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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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~Killian And Her Puppies~

~Killian And Her Puppies~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* I had forgotten to mention….. Killian was indeed pregnant….. Appropriate checks and tests were done….. …..plus her maternal-profile was an easy give-away….. Last week after multiple progesterone tests…a C-section was preformed by Doctor Russell….. Killian is fine…the puppies are doing well…my daughters and I are sleep deprived…(yet again)….. …..(you know………….same ole’…same ole’)….. We have two little girls and two little boys….. …..for a small litter…they are Big puppies….. Killian is enjoying her yogurt…

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***Howling Hound***

***Howling Hound***

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* I’ve had it….. I’m about to choke him….. He’s a singularly-focused stud dog…. …..and Ben has decided to become a very vocal hound….. He’s not baying at the moon….. …..he’s pining for the girls….. I understand it’s the call of Mother Nature….. But we really need to have a chat…and possibly set up some sort of schedule and/or guidelines….. …..maybe some hours of operation…or something….. I love Irish Wolfhounds…I do….. I believe the…

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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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*Puppy-Boy Is Growing*

*Puppy-Boy Is Growing*

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** *****(this is the post I had intended to write before Acacias decided to eat moldy hay)***** Acacias has recovered and is doing just fine now…(silly puppy)….. …..he’s resilient & happily beating up his buddy Wisp right now….. Acacias just turned six months old….. …..he’s a behemoth…… He’s taller than a large German Shepard…and over 80 pounds….. …..but…I’m not picking him up to weigh him….. …..he squirms too much…and he’s too heavy….. …..(I can…

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The New Guy On The Block

The New Guy On The Block

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** Ben will have some competition very soon….. After a lot of searching and researching…I found our next boy puppy….. Irish Wolfhounds (at best) have a limited gene-pool….. I’m sure I’ve said this before…but in and around the 1800’s…they almost became extinct as a breed….. Enter Captain Graham and Faust…(I do love that name)….. *****(Saving The Irish Wolfhound)***** He worked hard…but he saved the breed….. …..even today…the Irish Wolfhound does not have a vast…

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~~~Guard Donkey~~~

~~~Guard Donkey~~~

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** My last post was about a flock of Black Vultures who took up residency in our goat pasture….. I’m totally cool with them co-habitating with us….. …..I also understand that the world is made up of different creatures…who can only be…what they were meant to be….. …..Vultures…are…Vultures….. They will reliably look like a vulture….. …..and reliably act like a vulture….. I think people make the mistake of trying to expect more from an…

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~~~Amorous Irish Wolfhounds~~~

~~~Amorous Irish Wolfhounds~~~

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** In a previous post (***Disappointed Poultry***) I mentioned being “distracted” by Irish Wolfhounds in season….. At this point…we’re all very experienced at keeping the appropriate Wolfhounds separate from each other…at the appropriate times….. I just don’t want any pending litters of puppies during the up-coming time of year when I can actually go outside and ride….. I’ll plan a litter in six months…that would mean puppies in late spring…. …..but cool weather is around…

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*Chimney Repair*

*Chimney Repair*

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** Yep…our chimney’s needed some prompt attention for quite some time now….. Replacing the chimney cap can’t be put off any longer….. We used to be a one bucket family….. But now we’ve progressed to being a two bucket home….. And…I’d like to point out that during rain storms…the rainwater runs down the chimney…across the hearth…and onto the den floor in a sooty-slurry….. …..messy stuff….. …..(however…it does have a nice after-burn/creosote smell to it…I…

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~~~The Morning Ablution Dance~~~

~~~The Morning Ablution Dance~~~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* CLICK HERE***Maybe This Link Will Get You To My Tick Tock Channel*** …..my philosophy…..is that children and animals come first….. …..it’s not necessarily a benevolent philosophy…..it’s just what demands to happen….. If one of your children is in distress…..then the superhero in you manifests itself immediately….. …..same thing occurs here on the farm….. …..it’s not a conscious response….. It’s muscle-memory…..or maternal instinct…..or maybe just Pavlovian salivation…..whatever is in vogue these days….. …..when a…

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