Animals
As I write this post, my barn coat is in the washer,
it's warm there and a tile floor makes the occasional night time "accident"
- Who's Who - Part 2
We've gone to the dogs.But, that's nothing new.You may have guessed from the occasional dog popping up in any given picture,that we have a few dogs. Yes, we do.Have a few.Five, to be exact. Now, I have to tell you, we never intended to end up...
- I Don't Even Know What To Call This!
I am sure that it seems like life is always rosy around the farm...my daughter always says I describe life like "rainbows and blue skies",but I have to say... This week I feel like crying "UNCLE!" Let me start my story with the ending.... Yes, that's...
- Health Care Crisis
These past several weeks we have been having a sort of health care crisishere at the farm. You know it's a crisis when the dogs take more medications than the humans! But, such is life with aging canines. With the adoption of our 15 year old...
- Traditions
Everyone loves traditions. You know, those things that we look forward to at specific times. Dogs are no exception to that. They, too, love traditions... rituals, if you will. Each morning, our dogs are used to the same ritual. "Viteyum time" we...
- Last Call
So much of farm life is ritual. There are certain chores that are done every day and every evening....without exception. No matter what the weather, the chores must be done. After all, there are little lives that depend upon us to meet their needs. And...
Animals
For The Love.....
"Oh, for the love of Dog!"
Did I spell that wrong?
Seriously.
This post is about dogs.
And stuff....gross stuff.
Which seems to go hand in hand with dogs.
If you have any, you know exactly what I mean.
Although I might paint a romantic picture of what farm life is all about,
don't be fooled.
because I just figured out that the large brown stain on the right sleeve was...
barncat poop.
(If you have a cat, you will agree with me that nothing smells worse than cat poop!)
Nothing.
Back to the dogs.....
Every night when we go to bed, the dogs go to bed, too.
They each have their own doggie bed.
Sadie and Maddie, our big, exceptionally hairy, cold weather dogs
prefer to sleep in the garage where it is cool.
This is good, too, because Maddie has unpredictable anal glands that leak from time to time....
without warning.
I could write a post on just this subject alone!
Let's not go there, ok?
Hickory, our senior citizen sleeps in a bed in the laundry room...
(senile incontinence) easy to clean up.
Sam and Oakley sleep in their own beds on the floor at the foot of our bed.
They are our back up alarm clock...
always rousing us before the sun comes up.
Last night, for some reason, Oakley would not sleep in his bed
and instead slept on the floor beside Hubbs' side of the bed.
Sam, in his bed, kept making little growling noises all night.
(We figured he was dreaming.)
That is until morning, when we found the reason he was growling.
What is that lying on the floor in front of his bed???
What is that lying on the floor in front of his bed???
Yes, that's it...a featherless, decapitated bird of some sort.
Gross.
(Warning...you might want to skip the next picture!)
(Warning...you might want to skip the next picture!)
Grosser than gross.
He was protecting a treasure that he had snuck into the house before bed last night.
Needless to say, we absconded with that and washed the carpet.
Later in the morning.....
He had found something else, equally disgusting.
I love my dogs; truly, I do.
But I have to admit....
I sometimes ask my self...
"whatever was I thinking??"
If I have grossed you out today, I apologize.
But I thought you needed to know the truth...
the whole truth and nothing but the truth!
PS....I love my dogs!
PPS:
Pigs get a bad wrap.
Dogs are way grosser than pigs!
- Who's Who - Part 2
We've gone to the dogs.But, that's nothing new.You may have guessed from the occasional dog popping up in any given picture,that we have a few dogs. Yes, we do.Have a few.Five, to be exact. Now, I have to tell you, we never intended to end up...
- I Don't Even Know What To Call This!
I am sure that it seems like life is always rosy around the farm...my daughter always says I describe life like "rainbows and blue skies",but I have to say... This week I feel like crying "UNCLE!" Let me start my story with the ending.... Yes, that's...
- Health Care Crisis
These past several weeks we have been having a sort of health care crisishere at the farm. You know it's a crisis when the dogs take more medications than the humans! But, such is life with aging canines. With the adoption of our 15 year old...
- Traditions
Everyone loves traditions. You know, those things that we look forward to at specific times. Dogs are no exception to that. They, too, love traditions... rituals, if you will. Each morning, our dogs are used to the same ritual. "Viteyum time" we...
- Last Call
So much of farm life is ritual. There are certain chores that are done every day and every evening....without exception. No matter what the weather, the chores must be done. After all, there are little lives that depend upon us to meet their needs. And...