TanksHill
Super Self-Sufficient
Puppy love, there's nothing like it.
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Puppy love, there's nothing like it.
Beekissed
Mountain Sage
Farm, that always happened to us also! And it always seems to be the biggest, nicest taters that get stabbed..... 
You've earned a slow down, sister!! I don't see how you get all the things done that you do!
You've earned a slow down, sister!! I don't see how you get all the things done that you do!
Farmfresh
City Biddy
Neither do I!
Beekissed
Mountain Sage
Got another puppy today....that's right, you heard me....got another little black puppy.... 
Sis has decided she wants one, so one she will get! Actually, decided to give her Shane and replace her with another. Shane is turning out to be a pup that needs to have all the attention....actually is a little too smart. The prettiest pup of the litter, the biggest, the most inquisitive. Sis will have a great dog in that one and I think being the only dog in that family will suit Shane down to the ground.
The little girl I got today we named Bo. It remains to be seen what kind of personality she will have. She is the same size as Dewley, was starving out of her mind and a little afraid of the change. But I think she will be alright in the end. She ate enough to founder a grown dog, took her bath like a trooper and is now snuggled with her sibs.
All the sheep got hoof trimmings today, as well as dosed with my special health tonic, new halters that they immediately shucked off and eyelid checks.
Also checked Black Betty to see if I could feel a lamb in that belly and I couldn't. I could milk clear fluid from her teats quite easily....not sure if that means anything. She is either tremendously and ponderously fat or she is making me wait in agony for a lamb. Better be a good one!
Sis has decided she wants one, so one she will get! Actually, decided to give her Shane and replace her with another. Shane is turning out to be a pup that needs to have all the attention....actually is a little too smart. The prettiest pup of the litter, the biggest, the most inquisitive. Sis will have a great dog in that one and I think being the only dog in that family will suit Shane down to the ground.
The little girl I got today we named Bo. It remains to be seen what kind of personality she will have. She is the same size as Dewley, was starving out of her mind and a little afraid of the change. But I think she will be alright in the end. She ate enough to founder a grown dog, took her bath like a trooper and is now snuggled with her sibs.
All the sheep got hoof trimmings today, as well as dosed with my special health tonic, new halters that they immediately shucked off and eyelid checks.
Also checked Black Betty to see if I could feel a lamb in that belly and I couldn't. I could milk clear fluid from her teats quite easily....not sure if that means anything. She is either tremendously and ponderously fat or she is making me wait in agony for a lamb. Better be a good one!
dragonlaurel
Improvising a more SS life
Sounds like Shane will be happy there and they will have a great family dog.
Good luck with Bo. At least he will have another young dog to play with lots and the older dogs wont end up sick of him. She may end up being the balance to Dewley. Pairs of livestock dogs can work out great because one can watch the property line and the other can stick close to the herd or flock.
I hope Black Betty isn't faking and gives you twins.
Good luck with Bo. At least he will have another young dog to play with lots and the older dogs wont end up sick of him. She may end up being the balance to Dewley. Pairs of livestock dogs can work out great because one can watch the property line and the other can stick close to the herd or flock.
I hope Black Betty isn't faking and gives you twins.
Beekissed
Mountain Sage
Me too! I hope she has one that looks like her and one that looks like Big Mo!
I think these pups will look like a matched set when they are finally grown....it is hard to tell them apart right now unless you really look closely. Little Bo's tail is perpetually wagging...its so durn cute when you watch her eat and that tail is going like a metronome!
Its hard to watch Lucy growing older against the backdrop of the youthful play of these little ones. She used to love baby animals but it seems like she is in too much pain to be bothered....she just seems depressed most of the time.
I'm working up to making the decision....I always said if she had no more quality of life that I would do this thing. Well...her life is of little quality right now~her movements so stiff and painful to watch some days.
I hope she has one that looks like her and one that looks like Big Mo! I think these pups will look like a matched set when they are finally grown....it is hard to tell them apart right now unless you really look closely. Little Bo's tail is perpetually wagging...its so durn cute when you watch her eat and that tail is going like a metronome!
Its hard to watch Lucy growing older against the backdrop of the youthful play of these little ones. She used to love baby animals but it seems like she is in too much pain to be bothered....she just seems depressed most of the time.
I'm working up to making the decision....I always said if she had no more quality of life that I would do this thing. Well...her life is of little quality right now~her movements so stiff and painful to watch some days.
Farmfresh
City Biddy
Glad to hear about the new pup! Is this an addiction?
My D1 the vet tech says the way to tell when the time is right to put a dog down is when they lose interest in their dinner.
It is a hard decision, but it is usually the right one.
My Cassie "the chicken plucker" (see my journal for more info) is going tomorrow to have a fatty tumor removed from her armpit. It should not be too big a deal, but still. These animals depend on us.
Looks to me like you have really saved these three little ones!
My D1 the vet tech says the way to tell when the time is right to put a dog down is when they lose interest in their dinner.
It is a hard decision, but it is usually the right one.
My Cassie "the chicken plucker" (see my journal for more info) is going tomorrow to have a fatty tumor removed from her armpit. It should not be too big a deal, but still. These animals depend on us.
Looks to me like you have really saved these three little ones!
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MorelCabin
Quilting Extraordinaire
Awww Bee, it is a very hard decision, but it is the right one. We had to put down one of our dogs a few years ago, and although I am not a dog lover, I cried like a baby...but I also had a clean conscience in the end. It was her time.
AL
Almost Self-Reliant
I don't know your opinion on extra measures... I know a lot of folks just let things happen as they will and prefer to not intervene (that sounds harsher typed than I mean it... )
At any rate, if it is arthritis and you are interested you can ask your vet about tramadol. It is relatively inexpensive once they get going on it (usually have to have it 2x a day for a while, but now mine just gets 1 every other day or as needed). Also fish oil and Vitamin E.
Regardless... you are right that if she is suffering it is only fair to help her out of her misery. What a difficult decision we all face when that time for our furry friends comes.........
)At any rate, if it is arthritis and you are interested you can ask your vet about tramadol. It is relatively inexpensive once they get going on it (usually have to have it 2x a day for a while, but now mine just gets 1 every other day or as needed). Also fish oil and Vitamin E.
Regardless... you are right that if she is suffering it is only fair to help her out of her misery. What a difficult decision we all face when that time for our furry friends comes.........
Beekissed
Mountain Sage
She's been on Motrin all year but I've had to increase the dosage over time and now am worried about the affect on her liver and possibly internal bleeding.
She lost interest in her dinner last spring...would just walk away from it after a few bites. I started doctoring it up for her in enticing ways and had even made my own dog foods for her....she has been eating since then but it has to be really soft foods. Her teeth are about gone.
I swore to myself that I wouldn't do any extra measures like I am currently doing. That when her quality of life as she knew it were diminished that I wouldn't make her suffer here for much longer....then I couldn't do it. I'm weak.
This past summer I took her to the old swimming hole and washed her good, babied her all day and she seemed to spring back and start doing better. I don't know if it were the swim after a long, hot summer or the extra attention or just her last flash in the pan....but she has went down hill since then.
She is only the second dog I've ever personally owned. I tend to get one and keep it until it dies or has to be put down. I'm not really a dog collector nor do I tend to fall for every stray or puppy that I see...I've been very content to just own two dogs at a time so they will not lack for dog companionship. I got Jake for her four Christmases ago because she seemed lonely. Now Jake will be lonely...hence the addition of new puppies.
Where does it all end????
I'm calling the vet this week and making an appointment. She has been a wonderful and beautiful dog and a blessing on this family. She came to us just when we needed her and she needed us...that makes for the best dogs, I think.
She lost interest in her dinner last spring...would just walk away from it after a few bites. I started doctoring it up for her in enticing ways and had even made my own dog foods for her....she has been eating since then but it has to be really soft foods. Her teeth are about gone.
I swore to myself that I wouldn't do any extra measures like I am currently doing. That when her quality of life as she knew it were diminished that I wouldn't make her suffer here for much longer....then I couldn't do it. I'm weak.
This past summer I took her to the old swimming hole and washed her good, babied her all day and she seemed to spring back and start doing better. I don't know if it were the swim after a long, hot summer or the extra attention or just her last flash in the pan....but she has went down hill since then.
She is only the second dog I've ever personally owned. I tend to get one and keep it until it dies or has to be put down. I'm not really a dog collector nor do I tend to fall for every stray or puppy that I see...I've been very content to just own two dogs at a time so they will not lack for dog companionship. I got Jake for her four Christmases ago because she seemed lonely. Now Jake will be lonely...hence the addition of new puppies.
Where does it all end????
I'm calling the vet this week and making an appointment. She has been a wonderful and beautiful dog and a blessing on this family. She came to us just when we needed her and she needed us...that makes for the best dogs, I think.
