Jun 12
I am working on my BOO/Skye Litter puppy updates and photos…I hope to post tomorrow…Been downloading photos. Today was busy! Lots accomplished and much worked out! Tomorrow I will do book keeping work! Now NOTHING to bother me till I finish it! Sheep are fat and happy. One puppy “Angel” remains till the 26th. He …
Jun 11
This afternoon we had some rough thunder storms with lightening and lots of wind! Scary for sure! All the dogs came into the Utility room for the duration of the storms. All was good afterwards. Cooler! And beautifully green and sparkly! The sheep put their selves up! Drover and I appreciated that! No walking thru …
Jun 09
Several years ago …as I watched what I thought was a great dog helping its owner move sheep across the wide open field…I thought “IF ONLY I could do that with a dog! ” How little I knew, and what a “Journey” I embarked on that day. The burning desire to accomplish “that” and where …
Jun 07
Tonight I had to put the sheep up after dark. They stay in the arena at night with their lambs. We had storms this evening so I had to wait till all most 11 PM… It was very dark…I had the gator lights only and they do not shine far. Drover and I walked across …
Jun 07
We need rain and Thank the Good Lord we are receiving it! No complaints here! I am catching up on paper work! And Quilt Project work! One of my puppies leave tomorrow and one Saturday! I will only have one puppy left…He will be leaving the end of the month. I do not know why …
Jun 04
I know WHY I raise English Shepherds..I also know that they grow up and leave. It is their destiny… To be someone else s good dogs. I have particularly enjoyed this sweet litter of ten puppies BOO and Skye gave me. They have been good puppies and a lot of fun. Not much trouble at …
Jun 03
I took my time and made the right decisions for all my puppies and their new people… Puppies started leaving for their forever homes last week. As of yesterday five puppies have left. I have one puppy “Maggie” a bob tail, in South Carolina and settling in , one sable female in Greenville NC, “Maggie …
May 28
I knew the ewe called Green Belle…was big! I figured triplets and she did not disappoint me! She has 3 very nice lambs! 1 male 2 ewes. What a fine Mother she is! Drover and I spent a good portion of the day moving ewes and lambs. They do not herd exactly like grown sheep. …
May 27
Les and I attended the annual Home Coming at Mt Tabor, at Jackson Creek. Mt Tabor was started as a Methodist Church in the 1840’s. Circuit Riders preached there! The current building was built with lumber saw milled at Wyatt Nance’s grist mill just 1500 feet down the road from the current building. (Wyatt and …
May 25
Early I went to the barn to turn the sheep out. The puppies were screaming ” US US US FIRST!” I ignored them and went round to the barn. Opened each stall and sheep flowed out into the early morning coolness and lovely wet, green, lush grass. As the last ewe walked out there stood …
