Feb 16
At least tonight I do… Today was the puppies first big outing, and Duck Herding Test! (see latest videos on our Video Page)… We started out by all the puppies going with me to turn the sheep out. All 9 puppies and my 6 grown dogs went along ! That was easy! We then started …
Feb 13
Week Six (Days 36-42) DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUPPIES Growth and development continue CARE OF THE PUPPIES Offer soft, damp food, and solid puppy food Chart weekly weight Individual attention crucial — I give each puppy time with ME away from litter Continue with weekly nail trimming We play all the time, but I offer soft …
Feb 11
What Puppies!!!!!!!!!!! I really do not know where to start! I pulled some muscles in my back last week (loading a round bale of hay on the Gator trailer) and have whined and limped around all week! And is the reason I have not posted. I (could not sit!) or walk or stand or lay …
Feb 11
This was my special horse “Bo” we were crossing a creek on the Lewis Fork Trail at Mt Rogers NRA in VA. (Boobie Dog is in the creek headed to the small waterfall!) “BO” Bo was out of Ole King (Delk’s King Star) and a Charlie Polite mare my Grandpa purchased out in Tyler …
Feb 09
Week Five (Days 29-35) DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUPPIES Group activities and sexual play will begin Dominance order starts Rapid growth/development CARE OF THE PUPPIES Reduce fluids in puppies’ food Make sure other people start coming to see pups Begin weaning Play radio at normal volume near pups for 5 minutes at a time Have all …
Feb 03
This is a photo of BO and I crossing Fox Creek Creek in the Mt Rogers National Recreation Area (that is Boobie Dog in the creek with us tail to camera) What a fine horse BO was… On this ride we met some riders in a rough section of the trail and Boobie Dog was …
Feb 02
Yesterday I spent all afternoon outside on the ground with Nine of the Sweetest English Shepherd Puppies I have ever known! (this is all ways true!) The afternoon was warm with a soft south west breeze. The sun was shinning but it was some what overcast with big white clouds and some way off blue …
Jan 27
Yes it has been one of those days with the kind of weather that you wish never ended!!! It has been nice and warm a bit over cast with light southerly breezes…The air has smelled like Spring! The dogs and I spent the afternoon cleaning up horses. I have two videos on the Video page …
Jan 23
The time is flying by! They were just born!!!! The puppies have teeth and Abilene is not impressed! They are playing with each other and barking at one another! They ALL come to me as quickly as their little legs will carry them! They snuggle and sleep on me. Tonight they ate their food like …
Jan 22
It is so wet and messy here (not complaining about the rain) we need it ! The grass is still green and growing a bit. Because the weather has not been that cold yet. In all it has been a mild, wet winter. I put the sheep in the stall at night and turn them …
