If there is a favorite food, hide her medicine in it. I had some homemade pimento cheese that I gladly used to give my crew worm pills. Maybe sausage or ground meat balls? First one plain, second one with medicine, third one plain.
So you can catch him for trip to vet? Yes, I would do that. You have appointment and don’t want to miss it because you can’t catch him. Then begins the long long road of showing him you are the good guy and not to be afraid of you. Lots of praise and reassurance, stay calm or he will feed off...
Coffee is ready! Sounds like @Margali could use a cup! Glad they stayed on the property! What good dogs! Hera is a jewel and she will do a lot of your training on Leo. Old dog, young dog, you are Blessed!
Going to feed at daylight, then going to take some things to @Ridgetop that she had...
Whoop! I’m so glad to hear that you are doing so well. But of course your doctor said you are doing better than a man 10 years younger! You are a sheep farmer and were a tough lot. LOL
I recommend a choke chain. It won’t take long and he will pay attention to you.
Buford can drag me around like a rag doll, but choke chain and he’s a different dog.
Thursday morning DGD3 woke up with red itchy eyes. This necessitated a picture to Mom. Mom responded to go buy some eyedrops. Ok, trip to Lufkin, 25 miles away.
Got the eye drops and came back. At the first creek crossing on my road is a lot of Wisteria that has gone wild. The girls wanted...
That was a fine start on a Monday morning. We went outside to get some work done. I needed to get a pen built around the hoop shelter I built. Had 2 cow panels and roll end scraps of sheep and goat wire.
They learned the fine art of zip ties, pulling tight with pliers and cutting off the tail...
Last Sunday afternoon I saw new neighbors were “in” so we got on the mule and rode over to say hi. They had just bought 2 bee hives. Naturally a bee stung DGD3 on her finger. Had to take a picture to send to her Mom.
Getting hugs from Ewenique helped.
Girls named Ewenique’s lambs...