Feb 16
Drover is an amazing Sheep Dog! Still at 10 years and 4 months going strong. He is the finder of sheep… and my go to dog to bring them in. My other dogs are equally amazing but after all the late night work Drover and I have done together it is Drover I trust for …
Feb 05
As the sun sets on this wet, damp, grey, cloudy day. It has been amazingly warm . The rain has been in showers light and off and on… I sit here in the window of our living room and watch the fog roll into the low places along the branch and off in the …
Feb 02
Simply my KAT will not be having puppies this time. Thru no fault of hers or mine…The puppies are simply gone! Not in her…a miscarriage…she does have milk and is still nesting…The Vet says she is fine and lost the puppies about 2 to 3 weeks ago… She is fine internally everything looked correct and …
Jan 23
All I can say is I learn something everyday I am around my flock…sometimes it is how to take care of them “like today” or about The Good Shepherd… Today was a calling for and on The Good Shepherd. Five Months Ago I started out by flushing my ewes on good green grass and lots …
Jan 14
I arrived home from town and it was all most dark…I walked with KAT across the dam because it was to wet to drive the gator on. Journey was left in a down at the gate… All but 2 sheep were at the gate…they know when it is time to come up for the night. …
Jan 13
Soon we will have puppies! Ms KAT Ballou is expecting and showing all the signs of being with puppies! Today we walked across the dam and gathered the sheep…slowly…then headed back slower! This evening she ate great…and then slept all evening. So soundly that I opened the storm door and let it close on it’s …
Nov 28
What does one do on a rainy Monday? Swing in the porch swing with one’s dogs! But only after one has moved the sheep to the far pasture with one of the dogs. YES! A swing is a wonderful way to visit and hang out with my dogs! I love rain and cooler weather. …
Nov 28
My Grandma use to comment on a cold, or rainy, or lonesome day that it had been a long day. I use to wonder why she thought that…I never saw days as long not since I was a young girl with no one to play with and it was hot or boring… Well today was …
Nov 18
Saturday as the sun rose over Dutchman’s Mountain I planned to head to a herding trial with KAT Ballou…I decided to let common sense and concern for the other entrees with intact males rule … Instead Drover and I headed for the Border Collie Trials and Dog Festival in Huntersville, NC ! Wow! Dock Diving …
Nov 09
Birthday Week Celebration! At Maple Grove Farm! Last week was my birthday…I was born on Halloween! Hard to guess that one, right?! Not a milestone birthday just the best one ever! How old am I? Depends on what I think I can get by with telling someone…So no I am not telling! Well at …
