Category: English Shepherds

Thursday Photos…

We had eight inches of snow on Wednesday! I did not venture outside…too cold … Today the sun shown bright!  Les and I took a ride on the gator. The dogs took a hike in the snow! Enjoy! Journey 7 months BOO watching the ducks Drover watching the ducks Intently KAT Ballou loves the snow…and all …

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Sunrise At Maple Grove Farm…

Not something that gets photographed round here this time of year…Sunrise! over our farm… Enjoy!

Good Dogs…

It has been real cold today! We even had Jack Frost this morning!  I took off to visit a friend down in Southern Pines area, that has two (now grown dogs different litters)  I raised. What a pleasant visit I had! We talked dogs and horses! She showed me her amazing horses. She does cross …

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From The Milking Parlor…Our Farmers

Have you ever stopped along the side of the road while passing thru farming country and watched as a Farmer tilled the soil with a John Deer Tractor or a pair of matched work horses and planted the field? Had the opportunity to visit with a Farmer, sit down and talk  under the shade trees? …

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From The Milking Parlor (part one) …

Back in April I had the pleasure of meeting Lawana and Stacey Manning the owners and operators of Buffalo Creek Dairy in Rural Hall North Carolina. I had invited them down to meet the English Shepherd breed at our Jeannie Joy Hartnage Taylor Sheep Camp. They had recently lost their sweet, precious, smart Border Collie …

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The Night Before…

KAT and I are heading to Buffalo Dairy early in the morning! We plan to help with the milking of the Holstein Cows and help load some heifers into a trailer and move them to another field. Photos I hope and a detailed description of the work. I am so excited! I have to sleep….KAT …

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Drover…

Some day I know I will have to give you up…Some day… but I want to thank the Good Lord it is not today! As I look at your beautiful face sleeping peacefully at the moment…I think of the scars on that face. A torn ear, a black spot in one brown eyebrow from a …

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Sheep …A Simple Country Pleasure

I took 80 Celebrating English Shepherd’s 2018 Calendars to the Denton Post Office.  Mailing took about 45 minutes. As I walked into the post office the cold day and grey sky started to deliver the promised Frozen Weather in the form of sleet and freezing rain. As I headed back, I was thankful for a …

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God Is So Good!

I am up early “for me” to walk Drover. The ground is all most frozen and Jack Frost is visiting!  Kinda making himself at home! The ground crunches under our feet as we walk along. A few birds are discussing their plans for the day!  It is quiet, peaceful, and cold. Like this time of …

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Today’s work…

Today’s Work… Was not pretty by any standard. Efficient yes… What a Mess! Gerry and I were up at the house working on the Sheep Foot Bath preparing the water and the chemicals. My sugar high was in full swing (thanks to the Krispey Cream donuts ) a southern delicacy we had enjoyed a few …

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