Oct 30
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
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 08
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
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
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
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
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 …
Aug 14
I was in the house and heard a lamb (we only have one) and yes I pretty much know my ewes by their voice…It was stressed and I knew something was wrong… Drover and I went to see what we needed to do…to help. The rest of the dogs were out and had to stay …
Jul 15
Well we are preparing for the NC ES Gathering !!! We do some things all year long with the Gathering in mind…(one of my big things is I keep things in order and put up..you know that stuff you would normally pile in a corner etc) 🙂 This year we have been working on the …
