Grants mini herd

[farmerjan]

Kudos to you. Yes, I can still do alot more work than some of them today, even with my bad knees. I work slower lately, but still can keep up with all the farms that I am still testing. You are right, it is a work smarter, and experience counts.... the younger ones today do not have the work ethic in so many ways; and the sad thing is there is so little commitment to trying to do the very best that they can for the job. I wasn't raised that way, and I am afraid that so many of the younger generation do not have the same work ethic of doing a days work for a days pay.... so many just jump from job to job because they don't want to try to do it the best they can until they find something better.....I was taught to do a job the best that I could even if I didn't want to do that for the rest of my life. Apply yourself was the way you did things.... today it seems to be do as little as you can to slide by....
I commend you for your commitment to your job. Hope that you can help people that are facing the devastating losses out there.

 

[Grant]

Back home for the holiday and will work from here for a while. I’ve got some pv, so finishing a project today.
I’ve got just over 4 yds of concrete coming this morning to finish some dog kennels we are making. My wife is going to start raising dogs. We’ve already gathered the pups, or most of them, that will be our breeding stock. 2 female border collies a female Aussie and a poodle male. 1 more Aussie to come. I have 4 puppies at my house. That’s a lot of energy.

Borderdoodles and Aussiedoodles in our future.

 

[Finnie]

Back home for the holiday and will work from here for a while. I’ve got some pv, so finishing a project today.
I’ve got just over 4 yds of concrete coming this morning to finish some dog kennels we are making. My wife is going to start raising dogs. We’ve already gathered the pups, or most of them, that will be our breeding stock. 2 female border collies a female Aussie and a poodle male. 1 more Aussie to come. I have 4 puppies at my house. That’s a lot of energy.

Borderdoodles and Aussiedoodles in our future.

Oh dear, I sure hope you guys have researched and know what you’re getting into. When I think of the crazy-obsessive mentality of the herding breeds, and high energy drive of all 3 of those breeds (especially poodles) I can’t imagine wanting them combined. As breeders, will it be in your contract to take back all puppies that don’t work out in their new homes? Screen your buyers carefully, because they are going to have their hands full. Those won’t be for novice owners, but you can be sure there will be people who just want to jump on the fashionable doodle-craze band wagon.

 

[Grant]

No doubt. They will be screened heavily. These aren’t lazy dogs they will need and really require daily interaction and play time. The big thing were they are for those wanting an energetic dog with less of the hair and dander issue. Noticed I didn’t say none.

Take back clauses are tricky. It usually pushes prices way up.

 

[Grant]

Thought I’d intro the dog breeding stock.
Lily is the traditional black and white border. I’m going to work her with the cattle, she has great natural instincts that will make it easier to train.
Bella is a blue Merle border in the same pic hanging out on the back porch love seat.
Dunkin is a cafe au latte poodle. Mom is a standard poodle and dad is a miniature. Some ones pens didn’t work and mom must have taken a nap.
The last one is a black and white bicolor Aussie, Skye.
I’m looking for a red Merle Aussie also.

Everyone has had full genetic testing and will be available for buyers if requested. Nothing in anyone genetically. Skyes aren’t back yet. I will only use clean genetic breeding animals.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Nice looking pups ...congratulations and thank you for the pictures

 

[Baymule]

I love Aussies, have had several of them. They sure leave a hole in my heart when they are gone. Wish you the best with your dogs!

 

[Grant]

This is really my wife’s project, obviously with some help. All of these dogs are very sweet. They will have pens, I can’t have this many dogs in the house all the time at one time, but I don’t want them to stay there all the time. They need exercise, interaction and work.

 

[Grant]

All the concretes poured and pens installed. Dogs are getting broken to the pens, better today than yesterday. Cows are all fat and happy with obvious baby bumps. Waiting on spring calves.
Got the couple of brace posts in that had to be done before the ground froze. Steel posts I can handle, but not the digging. Especially since I sold me 3 pt post digger.
Some pics just for fun.

 

[Baymule]

Those are some really nice kennels. Very nice.

Cows are looking good, just love their shaggy hair!