It was bound to happen… that aromatic whiff that gags you when your dog walks by… The pitiful looks of not understanding when she is banished to the far reaches of the yard… (I wish!) And finally, when the chance arises, the saving grace of DeSkunking Shampoo! Step One: Gather your ingredients. One quart of…
Tag: Eden
Minute Movie: “Eden: Bog Dog”
As you regular readers know, there are bogs at the end of our mountain trail. So after hours of travel, when people and horses and dogs are tired, the cows usually fall off the trail into the bogs to get a drink and get cool. You can’t ride your horse in there, because they will…
So Tall
Cows to the mountain! Short night, long day. I ran the “chuck wagon” which is entirely weird for me… but that meant I got to use my big camera. I always forget what better photos it takes! I took Eden and Dally, and they were confused with me in the car not horseback… but when…
Eden
With all the cow work going on, and, Dally being “out of the action” (or so I thought), I decided I’d let Eden tag along on some days. I worked her with Lucas, by herself, and then, at the end of the week, with Dally. She is not quite one, her birthday is in a…
Advantage
One of the basic things I believe you should teach your dog is patience and calmness. Calmness around livestock is a great quality to have… it’s easier on your dog… and your cattle. While I’ve let Eden go along on some trail drives, I haven’t really WORKED her. She’s followed the other dogs and had…
It’ll Be Fun
Thanks for the encouragement on my pastel work… I’m excited to keep trying it! I had pastels a LONG time ago, and just remember how the yellow would be covered in black, or the orange had green on it, because I kept them all thrown in a box together! I didn’t like that! In fact,…
Great Walk
After the normal routine of feeding cattle and chopping ice, the guys went snowmobiling for fun, and I decided on such a NICE sunny day, the dogs and I would head out for another shot at snowshoeing around the fields. It was much easier this time as I used my dad’s old fashioned bear paw…
Yip-ee
I had a list with 20 items on it. Things To Do Before Christmas. I managed the first three… then Vernon came home and said he was kicking cows out. Since the day was bright and sunny and NICE, I offered to take my dogs and go along, just because I love to procrastinate as…
Some Giggles
What do you do with two pups, one who needs to learn to relax a bit, one who needs to learn to have a little extra zip? Well, while we weighed our calves today, Daniel’s plan was to tie them together. Eden is ready to rush and “get ’em” and she needs to learn to…
Hunter
She’s a hunter. Elsa was better by far than Dally or Lucas… Maybe Eden has inherited those genes from her Great Aunt. After training on some basic commands in the field (close to some calves for distraction and acclimation), I turned her loose with the “mouse, mouse!” command. I didn’t really think she’d do too…
How Exciting!
First it rained, then it snowed… but only a measly 3″… so… it’s not so bad! It was 14˚ this morning though. Pretty brisk. There’s nothing like a grey, cold day with company coming to get some work done around the house. I admit it. My mother would be disappointed in me… I live in…
Truce
Meet the new addition to the menagerie. She’s tiny, has no name yet (!) and, hopefully, is a good mouser! My studio and chicken coop are overrun with mice… and there’s some in my house… which will probably get worse with winter coming. Now that she’s used to being fed in my studio, she’s getting…