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~Pasture Gates~

~Pasture Gates~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* In my lifetime I’ve hung a few pasture gates….. Big horses…unruly foals…strategically placed falling limbs…obnoxious buck goats…(misdirected tractors)…and hurricanes….have all played their roles in the need for replacing farm gates….. Fence line changes have played their part in the addition of more gates…but honestly…it’s usually because a gate gets obliterated by some act of Nature….. …..(or a defiant draft horse)….. And so…my daughters and I have become aficionados at gate placements…re-placements…and installations….. …..and…

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~Eowyn~

~Eowyn~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* I realized I hadn’t done a puppy update for a little while….. All of our recent puppies have found their new homes…and Sabine is getting her figure back….. The majority of the puppies went to homes who have already had one of our Irish Wolfhounds in the past….. We’ve been bringing puppies into this world for a number of years….. I’m proud of our decades of involvement…Irish Wolfhounds are a wonderful ancient rare…

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Ben~~The~~Obnoxious

Ben~~The~~Obnoxious

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Ben is our current Irish Wolfhound litter’s Grandfather….. We have Aunts and Great Aunts and Mom and Dad here….. Molly is our oldest Matriarch and Great Aunt at the moment…however Ben gives her no respect….. Ben is and always will be…eternally obnoxious….. We just figured out that Ben is ten years old…but you wouldn’t guess it by looking at him….. He’s a total puppy…through and through…..he never grew up….. Ben’s an eternal juvenile delinquent…(a…

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The Puppies~~~At Eight Weeks

The Puppies~~~At Eight Weeks

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* In some ways the time has flown by….. In other ways…I feel like we’ve paid our pound of flesh….. …..if only the purple & blue shadowing under my eyes could be transferred to my upper eyelids like eye makeup…it might just look good….. Sabine’s eight puppies are almost ready to start going to their new homes…most of them are going to previous Irish Wolfhound owners…or referrals from friends….. …..this part…never…gets easier….. …..it’s always…

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~Gruel Babies Revisited~

~Gruel Babies Revisited~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* We are no longer worried about problem eaters….. …..(that’s an understatement)….. We are no longer concerned about their successful transition from nursing to solid food….. …..(our current definition of solid food is pasty formula-soaked kibble)….. Everyone smells like sour milk…puppies and humans included….. …..because it’s everywhere….. …..in our hair…under our fingernails…behind our ears….. Nursing from Sabine was so much neater….. The milk went directly from her…into their mouths….. Now that they’re eating gruel…it’s…

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*Gruel Babies*

*Gruel Babies*

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Wow…time is flying by….. My daughter’s and I share shifts of sitting up with the puppies in the den….. We’re almost at the stage where they leave their bins…and take up residence in wire cages…(also in the den)….. Maybe we’re being overly protective…but you never know if a split second awareness might be just what a puppy needs to survive some stupid decision….. ………….(plus…I don’t trusts our house cats)…………. ………….(remember the plotting cats…

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Sabine’s Puppy Up-Date

Sabine’s Puppy Up-Date

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** Sabine’s babies are growing and healthy….. They are coming up to three weeks old….. Their eyes are open….. And the little fuzz-balls are just starting to think about eating gruel and soaked kibble….. It’s that super fun messy stage…where they wear more than they actually eat….. Sabine has been a great Mom….. She has produced milk abundantly throughout….. We did pull out some special herbs from our apothecary cupboard…to help her maintain and…

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More Puppy Frolicks

More Puppy Frolicks

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** Sabine is bouncing back from her puppy delivery….. We’ve taken out her stitches (from the cesarean section)….. Against popular demand…gassy Sabine continues to love her fresh eggs….. My older daughter did a lot of research on what food add-ons would help to increase her milk production….. The list was interesting….. What was even more interesting…were the foods that Sabine really craves eating and begs for….. …..like raw broccoli(?)…(she drooled over the pieces like…

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~Mama Sabine~

~Mama Sabine~

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** …..(FYI–a dog trainer friend asked what’s going on with the spots on Sabine’s teeth)….. As I mentioned before…Sabine is not top of her class…intellectually speaking….. …..she’s a wonderful hound…she’s a loving sweet girl….. But some of her decision-making needs improvement….. She plays with rocks…and she chews on grout lines….. If left alone anywhere…she will find something to chew on and destroy….. She never outgrew that stage of puppyhood chewing….. …..we don’t judge…everyone is…

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***Ben’s Sojourn In The Wilderness***

***Ben’s Sojourn In The Wilderness***

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** Ben’s at home now…he’s tucked in…he’s safe & sound once again….. But what happened?….. We still really don’t know….. Over a week ago…both Ben and Acacias got out of the backyard….. For over thirty years our backyard has been secure for the Irish Wolfhounds…we have livestock field fencing with secure gates….. They don’t try digging or jumping out….. But then last November…our fence started being cut…in a very organized pre-planned manner….. Bolt cutters…

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