Samssimonsays: Blazing Acres journal

[samssimonsays]

Like father like daughter At 5 months old, Sadie weighs in at 60 pounds +/- with the bathroom scale method She is second smallest per the updates I have gotten on all the other pups with RJ taking the prize as at 4.5 months old he weighed in at 65 pounds He is all daddy for sure. Luna is as tall but a lighter weight of about 60 pounds at the same age. Jeffrey hit 42 pounds at 4.5 months old and is all Stella by far! Bernard, I have not heard a weight update but he is a giant lump on the floor similar to Rumely who Just becomes one with the floor and you can not budge him No ambition at all and heaven help the poor sap who tries to bring him for a walk! He lays down and refuses to go any further. I had similar experiences with Rumely as he just didn't want to dog anymore lol.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Beautiful!

 

[samssimonsays]

Thank you @frustratedearthmother She has been an amazing pup, all of them have been! Several are on their way to being certified therapy animals and one's even going to be a service dog. I have never seen such people loving pups with how they react to all people.

 

[Mike CHS]

It is great that many of them will have "jobs"

Both of our herd dogs were in the mid 50 lb range. Herding was too hard on them at that weight so we had to cut the food down for a bit. Mid 40's now.

 

[samssimonsays]

It is great that many of them will have "jobs"

Both of our herd dogs were in the mid 50 lb range. Herding was too hard on them at that weight so we had to cut the food down for a bit. Mid 40's now.

Yes. I am super happy they are going to have jobs. I know Jeffrey has strong herding tendencies but the rest just don't. The majority of them took over the Great Pyrenees and or Saint Bernard traits it seems. Lack of energy and motivation, stubborn and overall laid back go with the flow. Some are more vocal like the Collie and all are super smart and learn at accelerated speeds. Majority of them were never kenneled and have had only a handful of accidents at most.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Glad to hear the pups are going great!!

 

[Poka_Doodle]

Amazing how much they've grown

 

[samssimonsays]

Scarlet on a 10 hour +/- fill. I have upped her production an entire cup. She is now 9 weeks into lactation and you can see the difference, or I can anyway LOL. It has been a lot of hard work and asking myself why I continue but Next year the day after she kids she will be on the stand and getting milked. I am very pleased with the progress she has made in the 5 weeks we have had her!

At 9 weeks old her buckling, Rosco, weighed in at 52#s He was 20# at 4 weeks old.

I am going to guess that when he gets weaned I will have much more milk from her since a lot of it is going to support him.

Side

Back (She kept moving)

the product (I could have gotten to 3 cups easily but she started acting up and I made her end on a good note) All that foam!

After the foam subsided

 

[TAH]

She is turning out to be a good milker and boy is rosco big. I keep wanting to say little rosco but he is not little.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

That's awesome!