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 …
Mar 13
Lets see the puppies are 5 days old and have gained .50 pd each!!!! Yeah they must be kin to me!! They are eating every chance they get and Amarillo is such a good Mother! She barley goes to potty! Today she stayed out maybe 30 minutes but only because I insisted. My horse Texas …
Mar 13
I am pretty tired tonight. We had a real good Herding Workshop! The weather was beautiful! The grass is turning green and starting to grow. It was breezy and nice and sun shinning. Jess the Border Collie came and worked in sun glasses! ( He has an eye condition and has to were sun glasses …
Mar 10
I slept in the whelping room again last night. The reason is I have a baby monitor in there and in my house. I wanted to spend time with them so I would know what they were doing by the sounds they make. Plus I wanted to be able to let Amarillo go potty if …
Mar 09
Every time puppies or a colt is born here on the farm (or baby ducks hatch) I find myself humbled and totally amazed by God’s Creation! I can only dream on how much effort and time it must have took for Him to draw up all His Plans for Creation! No wonder He does not …
