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Mike CHS
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I've seen folks planning their fences so livestock isn't too close to their houses but we literally put up our fences so they are just a few feet from our living and bedroom windows. This is this years lambs resting through the heat of the day. All except 4 of them are old enough/big enough to be bred. We are holding off just a bit so lambing will be spread out and let us have lambs available for market for both Easter and after. If Ringo is doing his job the senior ewes should lamb in December-January. That tree is in what used to be a chicken yard but I retrofited a gate to the paddock on the other side that I can open and let them use the shade plus I can get through it with a mower or tractor.
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I think our dairy goats would die if they couldn't see us through the door. No way they would cope being far away. 
I like your thinking @Mike CHS
plus baby goats seem to try and find 101 ways to get themselves in trouble.
I like your thinking @Mike CHS
plus baby goats seem to try and find 101 ways to get themselves in trouble.
Mike CHS
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Sorry for the hijack. I'm not sure how but that picture was meant for our journal thread.
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@Mike CHS Its all good! Might be something I could use as we fence our perimeter.
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I worked today. It wasn’t crazy. Very thankful for that. Allowed my mind to do some wandering though.
I really want another dog. There’s a possibility of an adult, trained LGD and I’m ready to jump all over that. DH is being more reserved. My parents are even on board which is unusual. Would have to do some fencework before we’d be ready for an adult as I want an appropriate sized paddock that is designed to keep in a LGD. Of course, it would be out daily to visit with the family. I’ve even figured out that a good time to feed this dog would be during morning milking...trying to focus on praying about this one. My parents are praying too.
Even with a LGD in the barn, my house seems empty. Oscar comes in and out but it’s not the same. Faith left a huge void and Queenie just made the chasm deeper. (She snuck in every chance she got.) I want another Aussie and put my name on a list but it could be spring. (Jewel isn’t having tolerating being a full time housedog and away from Cowboy.)
In the meantime, I was playing on Craigslist and found this...
https://cincinnati.craigslist.org/for/d/pug-cocker-spaniel-mix/6673154601.html. Reminds me of a Pup we had right after we got married. Hmmm...I would change his name though!
I know that the number isn’t everything but I’m a dog person. We got Faith right before we got married (Dec will be 10 years.) Ava Grace (like Pup in ad above) joined us that Easter Sunday from the roadside. By Sept we had taken in 2 rescue Pomeranians (whole other story.) Then Feb brought the move to the farm and our first Pyr, Logan. Lana, the English Shepherd, joined us in June to be Logan’s pal. My brother’s Red Heeler moved in over the winter. We lost Ava in June and brought Heidi home in August. Then there was Jett, Cooper, Cowboy, Jewel, and Queenie. I haven’t been down to two dogs since we got the Poms. Faith and Ava were both house dogs. I’ve had a housedog since 6th grade.
More or less just putting out what’s in my head. DH is still in shock and not ready for a big change yet. If we didn’t have kids, I’d be visiting a couple shelters and bring home 2-3 fuzzy butts that weren’t likely to get adopted.
Time will tell. I’m trying to let God.
I really want another dog. There’s a possibility of an adult, trained LGD and I’m ready to jump all over that. DH is being more reserved. My parents are even on board which is unusual. Would have to do some fencework before we’d be ready for an adult as I want an appropriate sized paddock that is designed to keep in a LGD. Of course, it would be out daily to visit with the family. I’ve even figured out that a good time to feed this dog would be during morning milking...trying to focus on praying about this one. My parents are praying too.
Even with a LGD in the barn, my house seems empty. Oscar comes in and out but it’s not the same. Faith left a huge void and Queenie just made the chasm deeper. (She snuck in every chance she got.) I want another Aussie and put my name on a list but it could be spring. (Jewel isn’t having tolerating being a full time housedog and away from Cowboy.)
In the meantime, I was playing on Craigslist and found this...
https://cincinnati.craigslist.org/for/d/pug-cocker-spaniel-mix/6673154601.html. Reminds me of a Pup we had right after we got married. Hmmm...I would change his name though!
I know that the number isn’t everything but I’m a dog person. We got Faith right before we got married (Dec will be 10 years.) Ava Grace (like Pup in ad above) joined us that Easter Sunday from the roadside. By Sept we had taken in 2 rescue Pomeranians (whole other story.) Then Feb brought the move to the farm and our first Pyr, Logan. Lana, the English Shepherd, joined us in June to be Logan’s pal. My brother’s Red Heeler moved in over the winter. We lost Ava in June and brought Heidi home in August. Then there was Jett, Cooper, Cowboy, Jewel, and Queenie. I haven’t been down to two dogs since we got the Poms. Faith and Ava were both house dogs. I’ve had a housedog since 6th grade.
More or less just putting out what’s in my head. DH is still in shock and not ready for a big change yet. If we didn’t have kids, I’d be visiting a couple shelters and bring home 2-3 fuzzy butts that weren’t likely to get adopted.
Time will tell. I’m trying to let God.
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Some funny cat pics from yesterday morning too...
Cat Pallet:
Disney on ground, Ella partway up, Sophie on top.
Wilson lounging on the feed.
Ella lounging on a pig board. (Feed is wrong feed from seller...gotta switch out.)
Chester in an awkward position. Crazy cat!
Cat Pallet:
Disney on ground, Ella partway up, Sophie on top.
Wilson lounging on the feed.
Ella lounging on a pig board. (Feed is wrong feed from seller...gotta switch out.)
Chester in an awkward position. Crazy cat!
CntryBoy777
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I'm sure the right door will "open" for ya....and you will "know" that it is right..........the animals here get excited when I get to building or doing things here, cause they can't wait to check it out.....
.....the animals here get excited when I get to building or doing things here, cause they can't wait to check it out.....
goatgurl
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I am just catching up and was so saddened by queenie's death, i'm so sorry for your loss. I know you will let God guide you on the next furbaby to come to your house. I got a young male maremma some years back and he was almost a year old when he was hit on the road and killed. in my 68 years I've never had a dog killed on the road and I was devastated to say the least and the guilt was horrible because somehow he had gotten out and how could I have prevented it. don't beat yourself up, feces occurs. it just does, nothing we do can stop it. check out the English shepherd rescue on facebook when you get a chance. that is where my J.J. came from and I think she is the best or maybe 2nd best farm dog I've ever had. she is the kind of dog you want out on the farm with your children.
and yes, more goat porn, hoohoo's this time. by the way I really like that Holstein heifer you your cow thread
. and I think Wilson is a handsome fellow. he could come to my house. are you not nervous to be out walking around with that many mountain lions stalking you??
and yes, more goat porn, hoohoo's this time.
by the way I really like that Holstein heifer you your cow thread . and I think Wilson is a handsome fellow. he could come to my house. are you not nervous to be out walking around with that many mountain lions stalking you??
