We began gathering our cows off the BLM today with our neighbors that share the allotment. I am sore from hunching up against the snow even though it was very light and a fairly nice day. I took my hot shower and I’m ready for bed, but, of course, have to post these OOPE photos…
Category: Dogs
Lucas Posing
I had to take these… and about a dozen more… my guy looking handsome…
Bangs OOPE
The other day I managed to have an OOPE day. We were bangs vaccinating our young heifers… or brucellosis vaccinating. For those of you who don’t know, brucellosis is a contagious disease that causes abortion in cattle. Female cattle must be proven to have had the vaccination at the time of sale. To do this, a veterinarian…
Snow Dogs
Today I took some video while we sorted and bunch weighed our steer calves. I managed to get some great stuff, but it needs some work. Instead of staying up until midnight, I decided to share a short clip from the other day. I had taken the dogs for a quick hike and this is…
Somedays…
Do you ever have those days where there is so much information going into your brain and rattling around that you know you won’t be able to sleep? Today is one of those days. Brandon and I went to a Range Management Workshop today, so we have lots of new terminology and ideas ricocheting around…
Meanwhile…
While I was going through my traumatic evening last night… plans did continue and we did have our bonfire. Remember the Cat that came through this fall? This was a smaller pile she had left behind. It took a little doing, but they managed to set it aflame. I finally gathered myself together and went out to the…
Starting on a Good Note
Starting on a Good Note! She’s back… Vernon woke me up this morning with the news that Dally was out in the yard. She seems OK… tired and hungry… we were up until midnight and the kids even later, so she had a long night of whatever! Vernon thought she was in heat, but if…
Ending the Year on a Bad Note
I painted today…from 10 am until 4:30 or so. Content with what I had accomplished, I left the house, braving the ice rink that is our parking area… Elsa was at my heels. Lucas was by the garage and quickly came at my request. Dally was nowhere to be found. It is now almost midnight,…
Struggles
Today the English Shepherd breed is having a major good news/bad news day. The good news is that today, a puppy miller/dog hoarder is being put out of business. She has 200 English Shepherds at her place outside of Billings, Montana. The bad news is that these dogs range from pups to 6 years old…
Gathering Calves OOPE
Today it almost reached 40 degrees! A 70 degree improvement over the other morning. Gotta love Wyoming. Since the weather was nice, we decided we’d better kick more calves up to the feed ground before the weather dropped off or snowed more. Off to the fields went Brandon, Vernon, and I. My partner for the…
Almost Christmas
I was so happy… I had sent out my Christmas cards yesterday… ta-da! lalalalala… I felt so… so… accomplished. fulfilled. complete. Then today I received a Christmas card from one of my puppy buyers. Don’t get me wrong, I was thrilled to hear from them and how Elle is now a great dog and they…