Ragdollcatlady's Just a Little Patch of Weeds Farm journal

[ragdollcatlady]

Thank you.

Just reminding myself that it is OK to do what I need or want because I am important and I am fine, just the way I am.

The friend that I mentioned in my last post, keeps telling me that even minor things like my piercing and tattoos, whether anyone else likes them or not, if I like them and want them, I deserve them. According to him, I have paid my dues, doing the best I could raising my kids and surviving a wrong marriage until there was nothing left. I can have all the tattoos, piercings, goats and wine that I want! I like that assessment of my situation, just fine!

I am so excited about the progress on the doll house, I want to share it with you...

the front

the inside

The stairs

pics just for her, mom, dad and brother, still need one of her...

the kitchen

 

[babsbag]

Awesome doll house, you have quite the artistic flair.

 

[Latestarter]

wow... you've done a great job on it! I hope the recipient appreciates it.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Well, she is only going to be one, so my expectations aren't too high but that's OK. If she plays with it and destroys it, its still all good. Once its done Ill take a pic and appreciate the recycled side of it. For a 20 year old dollhouse, she still looks pretty good. Wait until I get the roof on and add a few decorations.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Ya done really Good with it and should feel good about it!! I agree with what your friend has said to ya and support ya in just being you....many have attempted to change me to fit their mold for me, I use to try when I was young, but I realized and found out that it was mostly an excuse to exclude me from their friendships. Finally, I just had to be me whether others like it or not. I don't have very many that want me around, so I am fine with that.....I have Joyce and the animals and the group here that I correspond with and most of all I have my Master that cares and provides for us....

 

[ragdollcatlady]

So a couple folks online were knocking me for offering for sale, a 9 month old boer doe as exposed. She would kid at 13 months at the earliest, which isn't my preference, but isn't unheard of or even particularly unusual in these parts, especially for meat goats. One was also unhappy with me for breeding her back to her sire. It was either take a chance on her being bred a tad bit early, or call the butcher. While goat is delicious and my freezer happens to currently be quite deficient, I am certain that Cherry Bomb would prefer this option, had I asked for her preference. And her sire is pretty impressive, so I am hoping for some really nice kids out of them and hopefully a bunch of those dapples too. As it turns out, she sold today, to be picked up in a couple months. A young FFA kid was wanting a doe for her breeding project and is really wanting her bred. I will not guarantee her bred, but offered to keep her in the breeding pen until mid December and of course take note of any breeding behavior I happen to notice. I had already attempted to contact ABGA and left a message asking if I could register her as her dam was commercial, but her sire is 99 percent. That would make her just under the 50 percent, but only by 0.5 percent. They did call me back and left a message, but did not answer my question. Just said that if I still had questions to call them back. They work the same hours I do and have the same lunch break! So I just filled out the paper and sent it in. Either they will register her or they wont. But if they do, then this young lady will have a better deal in the increased value of both the doe and her (doe) kids as they would also be registerable. I had inquiries about her before but they all wanted registered.... so I figured I would try it and if she was able to be, then I would increase her price and if she still didn't sell as exposed, Id keep her until she kids then sell them all.... I hope they allow it for this young ladies sake.

I had a real scare this morning, I was in the backyard cleaning up doggie doo, when my front yard bantam chocolate orpingtons (fat, round, adorable little chickens) started panicking. My first thought was that someone was here, but they don't panic over people, so I started to the front, when the neighbors aggressive dog came straight at me through the gate..... (Where's the poop your pants emoji when you need it?????) …. I am genuinely afraid of this animal, he bites his owners and tries to bite me when we are talking over the fence. He had his hackles up and was coming square at me. I bluffed and charged at him as fast as I could, praying he would back up as I only had a small leaf rake, nothing that I could count on in an actual fight. I believe he only backed off as he was in a new situation, because he is as aggressive as they come, but he did head back down the drive, barking at me, headed home. I didn't hear the neighbor yelling for him, so I figured she must not have known he was out, but I refused to even bring their mail by because I am afraid of him, so I had to think a minute. I was afraid to take the time to go inside for the phone, in case he came back or went after a person, so I grabbed a heavier, solid rake and walked over. I stopped a the end of her drive and yelled for the neighbor to get her dog. She knew something was wrong, called him back (he kind of listened) and after she put him in the yard, I told her what had happened. She hadn't seen him slip away or back. She thought he was just running there in her front yard with her other dogs. I think this animal is far more of a liability than he is worth.... just my 2 cents. I am afraid that if they keep him and the husband falls, needing emergency help, this dog will severely injure any emergency responders if they are even able to get inside to help in the first place. I would not be able to get in to help if they were unable to put him up in a crate first.

So that was my day.

 

[babsbag]

Glad that the dog took your bluff, that can be a frightening moment. Our neighbor had a GSD that used to come over on my property and get all aggressive and snarly with me. Glad that she and the neighbor are both gone.

I am pretty sure that you can register the doeling as a percentage. It seems to me that my purebred boer buck was 99% as well and I was able to register his kids. There is something in the rules about rounding to the nearest percentage.

I am glad that you sold her. There is nothing wrong with breeding back to the buck and she is old enough to breed. I had a good friend tell me that breeding actually releases a growth hormone. She has been raising goats for a long time so maybe she is right. IDK. But I do know that I am breeding about 16 doelings this year and I am breeding 5 of them back to their sire. So just shoot me.

 

[greybeard]

han he is worth.... just my 2 cents. I am afraid that if they keep him and the husband falls, needing emergency help, this dog will severely injure any emergency responders if they are even able to get inside to help in the first place.

No he won't. The E Responders will have the aggressive dog put down within minutes of their arrival, either doing it themselves or calling the police to do it for them.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I had a good friend tell me that breeding actually releases a growth hormone.

I have heard that also...

 

[Latestarter]

Glad your day didn't start out (or end) any worse. Not sure about the folks giving a ration... Tell them to shut up and mind their own business.