Jan 05
Today has been slow and cold and quiet. Puppies nursing, Abilene taking extra good care of them! Boy are they growing! They are all so pretty! Yes I am not unbiased! I spend time sitting and leaning over and keeping them warm! I steal kisses on the tops of little English Shepherd sweet heads! This …
Jan 04
Cold is what it has been today! I drug out the insulated flannel lined jeans! 3 fleece shirts and a coat! gloves , Maple Grove Farm Outlast socks (Still have a few pairs for sale at $10.00 a pair) and I can special order them too.. Drover is on them and Maple Grove Farm. They …
Jan 03
This is Abilene’s 5th and final Litter of Puppies. I will not spay her unless she needs it. But there will be no more puppies. She has done more than her share. I want her to have a healthy long, happy life. I remember her first litter. I was sure she was going to deliver …
Jan 01
It is 9:18 PM Sunday January 1st 2012… Wow! That is amazing ! 2012! The Puppies are a lively bunch and hungry, but easily fed! Then they sleep for a while, and it starts all over again. Mean while Abilene is the Best Momma! She will not have any dogs looking in at her and …
Jan 01
The First Litter of English Shepherds in 2012 are here! So far NINE Healthy Hungry Beautiful (Smart) Black and Tan AND TRIS!!!!!!!! Oh Abilene and Drover did Real Good!!!!!!!!!! Okay I am tickled and would be dancing but I’d probablly fall down! I slept through the last delivery and don’t even know which one that …
Dec 30
Okay I know no one is going to believe this BUT Abilene went to the field with me this afternoon and Helped FENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She has bounced like a expecting Mom! Grin But Bounced None the Less! She is tired! So Maybe it will be like what My Momma use to say they did …
Dec 30
Okay It is taking longer than I expected…She is not in active labor YET! And Her Water Has NOT Broke YET!!!! She had a eggs cheese omelet for breakfast and ate some dry kibble. We put the sheep out and she helped with that! I know! But she was ready to go back in after …
Dec 29
Okay Folks This is the REAL DEAL!!! It has begun!!!!!!!!!! Abilene is making a nest! So it should not be too long! More to follow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dec 29
Temp is 97.7 … Puppies are bumping about…Abilene is really big! (As in house size!) She is clingy… Whinny… Miserable… She is unsteady on her feet (wobbly) and still eating but not much…She still has some softening to do in her hind parts. But not a lot more… The window is repaired (no more wind …
Dec 28
Abilene slept in my bedroom last night… Lots of grunting and restlessness. But finally sleep! She is moving slow today and I will be keeping her up in her room today. When she is not with me. I told her. “You stay here don’t you go off to find those puppies!” She is in the …
