Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

[Wehner Homestead]

I used Dawn dish soap!!! Lol. I know it could dry him it out but it was one bath, not a regular thing. He smelled like a normal goat until rut. We will probably do it again when it warms up.

 

[MiniSilkys]

I use dawn on my gsd. He has flaking and I have tried every shampoo I could find. I even ordered some from vet supply. But dawn has had the best results. Did you know it even kills fleas? My dog doesn't have any cause he is on trifexis but before I found the pill I used dawn to kill them. You can even mix some in a spray bottle with water and spray your carpet. We don't have carpet. Gsds shed too much. Even wildlife rescuers use dawn on animals. It is the best to get oil off. Go dawn!

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Yep. I knew Dawn killed fleas. Lots of dog breeders use it if pups that are too young for other interventions get them. The only concern is that it can be very drying (because it is so good at removing oils) so it shouldn’t be used regularly.

 

[Bruce]

One thing in common is they will give you the opposite gender than you want.

So you have to do the Br'er Rabbit thing on them, tell them you want males, LOTS of males. Of course then they will figure out that you are trying to fool them into giving you all females so they give you what you ask for.

 

[Latestarter]

Been raining steady for hours. Getting ready to try and sleep so went out in the rain & checked the rain gauge. Knew it would be over the top by morning. Sure enough, 4" gauge, was at 3.75". Dumped out somewhere over 2" the other day, so that puts me close to 6" I'm sure the creek is back up over its banks again. No where for the water to go... Ground is completely saturated. Really glad I bought the plywood for the back wall of the goat shelter. It's not completely dry inside but at least they're no longer standing in mud. And there's no longer wind and rain blowing in. All this wet is really getting old.

 

[Bruce]

I think you need an 8' pipeline from your place to @babsbag's dairy

 

[DustyBoot]

We're not getting as much rain as you are, but more than I want. My milking stall in the pole barn was nice and swampy this morning. The goats are huddled up in the pole barn staying dry, but the chickens are out. Mostly staying under the coop. I'm ready for summer.

 

[Latestarter]

Looks like the whole front line has moved north and is now flowing E/W over OK and AR onward. Not raining here at the moment, but there's more coming up from the south so it aint over yet. Dumped an additional 1/2" this morning after goat chores, so it would have overflowed. So officially over 6" now in the past 3-4 days.

Put a rack of pork ribs in the oven a while ago. Gonna be eatin well this afternoon.

 

[Mike CHS]

We do a lot of cooking when we get that kind of weather. It's a good thing the freezers stay stocked.

 

[DustyBoot]

Blech. Dinner sounds tasty, though! I like cooking when the weather is bad too. Comfort food!