Animals
- A Walk Onthe Wild Side
Week One The trail cameras have been up for only two days now.Hubbs and I took the dogs for an early morning walk into the 100 acre woodsto fetch the SD card from each camera. With excitement and anticipation, we hiked the half mile through light rain to...
- A Tender Story
This is a little tale about Annie Oakley... Every morning, the dogs and I go out "to work." Just announcing that it's time for work puts everyone into a tailspin of excitement.Oh, how they love to run! I head to the barn and the dogs run ahead of...
- Sammy Wants To Play
Grape picking and jam-making was at the top of the list foryesterday's farm chores. This year the grapes are plumper than they have ever been. And the vines are loaded! I put the first batch of grapes through the juicer leaving the skins and seeds...
- The Big Canine Reveal
And now, the moment you all have been waiting for...You may not have even known it,but you have been waiting to hear this! A few weeks back I wrote about a holiday contest thatwe had amongst our family....to correctly guess the breeds of our two mutts,...
- A Job For Sam
Sam and Oakley are two of the most energetic dogs I have ever met.They need lots of exercise.They also need a job. Oakley is the hunter.He patrols the woods and keeps the predators away.Because of him, our chickens and ducks have suffered no attacks...
Animals
Giving Oakley His Due
Those of you who have horses will understand when I say...
keeping horses clean and groomed is like shoveling sand uphill.
You bathe them....they roll in dirt.
You brush them....they stand out in the rain.
You get their mane or tail brushed out fluffy...another bites half of it off.
You just cannot win.
To overcome this frustration, I have learned to set the bar low.
I have no expectations for my equines to ever look lovely,
so when they just happen to...
well, it's a wonderful surprise.
But I have learned not to enjoy it too much!
You reminded me yesterday with your comments that poor Oakley has not been
getting much press lately.
Perhaps the biggest reason for this is the fact that Sammy is such a camera hog.
And Oakley is always willing to stay in the background.
Then there is also the fact that whenever I pull out my camera and call Oakley,
(unlike Sammy) he retreats...
to a hiding place...
Have you ever seen such a camera-shy dog?
Silly boy!
When the camera is back in the bag, though, he is ready to race alongside the gator
always leading the way... never letting me out of his sight.
Oakley is pretty much my shadow for most of the day,
except for the moments when he races off into the woods,
hot on the trail of some critter.
Amazingly, this dog who loves to hunt is exceptionally respectful of all of our
farm animals and birds.
He would not touch a single one of them.
Unlike Sammy, who loves to play chase with the horses,
Oakley has a healthy fear of the horses and always keeps his distance.
If you are new to my blog...
Oakley is a rescue from a kill shelter in Kentucky.
We have had him for 3 years now (his age as well as his history is unknown)
and he is the perfect farm dog.
Oakley is half lab and half cocker spaniel...aka Spanador.
We chose him after receiving an email from a rescue group
on a Saturday...two days before he was scheduled to die.
We all lucked out that day!
- A Walk Onthe Wild Side
Week One The trail cameras have been up for only two days now.Hubbs and I took the dogs for an early morning walk into the 100 acre woodsto fetch the SD card from each camera. With excitement and anticipation, we hiked the half mile through light rain to...
- A Tender Story
This is a little tale about Annie Oakley... Every morning, the dogs and I go out "to work." Just announcing that it's time for work puts everyone into a tailspin of excitement.Oh, how they love to run! I head to the barn and the dogs run ahead of...
- Sammy Wants To Play
Grape picking and jam-making was at the top of the list foryesterday's farm chores. This year the grapes are plumper than they have ever been. And the vines are loaded! I put the first batch of grapes through the juicer leaving the skins and seeds...
- The Big Canine Reveal
And now, the moment you all have been waiting for...You may not have even known it,but you have been waiting to hear this! A few weeks back I wrote about a holiday contest thatwe had amongst our family....to correctly guess the breeds of our two mutts,...
- A Job For Sam
Sam and Oakley are two of the most energetic dogs I have ever met.They need lots of exercise.They also need a job. Oakley is the hunter.He patrols the woods and keeps the predators away.Because of him, our chickens and ducks have suffered no attacks...