week I had planned to put the puppies in the yard in a crate connected to the X pens.But timing and weather had not been right. Lunch time I set up the …
Apr 22
Les Birthday! TODAY!!!
This is Les Birthday cake shaped like a horse shoe! That is pretend barbed wire from Hobby Lobby! and candles shaped boots and such! Les his cake and homemade Lemon Ade (the barbed wire was more effective in person) 🙂 We had a nice time. Kenneth, Amanda, and Jay came!
