Coffee anyone ?

[Mini Horses]

Wow -- this far apart and we use the same shop!!

 

[Baymule]

Amazing isn’t it?

 

[SageHill]

One cup #2 already - and haven't left the house. It's cold, windy, and somewhat rainy (rain on off, spit, etc - not complaining about the moisture). After the weekend in the cold and wind I'm not going to tough it out and graze - I feel great - but with the crud that's going around and all the folks I heard hacking away on the weekend I'm going to stay warm and dry today. Really haven't been sick since Dec 2019 and that was a doozy.
Obi is bugging me - says 'Let's go!' -- sorry buddy, you can hang out while I clean stalls later.

 

[SageHill]

Amazing isn’t it?

Hey - I think I go to the same shoP! I go for that wind blown look.

 

[Baymule]

A shag haircut is great. I shampoo, rub with a towel, give my head a good shake and hair doin’ is done. Girls! I recently discovered the fabulous benefits of Asorbine Show Sheen for horses manes and tails. After the above hair doin’s spray hair with Show Sheen, rub in with hands, shake head again and VOILA! Soft shiny hair! I bought it for Reina. Guess what? She ain’t seen the durned bottle yet! Horse gonna have to get her own durned bottle!

 

[Bruce]

I notice pic is from 2 weeks ago...in daylight!!

Neighbor across the road got this picture of a bobcat on the game camera. Yeah broad daylight and maybe 100' from his house.

 

[Mini Horses]

Great. Looks like one seen near me, color wise.

 

[Ridgetop]

Unless you go to a very reputable breeder or find a very experienced dog, avoid anatolians, Kangals, causican shepherds basically anything originating in Turkey or the surrounding countries.

Actually unless you go to a reputable breeder, don't get any breed of LGD. We have had 5 Pyrs - good with children, strangers, and kept the predators away from our animals, the neighbor's animals, the entire 100+ acres behind us and even further out. Our fences were good but Pyrs can climb like a cat, compress those big fluffy bodies to get through a hole 8" x 10", and if all else fails dig out. I hated the way our Pyrs would roam - I want my dogs to remain inside my fences!

After 20 years the neighborhood changed with less livestock friendly people. We finally got Anatolians because I wanted to keep the LGDs in with the livestock, not out guarding everyone else's property. We have had 3 now and all of them stay with the livestock. We are getting our 4th puppy this year. Only one of them was aggressive towards strangers. All of ours came from specific Lucky Hit bloodlines, and Erick was always available to help me with any training issue. He has become a very good friend over the past 9 years. I love my Anatolians but you have to be willing to train them since they are a dominant breed.

Kangals are just a color combination of Anatolians but some people call them a separate breed and claim they are "rare". In Turkey traditional predators are bears, very large wolves, etc. - very large fierce predators. Even human thieves could be puled down by these dogs. We have to remember that the original LGDs that guarded flocks were guarding their masters' lives since the loss of their flocks could mean starvation. The dogs had to be fiercer to defend the flocks. In old Turkey a dog that ran from a predator or backed down in a fight would be killed since it was believed that those genes should not be kept. Here in the USA Anatolian temperaments are becoming softer since we don't want our LGDs attacking anyone for fear of a lawsuit. An LGD that is too soft and gentle may not be willing to fight off larger and more dangerous predators though.

Hopefully the cougar will move on.

 

[Baymule]

Coffee is ready. Got my first cup. It’s 55F with a high of 77F today. And supposed to rain.
I’ve got a pile of dried out, twisted, hard, head stalls that came out of a $10 garage sale box. There’s one breast strap, some bits and reins. I’ve been working on it, saddle soap and painting neatsfoot oil on them until they can’t soak up any more. I sat outside yesterday afternoon and oiled them. Still hard, but better. I’ve already cleaned and piled a lot of my bridles and hung them up in the storage building that doesn’t leak. This pile is on cardboard in front of the TV. That way, I have to look at it and I’ll get it done and not out in the storage building where I’ll forget about it. I’ve got several saddles to clean and oil too.

 

[Mini Horses]

Coffee. First cup is always hot and bright. Love the smell . Weather is good. Nice for the new goat kids to play -- and nap -- and learn about moms. Cuteness abounds.

This above normal weather trend has grasses starting, trees coming in bloom...plum tree is lovely. Need to check apple tree for buds. Maybe one is still alive. Goat destruction I never learn. Giving up on growing them.

I need to walk fence lines and pastures. Good day for it. Grilling steaks with DD later, for dinner. Yum maybe a glass of wine.