Spacing out dogs
I was talking to a close friend about my dogs during lunch today. She asked how old Gel was and I told her he’d be four on July 29. Then she asked how old Fern was: she’ll be a year old on
Month: June 2008
I am truly blessed
As is usually the case, I did not take time to post updates on the weekend. I spend as little time as possible on the computer on the weekends. I didn’t get my runs taken apart this weekend as I planned, but
Paw pads
I’ve seen a lot of reference lately to torn, bruised or otherwise injured paw pads. Here and here are references to local dogs with “blown” paw pads. I discussed it with two holistic-minded friends of mine and asked if they thought it
If they only knew …
If the people I work with only knew what I did before I came to work each morning. I thought that as I was driving through grass over my ATV this morning getting the cattle up. They are getting trickier in their
A puppy reunion
Fern, Monty and Pyro got to spend time playing together over the weekend. They all seemed to remember each other and had a ball together. It was interesting to see the three of them together. Monty and Pyro have Gel’s size, but
Hide and Seek
I took some photos this morning of the cattle and sheep playing hide and seek. Interestingly, I saw the cattle (Gel did not) and I sent him to the right. He took the flank without question. Of course, I couldn’t see where
Homing devices needed
I got home a bit later than normal last night because I had to stop at the grocery store. They were baling the hay out in the back pasture so I went out there with the dogs to ask that he leave
Doing the happy dance
When I got home last night the goal was to reset my ElectroNet. Gel and I put the sheep and cattle out into the side pasture and I got to work. Agh, what an awful job it is setting that fence when
Busy, busy, busy
I had an extremely busy, but productive weekend. On Saturday morning I went on a shopping spree. I bought more drought-tolerant plants for the garden behind my house, mostly all fragrent, flowering herbs: lavender, Russian sage, rosemary, thyme and St. John’s Wort
What I know
I know that animals (and humans) age far more gracefully if they consume a healthy, species-appropriate diet, stay away from annual vaccinations and other medications as much as possible, get daily exercise, have plenty of mental stimulation and live in a healthy