Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

They are a joy to work with Joe.

If nothing else this cold weather has me concentrating on the dogs more. Lance has gotten more work this week than he has in the last month. Sassy still gets to go in and sort of work but she is too goofy to give her much more time with the sheep since she keeps them too spooked. I need to find our video camera to get some videos of Lance working. He is something to watch but as soon as we started working the main flock came over to see what was going on and he kept trying to figure out how to get them all together.

 

[Bruce]

Another 6 months and I believe you're going to have a new top dog. Though he may not be bigger than her right now, just yet, his head appears to be bigger than hers already and with these dogs, IMHO, size matters.

Unless he respects his elders and the women in his life


Mike, here's something your herding dogs can learn
http://www.wect.com/story/37200760/viral-video-dog-takes-herself-sledding

 

[Mike CHS]

Someone sent me that yesterday but I stilled watched it a couple more times.

 

[Southern by choice]

Dogs have to be the best animals on earth!

 

[Baymule]

Love the dog update. It is awesome that Maisy is learning to load up in the truck. It makes things so much easier!

 

[Mike CHS]

Teresa got all of our expenditures done for the 2017 tax year and we now know how much we have invested in fencing. I'm sure glad we were able to spread that out over the full year.

 

[Bruce]

And unless you were keeping good mental track, it was probably a fair bit more than you thought.

 

[Mike CHS]

We are pretty close to actual dollar mount. We log every receipt and don't pay cash for anything as everything gets paid for out of the farm checking account. The only thing we don't track for taxes is our helpers hours but we do track that so we know what went out.

Both of our main vendors gives us an end of year report detailing everything we bought.

 

[Baymule]

I've got to get mine done.

 

[CntryBoy777]

I spent enough at the CoOp this past year in fencing and feed that they sent me a $42 check.....good thing about disability is ya never make enough to have to file fed taxes anymore....