Mar 27
Oh My What A Wonderful time I had! Les and I kept our friend’s 3 children while they went out to dinner for their anniversary. The first thing we did was make a cake (with duck eggs) . The children thought that was cool and then we sat with Amarillo and petted her while she …
Mar 25
Late last night I was out feeding the puppies their warm milk (this was my second feeding.) They had finished and I had let Amarillo back in as I was saying “goodnight” to the sweeties (the three I had been holding and snuggling with) were very hard to leave… All of a sudden I heard …
Mar 24
The teeth are coming through! Amarillo’s milk buckets are getting sore fast! She does not like little puppy teeth! So today I fixed warm goats milk and powdered milk together. You have never heard such smacking and lapping and felt such full tummies on puppies! They were funny at first.. Some were Yum Yum get …
Mar 24
We had a real good turn out for the Cathy Hartley Herding Clinic at Maple Grove Farm on Saturday and Sunday! Along with English Shepherds, we had a Border Collie and an Australian Cattle Dog! Even MY DOGS are still tired!!! Man did we work! And LEARNED so much!!!! It was amazing! Cathy has a …
Mar 24
The puppies are growing and up walking round their bed area. They are starting to cut teeth and it will not be many days till Amarillo will be very uncomfortable nursing them. So I have stocked up on caned Goats milk and tomorrow I will give them some ! They have had their nails cut …
Mar 23
It has been DAYS!!! Since my last post! Where do I start? Right at this moment ALL my dogs except Amarillo and the puppies (they are safe in the shop in their whelping room) are in my utility room with me because of the wind and the storms that are going through! Very strong storms! …
Mar 17
Goodness! I can barely believe it! I TRIMMED NAILS today!!!! All 9 puppies had their front nails done! Just no polish! I waited till they had just had all the dinner they could take then while they were real sleepy. Snip snip snip. Nothing to it ! It is all about the timing! Otherwise it …
Mar 17
I am often asked how I place puppies. Many folk ask if they can pick out their own puppy or if there is a questionnaire to fill out. I take the placement of each puppy into it’s new family very seriously and try my best to make a “perfect” match…so the short answer is “no”…here’s why… There’s …
Mar 15
As I watch the puppies nurse it is so funny to note the process they go through. Step 1. wake up and sniff, sniff, sniff , go the noses “where is that milk bucket?” Step 2. crawl, sniff, crawl, sniff, up and down left and right all the time sniffing and then “Found It!” Step …
