Month: April 2010
Puppy names
Since the puppies were born on Earth Day. I wanted to give them Earth-related names. I’ve settled on the following names: Mica which is derived from the Latin word micare, meaning “to glitter”; Delphin is of Greek origin, and its meaning is
The best milking ever …
I’m finally getting the hang of it and I think I now know where we are going to set up a milking area for Gwen. Until we get the area covered (which shouldn’t be too big a deal [yea, right!]), I can
Red Thread
I came across this Chinese Proverb today: “An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet regardless of time, place or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle but it will never break.” How true … Wally and I often
Guinevere
Crisis averted!
Yesterday, I picked up a tube of Fastrack Jump Start gel to try to get Gwen eating better. Jump Start is a source of live (viable) naturally-occurring microorganisms; a source of protease which can hydrolyze proteins and a source of amylase which
Frustrating!
I hate not knowing if I’m doing the right thing or not. I hate the learning curve involved with learning how to take care of a different animal. I think I might have overfed Gwen two days ago and now she’s not
Grain, revisited …
When I picked up Gwen, the owner of the dairy told me that I should be feeding her about 25 pounds of grain a day. Wally had to pick my jaw up from the ground when he said that. I suppose if
Milking a cow …
is a whole lot harder than milking a goat! Our cow, Guinevere, has been nothing but patient. It’s a good thing. It only took me about a hour to milk her Sunday morning. Sunday evening was much better. This morning was a