Mar 12
We had a really good Australian Shepherd at the Work Shop today! His name is Artie! A beautiful tri colored bob tailed male. Nice and stocky, good dog! He is started on ducks. Quite an amazing Aussie! Loads of natural instinct to herd and easy soft mouthed to boot! I expect Artie to go a …
Mar 10
Wow!!! Today I got to work cows! Not just cows but BULLS!!!!! They were 6 months old! They had wicked horns and really wide heads that they liked to to turn and face me with and then sling their horns at me. Kay was not happy with them but stood her ground and made sure …
Mar 08
We have 4 new ewes as of today! Three are Katahdins and one Barbados! Moon will likely have a lamb in the next few days. And another ewe should lamb in a week or so. The Barbados (Barbie) seems bred as well just not as far along! More latter!!!!!
Mar 07
We held a clinic here at our farm..for herding dogs and their owners. I rented a flock of sheep and they arrived in a small horse trailer. The field was too wet and hilly for the person delivering the sheep to drive to the pens and arena. So they unloaded the flock of 15 sheep …
Mar 07
Twenty years ago, Les and I had a few sheep at our small farm . That is back when we lived at our first home. The ewes had lambs and we just “woke up” one morning to lambs….We had good success and no problems. But we could not keep them in our pastures and finally …
Mar 02
It is hard to remember a nicer day! I have a puppy in Snow Hill, NC out of the first Abilene Drover litter. His name is Tucker and I have been promising to visit Marlene, Mrs. Dixie and Tucker for Months! It was a beautiful warm sunny spring like day as I left for Snow …
Mar 01
Okay, I am sad! Sad for me! Sad for my empty arms and puppy snuggles that are no more! Sad that I don’t have little puppies under foot! That there is no reason to look out and check on puppies or call “Pup,Pup,Pup!” …No more reason to fix milk! Okay I miss them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But I …
Feb 28
Meet Skye my lovely English Shepherd. He is a product of Abilene and Dallas of Maple Grove Farm and he got the best of both. When I look into his heart I can see the true essence of the breed. It is a blessing for us as cattlemen to have him as our partner on …
Feb 28
What can I say? How can I explain? I wish I could! I will try… I love English Shepherds… Have as long as I can remember. They hold a very special place in my heart and to explain why is not possible… So many, many reasons. But if you are lucky enough to have known …
Feb 27
This afternoon as the sun shone, my 4 remaining puppies, along with Montanna, Abilene, Drover, BOO, and Sandy did a Walk About the Farm. The air was cool and it was a bit breezy. (Amarillo was up she is in heat)… We started in my back yard and went to the branch along Abilene’s Trail. …
