Jan 22
This photo was taken at Mount Rogers. On one of the trails in the Crest Zone. That is Boobie Dog off to the right.Cedar is wearing a special fly mask with ear protection. I have my oil skin chaps and oil skin hat and several layers of clothes on…. Cedar is a mare …
Jan 21
This is a photo taken from one of our Summer Horse Camps, held here at the farm… The young lady on the horse is Mary, in fact that is her horse Stormy. He had a famous career in the Ken Treadway Rodeo for 15 years plus before he retired to be Mary’s horse. Mary took …
Jan 20
This is Washtae… Sioux for good! He was a beautiful horse. I rode him for 2 years. He was never the kind of horse that had good use of himself in the mountains. Jr. Cox , Les and myself went on the Grassy Branch Trail. It is long and places are rough. One place in …
Jan 19
It is a beautiful cold January day! The wind is making it seem colder than it really is. The puppies are growing and enjoying the sunshine through the glass door to their room. They are so cute! Everyone of them come to me when I go in! I sit on the edge of their blanket …
Jan 16
Today I wormed the puppies and Abilene this was their first time! All did great! I trimmed their nails and weighed them. They have all gained 1 and 1/2 to 2 pounds since birth!! Abilene is dishing out the meals! I will start helping her today. Video of the first time latter! It will be …
Jan 15
Week Three (Days 15-21) DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUPPIES Teeth begin to erupt Puppies stand up and start walking Begin to lap liquids Defecate/urinate without stimulation Start becoming aware of environment Start playing with littermates Develop sense of smell Puppies will start to discriminate as to where to relieve themselves CARE OF THE PUPPIES Start adding …
Jan 15
It does not seem possible that the puppies are Two Weeks Old today!!! In some ways it has been a long two weeks and in others the time has flown by!!! The long part has involved the Web Site Troubles!!! What a awful time and a worrisome thing it has been! Yes I have not …
Jan 13
Wow! Tonight as the cold front approaches the Piedmont the wind has picked up ! Gusts to 45 mph! It is mighty scary sounding! With all the rain I sure hope and pray we do not loose any more trees in our small forest. The dogs will likely sleep in the Utility Room! tonight! Speaking …
Jan 12
Wow! Has it ever done some raining! WOW! Puppies are doing fine and I think they grew over night! They are walking around like big dogs! Eyes are starting to open a bit. They eat regularly! Abilene sees to that. And when I get down close to them they start sniffing and wiggling and crawling …
Jan 11
Today as usual we took the sheep out to pasture. I had parked the truck in a different location and the sheep object to such foolishness on my part! So instead of going down like normal sheep…they went on past the gate and to the front yard at Momma’s. This web site business has consumed …
