Category: Puppies

Peaceful Springtime Evening…

Sitting in my swing this evening the birds are happy singing “Oh Springtime!”  The wind softly moving, and the air fresh from the recent rain smells heavenly. The crickets and frogs have woke up from their winter’s nap…and they join in the chorus!  Peaceful, beautiful and wonderful as the sun sets…I know all is alright …

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Now There Are Five…

pup sheep

  It was Me and my Four! and has been for some time now… I was gifted with the sweetest little puppy… girl mainly black and tan some white. Shona O’Kane brought her to me! Her name is Tabor! Like Mt Tabor in the Bible, but named after our little country church at Jackson Creek, …

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Simple Country Pleasures…

Road Trip With Friends!!! Sylvia and Mike Snell our good friends and Rosie! are visiting us from Florida.  The day dawned perfect!  Carolina Blue skies and sunshine…     Tuesday morning we loaded up the Chevy and headed for the North Carolina Foothills…sort of… Our first stop was in Lexington for a biscuit then on …

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WELL, KAT Ballou… I don’t know…

KAT

CLEARLY ….KAT is my achilles heel…I am so very sorry folks…But NO STORK VISIT (this time) … Lots of words …lots of tears… for you all…no puppies to love…Some of you have been waiting for 8 months!  I understand the feeling of loss and what happened?  Well I was feeding her pretty good 🙂 and …

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KAT…Stork…???

Well I have puppy homes that are wanting to know, friends, and I want to know! 🙂 KAT’s tummy is for sure expanding. She is hungry like all the time. Sweet to me and not so to my other three.  Her tummy is like a small mellon and expanding daily. She is not miserable, yet… …

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KAT’s Pregnancy Timeline…

    KAT was bred on June 21, 22, 23, 2020  so according to my math depending on actual conception, Kat could be in the last part of week 7 or the beginning of week 8…I think from the way she looks and acts last part of week 7… Week Seven (Days 43-49) DEVELOPMENT OF …

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KAT’s Pregnancy Timeline…

I like to post this when I have a Mama To Be… We are on Day 21 …so yes we are doing catch up!  Pregnancy Timeline Week One DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUPPIES Fertilization occurs 2 cell embryos are in the oviduct The embryo is fairly resistant to external interference in development CHANGES IN KAT Possible …

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As A Breeder…

I experience  the joys of bringing a new litter of precious English Shepherds into this world… From the moment of their first sip of Mama’s milk to the day they leave with their new forever families…knowing I have made great placements thru videos, visits to the farm, emails, phone calls and photos…What fun it is …

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The Stork…

Christmas Pups 2016

As I sit here waiting for Cheyenne to have her puppies…I remember when Cheyenne was born at Maple Grove Farm…She sure has grown up good! A happy, healthy, loving, biddable, beautiful, hard working dairy farm dog!  She is so lucky to have Lawana and Stacey as her people, and to live on their beautiful farm.  …

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Forgotten…memories

Sigh…as I write this I realize I have a wonderful memory…but it seems I cannot remember what it is! This evening as I visited with my friend Lawana …I looked out over her yard towards the milking parlor. I had a deep sense of peace as I enjoyed the beauty of the evening and the …

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