Mini Horses
Herd Master
Those are days we mumble -- sometimes shout -- I'm getting rid of ALL THESE ANIMALS !! 
I hope Chaos gets well
I hope Chaos gets well
Canesisters 2023 journal - turning my Disasters into Delights
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Baymule
Herd Master
I have 1 pen with a feed bunk. Sheep jump in it and stick their heads in the way at the precise instant I pour feed. It goes everywhere.
STUPID SHEEP! I HATE YOU!
Next pen has rubber feed tubs. The sheep trample them and flip them upside down. Idiots. I get a pole, drag them back to the fence and flip them back over. I fake them out by acting like I’m pouring feed out in one tub, so they mob that one. I sprint back to the other one and pour. Only 6 sheep in that lot but somehow 27 heads get there first and feed splatters everywhere.
AARRGGGH!!! YOU DUMB SHEEP!! YALL ARE SUCH A PAIN IN THE A$$!!
Yeah, we’ve been there. Daily.
STUPID SHEEP! I HATE YOU!
Next pen has rubber feed tubs. The sheep trample them and flip them upside down. Idiots. I get a pole, drag them back to the fence and flip them back over. I fake them out by acting like I’m pouring feed out in one tub, so they mob that one. I sprint back to the other one and pour. Only 6 sheep in that lot but somehow 27 heads get there first and feed splatters everywhere.
AARRGGGH!!! YOU DUMB SHEEP!! YALL ARE SUCH A PAIN IN THE A$$!!
Yeah, we’ve been there. Daily.
Mini Horses
Herd Master
Just like goats!!! Yeah, mob one pan -- while I race you to the others 
SageHill
Herd Master
Sooooo - you’re human like the rest of us! 
Oh yeah - we’ve all got those days. When even the littlest thing tips the scales and kaboom
and sometimes it’s hard to pull out of the nosedive. Don’t curse tomorrow morning today - that will make it bad for sure.
For Birdie - what if you let her in, or went out to her and sat down and pretend cried?? Or heck real cry?
You’ve got a lot going on esp with Chaos. Fingers crossed he’s feeling better asap.
Oh yeah - we’ve all got those days. When even the littlest thing tips the scales and kaboom
and sometimes it’s hard to pull out of the nosedive. Don’t curse tomorrow morning today - that will make it bad for sure. For Birdie - what if you let her in, or went out to her and sat down and pretend cried?? Or heck real cry?
You’ve got a lot going on esp with Chaos. Fingers crossed he’s feeling better asap.
Ridgetop
Herd Master
Every individual does a back set sometimes. Just like children that decide on the one day you want them to behave to throw a tantrum, Birdie had to test you. You showed her that you were still the Alpha. Don't worry about tomorrow. Just because she decided to test you today doesn't mean it will happen again tomorrow. (Maybe something to look forward to in the future LOL) It feels depressing after all your hard work, o much improvement, and now a back set but you have come a long way with each other. Even a perfectly trained obedience dog will act up occasionally for kicks. Also, with Chaos being sick she can sense tension and sickness.
I hope Chaos recovers. Worrying over a sick animal is debilitating.
I hope Chaos recovers. Worrying over a sick animal is debilitating.
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canesisters
Herd Master
Thanks yall. It always kinda unnerves me how 'little' it takes to push me over the edge.
Work-troll can lob hate bombs at me 8hrs a day for weeks & I'm unmoved. Work piles up around the farm, finances get tight, car breaks down... oh well - just muddle along.
But let one of my animals get sicker than I can treat on my own.... and I become a totally useless weepy mess.
Chaos had a blocked urethra Fri night. The only vet around here that's open on Sat is (in my opinion) a joke.. but you take what you can get. They anesthetized him, passed a cath & cleared the blockage. What little I remember from years ago when I worked for a vet said he should have been kept for at least 3 days, with the cath in for at least 2 of those days. But it was the weekend & they didn't want to be bothered so they pulled it & sent him home on pred., a prostate med & an oral pain med/slight sedative. They pushed real hard for me to buy the $85 big bag of Rx food. I made them mad when I asked, in the middle of the crowded waiting room, why they thought I needed to buy $100 in food for a cat they can't even give me 50/50 odds of living to Monday without specialized vet care (IV fluids & catheter to flush his system). Then I had to demand antibiotics .... since they didn't run a test on the urine they got out of the cath, we can't know if this was caused by crystals/stones or an infection.
Chaos has peed 2x & has eaten & drank a little. The vet didn't say Anything about him licking... but it seems to me that constant liking isn't going to help the swelling, so he's got a rolled up dishcloth taped around his neck.
I got myself together enough to go to the feed & grocery store. When I got back Birdie & I started day 1, lesson 1of Pat Miller's positive training book. Brand new clicker & a string cheese in hand, Birdie learned that the random clicker sound means a yummy treat is about to appear. Then a short break, & then she learned that sitting gets a click & a treat.... sitting next to the chair, sitting at random spots in the yard, sitting on the porch AND sitting inside the kennel gate. YEP! She actually ate a treat inside the kennel.
We'll probably practice this again later this afternoon - and once more in the dark with the head lamp; because that's a trigger for her in the early mornings.
Had my 24hr pitty party.... time to woman-up, wash the huge smear of dog spit off my door & get on with things.
Ain't nobody here to pat my back and say There, there... Let me fix it for you.
Work-troll can lob hate bombs at me 8hrs a day for weeks & I'm unmoved. Work piles up around the farm, finances get tight, car breaks down... oh well - just muddle along.
But let one of my animals get sicker than I can treat on my own.... and I become a totally useless weepy mess.
Chaos had a blocked urethra Fri night. The only vet around here that's open on Sat is (in my opinion) a joke.. but you take what you can get. They anesthetized him, passed a cath & cleared the blockage. What little I remember from years ago when I worked for a vet said he should have been kept for at least 3 days, with the cath in for at least 2 of those days. But it was the weekend & they didn't want to be bothered so they pulled it & sent him home on pred., a prostate med & an oral pain med/slight sedative. They pushed real hard for me to buy the $85 big bag of Rx food. I made them mad when I asked, in the middle of the crowded waiting room, why they thought I needed to buy $100 in food for a cat they can't even give me 50/50 odds of living to Monday without specialized vet care (IV fluids & catheter to flush his system). Then I had to demand antibiotics .... since they didn't run a test on the urine they got out of the cath, we can't know if this was caused by crystals/stones or an infection.
Chaos has peed 2x & has eaten & drank a little. The vet didn't say Anything about him licking... but it seems to me that constant liking isn't going to help the swelling, so he's got a rolled up dishcloth taped around his neck.
I got myself together enough to go to the feed & grocery store. When I got back Birdie & I started day 1, lesson 1of Pat Miller's positive training book. Brand new clicker & a string cheese in hand, Birdie learned that the random clicker sound means a yummy treat is about to appear. Then a short break, & then she learned that sitting gets a click & a treat.... sitting next to the chair, sitting at random spots in the yard, sitting on the porch AND sitting inside the kennel gate. YEP! She actually ate a treat inside the kennel.
We'll probably practice this again later this afternoon - and once more in the dark with the head lamp; because that's a trigger for her in the early mornings.
Had my 24hr pitty party.... time to woman-up, wash the huge smear of dog spit off my door & get on with things.
Ain't nobody here to pat my back and say There, there... Let me fix it for you.
Ridgetop
Herd Master
We'll say it! Can't you feel us patting your back? You are doing great and everyone is allowed to have pitty parties and meltdowns now and then!
SageHill
Herd Master
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canesisters
Herd Master
Caramel! 
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canesisters
Herd Master
Heading to my regular vet 1st thing this AM. Chaos was doing well yesterday & I was hopeful. But he's blocked up again overnight.
Good note - Birdie was great this AM. Headlamp & all, we went out at the usual pre-crack of dawn, repeated yesterday's click&treat exercises including treats in the kennel. She barked a bit when I closed the gate & went inside but has been laying down quietly for almost 2 hrs!!!!! THANK GOD..... I'm not sure I could've handled just sitting here waiting to go to the vet with her pitching a fit the whole time.
Good note - Birdie was great this AM. Headlamp & all, we went out at the usual pre-crack of dawn, repeated yesterday's click&treat exercises including treats in the kennel. She barked a bit when I closed the gate & went inside but has been laying down quietly for almost 2 hrs!!!!! THANK GOD..... I'm not sure I could've handled just sitting here waiting to go to the vet with her pitching a fit the whole time.
