Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Pastor Dave]

Don't want the special delivery?
I don't know what gets into such a amall brain. Pinion is a good idea to keep her in her yard. You might end up missing the special delivery.

 

[Bruce]

Yeah, what is wrong with her giving them to you at the door? Better than hiding them in the weeds somewhere ... I know!

Trill let herself out of the back this morning, it was 10°F. By the time I wandered down there around 9:30 she had gone back over, around the back of the barn and inside.

 

[Mike CHS]

That hen is now our only chicken with a name. I started calling her E.D. for egg delivery.

 

[Mike CHS]

I had Thor step on the scale this afternoon and he is right at 47 pounds so he's still growing at just under one pound a day. He is growing so fast I need to get some more pictures before the puppy look is completely gone. He lost his puppy bark at some point in the last week or so and sounds like an adult. With him and Maisy standing side by side his feet are bigger than Maisy's although she is on the small side for a GP at 80 pounds now.

 

[Latestarter]

He's gonna be a big handsome boy! I hit the TSC as well today. They didn't have everything I needed so I got rain checks for the items to include the 15% savings. If I thought I could afford it, I would have ordered a lot more stuff. Had lunch at Chili's and swung into Little Ceaser's for a free Deep Deep Dish lunch deal that's in the fridge for lunch tomorrow. Just finished moving manure/compost/hay spillage from the pen to the new compost dump place. I think it was about 15 trips with a new 8 cubic foot wheel barrow. Got cleaned up and I'm about to head out to Hooters and Buffalo Wild Wings to get some free hot wings for dinner. Later tonight I'll hit Applebees for a late night, before bed free snack meal.

 

[Mike CHS]

I have been working on socializing the guardians with our herding dogs. They accepted the Border Collie right away but he isn't afraid of the bigger dogs. The Aussie isn't sure what to make of them so I usually take her out with me when I'm moving the electric netting. Teresa got one shot when Sassy and I were talking about the game plan and the others are out in the field.

 

[Latestarter]

Your pastures look to be in amazing shape. Maizey and Thor are just laying there peacefully, not bothered by your other dog at all. That's great! Hopefully you get to the point where the two totally different occupations can work together and the LGD's will let them do what they need to do and understand it's OK, and what you want. That would be so much better than having to lock up the LGD's and have them all stressing out watching the herders working the sheep. I think if you did that, it might actually breed animosity in the LGD's that they'd like the collies even less.

 

[Mike CHS]

That's what we are shooting for Joe.

 

[Southern by choice]

Love the pics!
Especially the first one!
It is interesting- as you know I adore my LGD's and have a special relationship with them... but their nature is so different from dogs that are "highly trainable". When I am out with my GSD there is an appreciation for that well trained obedience and that look that says "what do YOU want me to do?". Adelina will be in a full run and I can say COME and she will stop on a dime and return in flash. No hesitation just pure obedience.
I love the difference of the two types... appreciate both. Something really hard to put into words, but there really is a love for the dog and it's purpose and abilities.

Your pastures look great.

 

[babsbag]

OK. My border collies should be highly trainable and yet "come" is not even a suggestion with them. Sit, stay, down, quiet, show me your tummy...those they follow and yet "come" has never been in their vocabulary.

@Mike CHS I certainly wouldn't hesitate loving on those LGDs. They are beautiful.