FergusonK's journal - Goodbye Java Jewel.

[misfitmorgan]

That is sad for sure, losing pets is always hard esp if you have had them a long time. I hope Huckleberry has good xray results.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Holy flippin' COW! Bless his heart - and yours! Glad he's on the road to recovery!

 

[Latestarter]

Wow... that's quite the damage to poor Huckleberry... ouch! Hope the leg heals well enough that he can keep it. Lots of successful three legged dogs, but why go there if you can avoid it. Glad you were able to afford his and the other dog's treatments. It's tough no matter how you look at it.

 

[TAH]

Oh my gosh, have you been thru a lot, but Really glad things are looking up for you!

 

[greybeard]

Here he is the day after Surgury. We walked him with towels for about two weeks until he got a fever and went into shock. He stayed another week and came home last night.

We tried the towel thing as well, when exercising our injured dog and to lift him into his 'wheelchair'. We found it much easier and more comfortable on both us and the dog to use a saddle girth. Just slipped the narrow black part under the dog, pull the wide soft part under it's abdomen and buckled the end. Gives you a good handle to hold on to and a soft, wider comfortable support for the dog as well. Easy to walk along with him. For size reference, the wooden rail the girth is sitting on is only 5 1/2" wide.

 

[Ferguson K]

We tried the towel thing as well, when exercising our injured dog and to lift him into his 'wheelchair'. We found it much easier and more comfortable on both us and the dog to use a saddle girth. Just slipped the narrow black part under the dog, pull the wide soft part under it's abdomen and buckled the end. Gives you a good handle to hold on to and a soft, wider comfortable support for the dog as well. Easy to walk along with him. For size reference, the wooden rail the girth is sitting on is only 5 1/2" wide.


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Funny, I ended up using a girth! He is officially walking on his own fairly well... on three legs at least.

We go back to the vet in two weeks and it will be determined then if the limb he's dragging will be removed or if she wants to give it more time. Right now that limb is virtually useless and it just gets in the way, BUT, he did lean on it for balance yesterday so there's that?

 

[Ferguson K]

New website is up and running. Can I get some opinions? I've been working on this for weeks and my eyes are crossing.

http://katescacklingranch.wixsite.com/orumpoultry

 

[Bruce]

New website is up and running. Can I get some opinions? I've been working on this for weeks and my eyes are crossing.

Cursory walkthrough:

First impression - front page is eye catching
Second impression - You are visiting us from the future!!!! No wonder you were MIA for some time.

Also, the light text "quality poultry" bit to the right of "Ranch" is lost in the background. This is true on other pages as well.

Check the Ayam Cemani page - There is white text at the top that is pretty much unreadable over the lighter areas and seems to be related to Lakenvelder rather than AC. Seems to be just "extra" from the Lakenvelder page that can be removed.

Was it hot the day you took the pictures of the BPRs? They all have their beaks open. Maybe they just like to talk to you

No description of the quail?

Might want to fix this : "The Easter Egger is a non-clssified bred of chicken".
Can I have a couple of your brilliant blue laying EEs?

No picture of the Marans?

Silver Spangled Hamburgs: "to peak their intrest " Should be "to pique their interest"


Might want to add broodiness to the descriptions. I, for one, don't pick breeds that are commonly broody. Others might be just the opposite. Of course that "habit" is pretty bird specific. Meyer says their EE's are broody. Mine aren't and neither were/are the ones from Ideal.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I agree about the light text... hard to read. But, I do love the overall design!

 

[Ferguson K]

Thank ya'll! Very helpful.

@Bruce are you looking on mobile or computer? That will help me find the errors.