Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

We pretty much stay ready. I don't leave anything out loose and we have all we need for the livestock in the shop where we can get the sheep too from any of the paddocks. Hurricanes Ivan and Dennis used my house in Florida as a target to home in on but we have always been a bit on the prepper side.

We are due south of Nashville about 60 miles so we will get wet.

On a side not, we went to COSTCO today to pick up a few things and the Traeger grill people were there with a good sale on the Traeger grills. So I already have my Birthday, Christmas, Anniversary present for this year.

 

[Bruce]

So I already have my Birthday, Christmas, Anniversary present for this year.

Going to be some nice lamb dinners! Do you have to wait until all those events have passed to use it?

but not really planning on buying anything

Famous last words spoken by many

 

[Mike CHS]

We aren't taking the trailer so that will help control impulses Bruce.

 

[Bruce]

Plenty of room in the back seat! Unless you are taking the truck, then WAY plenty of room in the bed

 

[CntryBoy777]

Yeh...that just takes care of you, but what about Teresa's?..

 

[Mike CHS]

Yeh...that just takes care of you, but what about Teresa's?..

I always make sure she gets her fair share and she got her share before I got the grill. I wouldn't have it any other way.

 

[Mike CHS]

We had a good day and made a whole bunch of new friends. We have been involved with either sheep herding or raising for going on 5 years now and we literally haven't met a single stranger and most we have met have become friends. Today was the fall meeting and sheep sale for the Tennessee Katahdin Sheep Association which we joined today. I'm not sure how but we volunteered to host the spring Association meeting at our farm in late April of next year. That meeting will not involve a sale but they say the attendance is always good with folks coming from of course Tennessee but there was several from Alabama, Kentucky, Alabama and Louisiana.

Good to my word we did not bring any new sheep home but this pretty white male Akbash pup followed us home. We started introductions this evening when we got home and will continue tomorrow. This pup is going to be a big boy, his sire is right at 140 lbs and his dam is 110 lbs. The sheep were curious enough about him to come up and sniff and he was well behaved with them. I'll post pictures of him at another time.

 

[HomeOnTheRange]

but this pretty white male Akbash pup followed us home.

And the pictures would be???

 

[Mike CHS]

This forum gives no slack on pictures. I got one but we didn't have a lot of daylight left after we toured the fields and did some interaction with the other LGD. This is one I took right after we got home but then we had to do chicken chores and feed the few critters that are still getting fed.

 

[Bruce]

Oh sure, didn't take the trailer so you COULDN'T bring home a few Katahdins but there was room for an Akbash pup. Should have ridden your bicycles And somehow got convinced to host a meeting.

Looks like he understands food and water. What does Maisy think of him?

Looks like you and @CntryBoy777 better batten down the hatches, Irma is going to hit both of you Tuesday as a Tropical Depression. No horrendous winds, haven't heard about rain amounts.