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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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The Chaos Which Is Farm Life

The Chaos Which Is Farm Life

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** I’d like to be talking in this post about Irish Wolfhound puppies…and posting pictures of cute little rolly-polly fuzzy jellybean-shaped puppies….. But…No….. Sabine is doing fine…and her children are all thriving….. We haven’t had to tube-feed anybody yet (which is wonderful)…because Sabine is making enough milk…and her puppies all got ample colostrum….. …..Those Are All Tremendous Pluses….. However…all of this has been over-shadowed…BY ANOTHER FENCE CUTTING(!?!)….. Ben and Acacias got out at about…

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!The Puppies Are Here!

!The Puppies Are Here!

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** Yes…Sabine was pregnant….. We did a series of progesterone tests…and several X-ray views….. …..and yes…there was no doubt…Sabine was definitely pregnant….. So this last Saturday…we had a planned cesarean section delivery…and the puppies are Big….. There are five (5) boys and three (3) girls at the present time….. We will work hard at keeping everyone hale and hearty…but with Mother Nature…you just never know….. This is a short post…because…honestly…I’m exhausted….. Sabine is doing…

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~Sabine~

~Sabine~

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** Sabine just may be pregnant….. She’s our happy-go-lucky…(a little bit clueless)…Irish Wolfhound….. It would be her first litter…it would be Acacias’ first litter too….. Where Irish Wolfhounds are concerned…you just never know….. They are both such sweet hounds….. But…neither one of them are intellectually acute enough to hear their own drummer…much less the band….. I think Acacias will forever be the eternal puppy…he has no idea how big he is….. He lumbers along…tail…

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The Pocket Door

The Pocket Door

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** Our home was built in 1980…it’s not a young house…or a particularly stylish house….. But it’s stood up well over the years through a lot of ups & downs…and sink holes…and tornadoes…and hurricanes….. It’s been rattled but it’s stood the tests….. Our house has some idiosyncrasies that I like…like hallways that aren’t straight…(they are at an angle)….. You can’t see down the hallway when you stand at one end of the house…and look…

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Acacias & His New Doo

Acacias & His New Doo

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** Our Puppy-Dude is too fluffy….. He was a hairy monster…right from the day we got him….. We love him to pieces…but this is Florida…and it’s summer…and we don’t want him to die….. So…against all the suggested breed standards…we decided to unceremoniously shave him….. *****(National Dog Groomers Association of America)***** Acacias…was…not…happy….. I’ve never had an Irish Wolfhound as bushy as he is…he has a major “doo” going on….. …..it’s outrageous…out of control…easy to matt…easy…

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~~~Willow Knows~~~

~~~Willow Knows~~~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Yesterday morning we took Willow to Doctor Russell…to confirm that she was pregnant….. She’s been getting paunchy….. Her appetite has increased….. She’s been a little bit more verbal and whiny….. All the things that point to her probably being pregnant….. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ …..Well…The Joke’s On Us….. …..and Willow is snickering….. Willow is NOT in a Family Way….. Ha!….. She’s paunchier………….because she’s eating more….. Doctor Russell said it was hard to read the x-rays…because her…

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***Acacias Montage***

***Acacias Montage***

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** Ca-Castrophy….. Ca-Chaos….. Ca-lossal….. Ca-Cacias….. Well…I thought it was time for…an Acacias Up-Date….. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~He’s Large~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ …..he’s grown….. He’s not a year old yet…I think his birthday’s the last week in January….. It’s hard to tell with Irish Wolfhounds…their size makes you think they’re adults…their actions tell you otherwise…. I thought I’d do a montage-esque picture parade for you….. Acacias doesn’t think he’s grown as large as he has….. He thinks he’s the same size…he…

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~~~The Blog Post That Wasn’t~~~

~~~The Blog Post That Wasn’t~~~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* I’m having technical difficulties….. I have several posts written…ready to go…in draft form….. …..(in the can?)….. …..the written text is there…but I have some very important photos…still stuck in my camera….. …..on one of those chip-things…that has taken the place of a roll of film….. And then there’s the short doo-dah-thing that attaches the camera-chippie-thing to the computer….. …..and voilà…after that…the photos immediately & miraculously show up on the computer…no development necessary…no negatives…

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