Jun 26
I am planning a BOO Drover Litter as soon as BOO comes into heat again. I expect she will be back in heat in the next 2 months or less. Stay tuned! I will have tris, shaded sables and a possible black and tan with this cross. All will be good working, biddable, smart dogs …
Jan 24
I remember my Grandpa dressed in overall, boots and coat… sitting on the ground…in the sunshine, up against the dairy barn,on a cold day…looking… I wondered at the time why he would sit on the ground! It was cold and made no sense to me… he all ways sat in a chair! And he was …
Nov 16
Well we had a real hard killing frost last night! it got most everything here. All the flowers…The grasses I grow are still okay…But most likely there will be another frost tonight… The sheep are doing well…Fat and sassy…Loving the cooler weather…So are the dogs…And you know what? I like it too! Good sleeping weather …
Nov 02
Enjoy the Drover BOO Drover/BOO Puppy Photos from today! It was raining! But the puppies had a great time! Granny Abilene kept a watchful eye out for them all…and made sure everyone played nice! Even the tail pullers! Farm raised puppies live the life! What fun! I do have two puppies available they are 8 …
Sep 03
Life…New Life…I witnessed nine miracles born today…I never cease to be surprised at the feelings and wonders this stirs in my heart. What a wonderful Mother BOO is! She just knows what to do…and does everything correctly! Cleaning, feeding, caring for her puppies… She also wanted me with her ! But once I was there …
Sep 02
At 9:00 AM the Stork landed at Maple Grove Farm with NINE healthy, strong, beautiful, English Shepherd Puppies!!! It took most of the day for the stork to unload the puppies! BOO and Puppies are doing fine! I suspect BOO, puppies, and myself will sleep well tonight! I know that stork is tired! We have …
Feb 05
A simple country pleasure…is wood cutting. We burn wood in our house and in the Shepherd’s Cottage. Another simple country pleasure is being warmed by a wood stove on a cold day, or a warm cherry fire in a rock fire place. The other day Les, the dogs, and I went to the field to …
Jan 19
Is there anything more glorious than a cool, bright, sunny, beautiful January Sunday morning? I jumped out of bed to the sound of sheep bells quietly making music in the distance. It was cool but not cold. Threw on my barn clothes. Turned the Shepherds out …and down to the pasture we went! All 6 …
Jan 15
Sunday afternoon was cold but pleasant. We had sunshine! I took the puppies and the grown dogs to the barn to hang out with the chickens and watch. The puppies are learning that chickens peck if they are to close and have a pink hind leg that kicks if they pull tail feathers and or …
Jan 02
Tuesday , when Les and I arrived home from cutting wood …Scott a friend of ours had brought us 16 little Brown Hens! So pretty and brown and they lay eggs! Now we have 17 hens! Scott is bringing us a pretty Americana Rooster soon! This afternoon we turned the hens out of the barn …
