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Little Dogs Day Out

8/20/2013

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It was not that they never get out, for they are out all the time, but are told to go back to their sheep and they do. They were legally out today with the sheep. The lawn needed mowing so the sheep and goats first got their turns out, along with Mike and Joe, who thoroughly enjoyed being allowed out without the scolding to return 'home'. Then the boy goats and boy sheep took their turn. As a matter of fact, I forgot they were out and wondered what was black and moving outside, since Robbie was tied up. I realized it was Little Johnny, the Jacob ram, and I had not put them back in their pens. Their gate had shut so they could not put themselves in, but the chickens and even the ducks went to bed without having to be herded in tonight. It is a fall night, though it is only mid August. The temperature is already cool at only ten degrees. There is a blue moon tonight and it is very amazing and is illuminating everything brightly, but storm clouds are also passing by. The animals seem restless and were glad to go home for the night. I had to don a jacket when I rounded the boys up, but they gave me no trouble and went right into their pen. Even Robbie came in tonight without being asked twice.
The little Maremma boys were out when I put the rams and billies in, and did go home when they were asked as well. Hopefully, everyone is settle and warm enough tonight. The leaves have started to turn colours and are already falling. No doubt winter will come too quickly, though hopefully, it will not last seven months as it did last year. I still have dog houses to build!

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Moab
8/20/2013 03:44:32 pm


Joe and Mike seem to have an important role and look like they're fulfilling their duties as required. I think I understand what Harley and Ofcharka are doing to earn their keep and of course Robbie has multi rolls on the farm. What I am curious about is what Jade and Jena are going to contribute. I had one thought that perhaps with their large furry mass they could be used to keep the farmer warm once those cold winter winds start howling. I'm just kidding. That scene of the sheep, goats, and the two young protectors is an awesome site. Do the dogs do a circling pattern and actually keep the animals in a general location like herding them. If so I am impressed.
Wow can you imagine evenings getting down to 10 deg. and the leaves starting to turn. I noticed a few days back the large piles of firewood around the yard waiting to be stacked and I presumed to be covered. I am not sure whether it is from on site or was it hauled in from another source. I remember when working on a farm in northern Alberta years ago, that that was one of my jobs to spilt and haul wood to a huge shed next to the old farm house for the cold winter approaching.
Life on the farm is such an amazing collage of sights sounds and smells, it is hardly a wonder it is so alluring to many hardy soles.
Moab

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Fluffy link
8/21/2013 03:19:48 am

Moab, thank you for your comment! Joe and Mike are learning their duties, yes. They do not round the sheep up, only observe them and more importantly, watch for anything amiss, aka intruders. Then they must spring into action and protect their charges.
Jade and Jenna are the back up for Harley and Ofcharka. They often sound the first alert because the dogs station themselves apart from one another around the farm, usually on a high point. They sleep like that while listening for trouble. Jenna was the closest when the broody hen was attacked and was first there, barking loudly with the alarm bark as she approached, which then alerted and brought the other dogs on the fly. The dogs are too small to fight large predators alone, but they are very effective pitching in as back up, even fighting, with the other big dogs.
The firewood was purchased. I do not have the time to cut the trees and split the wood, nor is it something I am likely to start. This wood is done in a machine in which the logs are fed whole, then the branches are bucked off and the log is cut to lengths and comes out split. As for stacking, I was told by the farmer who delivered the wood, that if the wood stays in piles, it will dry and need not be stacked. That was a relief since I am not sure there will be time to stack it all.
And yes, fall is in the air already. It is cool at night and not nearly as hot as it was during summer. The days are getting shorter too, with darkness by 9 pm now, while in mid summer it does not come until very late, perhaps even close to midnight, due to our northern location.
I am enjoying life on the farm. It is wonderful.

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