This post was first written July 19, 2008. It has been a year since Butcher’s Foothills Elsa has come to live with me onthe ranch. At first glance, she was small but quick, slightly nervous, definitely prone tobarking in situations that make her nervous, lost, looking for love, and willing to pleasesomeone since she had left her Oklahoma…
Category: Dogs
Small World
As I wandered the Ten Sleep Rodeo grounds, trying, unsuccessfully, to walk Miss Reagan into her afternoon nap… I spied a friend talking with other people I didn’t recognize. But what really caught my eye, was a handsome dog also standing in the group. I had to ask. “HI! Excuse me, but what breed is…
If Wishes Were Horses… v.2.0
FIRST PUBLISHED: JUNE 25, 2009 Although my wish for the day would have been to attend a stockdog clinic… in Pavillion, Wyoming (2.5 hours away) from Elvin Kopp (his website is here)… instead we took half our cows to our mesa pasture. When I first heard about the clinic, I knew the date would…
Think PAWSitive
I don’t want to jinx myself. I don’t want, in any way, to put this out there, and have some random, rotten piece of luck, mess this up. Twice with Dally. Twice with Eden. Here’s hoping Eden’s third time is a charm. Meet Tank. Deep Creek’s Shark Tank, to be precise. Eden was supposed to…
#TBT: Oh, Else
If you haven’t been here long, you probably never got to meet Elsa. I’m really sorry for you. She was sweetness and grace, loving and quiet (most of the time). It’s been six years today that I lost her. The post I wrote about her passing is one of my favorites because it tells of…
#TBT: Repost : A Good Day
I was scrolling through some old posts of mine… this one is from November 30, 2009! I enjoyed it, thought you might as well… The crisp morning crept slowly out of the darkness. Sparkling glitter cast by Jack Frost caught the tepid rays of the early morning sun except for the creekbottom. It would be…
#TBT: The Beginning
No surprise. Lucas. 2008.
The End of a Journey
How do you start? How do you begin to tell the story when your heart is ripped out and tears pour from your eyes? Your fingers spend as much time wiping your eyes and nose as they do typing. This is the post all dog owners know they will write at some point. The one…
#TBT: Kinda Sorta
To switch it up a bit from those classic black and whites of long ago ranching… This #tbt is actually from May 2018’s English Shepherd calendar. So current, but not… You might just recognize Miss Dally and Daniel. The photo is two years old. Hope you’re keeping everyone from having fun in heaven, Dally! You…
#TBT: Young Daddy
With the possibility of some acupuncture in Lucas’ future now that the Good Doctor’s partner is certified for it, I thought I’d revisit Lucas’ one and only session way back in 2009. The video is here if you’d like to see it. The next post caught my eye, and I just had to share a…
Fingers and Paws
I’ve talked about it more than a few times on here… I mean, I live on a ranch… we raise animals of all sorts. The guys are headed to a bull sale tomorrow, as a matter of fact. We have bulls and stud colts and roosters and the occasional tom cat. I’ve talked castration and…