While the boys were here for spring break… we managed to do those jobs that need everyone on board. We’ll AI (artificially inseminate) our young yearling heifers in May but the process begins now… vaccinating them with PregGuard. Since Daniel and I work the front of the chute… and Brandon works loading the alley and…
Even though…
Even though you’d think the entire ranch has come to a standstill to watch and ooooh and aaaah over Elsa’s litter of puppies… of course, that isn’t true. Thanks to Vernon and Johnny’s hard work, the cattle are still being fed… the calves are still being born… and tagged… and reunited with their mommas if the…
Big Sister
Dally is confused. She woke me up the other night at 2 am with a “barking fit”. Turns out she was telling me Elsa had gone into labor… but I ignored her… at 2 am, I try to ignore many things! Her best friend has suddenly turned into a “bitch”. Any attention she asks of…
Two Days Old
They already look fat… how can that be? I try not to bother them too much… I check on them when I feed Elsa 3 times a day… which by the way, she and my other dogs have flat out rejected the Exclusive Chicken and Rice dog food I bought last week. I used to…
Wordless Wednesday – All 11 Puppies
For this Wordless Wednesday… relax and enjoy all eleven puppies!
Puppies – the rest of ’em!
I finally finished roll call… and moved Elsa outside the doghouse, but next to it amongst the straw bales. I feel better that there is more room and hopefully less chance of laying on one. So here goes… Pup #6 sable and white female Pup #7 sable and white female Pup #8 dark sable and…
Puppies 4
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Puppies 3
I managed to steal the first 5 to photograph and check over quickly. Here they are: Dark sable and white male. Sable and white male. Pup #3 Sable and white male Pup #4 Tri-colored male Pup #5 sable and white female
Puppies 2
I think there are 11 puppies… one with a big bald face like brother Drifter (and uncle Jedi)… two that may be tris… one looks very golden… the rest look dark sable… All of this is subject to change!
Puppies
They are coming! She is in the doghouse and “unreachable”… so will have to wait until they all arrive before I think she’ll move… She’s very “in the zone”! Stay tuned.
Sigh…
I had hoped to be able to post at least the beginnings of the birth process with Elsa. The snow storm did arrive, so I rolled out of bed and checked on her first thing. She was definitely nesting. She came out of the dog house long enough to say hello and then returned where…
Two Days and Counting
She is sitting next to me as I type. Her breathing is faster than normal, due in part to the heat of the house, but part is the squirming mass within her. Elsa is the jealous type. The one dog that will push others out of the way to get a pat if she thinks I’m…