HummmmmLeo and I went for an extended walk across the property diagonally. 48+- acres. My knees and feet didn’t act up, no bug bites. Leo blazed the way, searched for sheep (who were chuckling at the top of the hill we’d just started from). Found a missing ram lamb, expired and stuffed under a fallen tree. Wondering about a mountain lion. Smitty and Crockett always patrolled that area and kept the sheep away from it. It’s pretty down there but a stout hike back up a steep (to me born in the flatlands) hillside. Moses is getting the hang of things and is less standoffish. He and Sophie play while Leo watches and Caddo has a pained expression (youth is wasted on the young). Have a great weekend everybody.
There was one periodically at the old place, late winter usually. My neighbor saw it in a tree. He was an experienced woodsman and knew what he was looking at. I once saw a jaguarundi even if the state says there aren’t any. Our game camera snapped a fuzzy photo ( here)- hell that may be what ate up the chickens, I didn’t think of that. That makes sense. The jag couldn’t have gotten the ram lamb but chickens would be perfect.
Fires, floods -- will get worse.
Lose two mature LGDS. Hungry predators close in. My two best are dead and I’ll have to train Moses. A lot of hiking ahead.
