Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal
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@Mike CHS Congrats on the Anniversary!
To all of the vets - Thank you so much for your service!
To our Gold Star Families - Your deep sacrifice will not be forgotten!!
To all of the vets - Thank you so much for your service!
To our Gold Star Families - Your deep sacrifice will not be forgotten!!
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Mike CHS
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This is our 7th.
Baymule
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Happy 7th anniversary. Picking a memorable date is a smart thing. When my husband asked me to marry him, I said ok, followed by When? I replied February 14, it sounded good at the time. I wanted to be able to remember the date too.
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Mike CHS
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We have an old barn wood sign by our front door that has our name and "established December 7 2010" so I also have another good reminder. 
We were guided to each other late but it just keeps getting better.
We were guided to each other late but it just keeps getting better.
Baymule
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DH and I got married when he was 50 and I was 40. When you've been there done that, it makes you appreciate each other even more.
Mike, may you and Teresa have many, many more wonderful anniversaries together.
Mike, may you and Teresa have many, many more wonderful anniversaries together.
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Mike CHS
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I need to get some updated pictures of the LGDs. The pup went past 59 pounds this afternoon. I thought the growth spurt was slowing down since he stayed a little over/under 57 pounds for about three days and when he got on the scale this afternoon he was a little over 59 pounds. As hard as Maisy and him play fight and chase each other I'm surprised they both aren't losing weight. Either way they are loving the cold weather.
I had to break out the thermal clothing to be able to stay out like I needed to.
As cold as it was out there today I spent most of the day out both trying to finish the last run of T-posts but also to keep an eye on the pup. I noticed yesterday that he was moving the sheep from the big paddock to the smaller one. I finally caught him in the act of trying to round them up and got on to him to stop. I'm hoping he is like Maisy and it only takes once to change behavior as long as I can catch him in the act.
I don't expect to always have it so easy but whenever I can catch him in the act doing something he shouldn't I have only had to get on to him once and (knock on wood) I haven't seen the bad act again.
I had to break out the thermal clothing to be able to stay out like I needed to.
As cold as it was out there today I spent most of the day out both trying to finish the last run of T-posts but also to keep an eye on the pup. I noticed yesterday that he was moving the sheep from the big paddock to the smaller one. I finally caught him in the act of trying to round them up and got on to him to stop. I'm hoping he is like Maisy and it only takes once to change behavior as long as I can catch him in the act.
I don't expect to always have it so easy but whenever I can catch him in the act doing something he shouldn't I have only had to get on to him once and (knock on wood) I haven't seen the bad act again.
Bruce
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They aren't losing weight because they are building muscle
Perhaps Thor fancies himself a dual purpose breed. Herd them up when needed, protect them when needed. Maybe he figured they would be easier to protect in a smaller area
Perhaps Thor fancies himself a dual purpose breed. Herd them up when needed, protect them when needed. Maybe he figured they would be easier to protect in a smaller area
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Mike CHS
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I thought something like that was possible Bruce or even mimicking Lance since that is the place I put the LGDs when training Lance. But discussing it with folks that have Akbash, they say that is almost always the precursor to chasing and nobody really knows why it starts with moving the sheep so we are stopping that.
In their mind I'm sure they have a reason but their track record isn't very good for the next stage.
In their mind I'm sure they have a reason but their track record isn't very good for the next stage.
Bruce
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Glad you have that prior knowledge of their behavior!
