Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

Maisy better get her licks in while she still can cuz it won't be long and Thor will be ruling the roost!

I reckon it is definitely for rodent control, but I do not like snakes. I do not like rats either, but that's why they invented poison and traps.
My Dad was under my sister's house trailer working on a dripping pipe abt twenty years back or so. He kept hearing a steady drip abt 3 or 4 feet away from him, and as he belly crawled closer, it sped up. Yah, you know where I'm going with this. It was abt a 24" timber rattler coiled up and warning him it was there.

He called IN DNR and they said they bred and repopulated them. So, Indiana officially has timber rattlers, copperhead, and water moccasins. If there is a row of pines for wind block, that's where the rattlers will be, or under a hedge, etc. Any sheet metal or spare plywood and lumber, the copperheads hang out. Creeks, ponds, water ways hold the moccasins.

They probably did see a rise in rodents and decided to reintroduce them. Any species eliminated will result in an imbalance somewhere, but I could have done without the snakes.

frustratedearthmother said:

Maisy better get her licks in while she still can cuz it won't be long and Thor will be ruling the roost!

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I can already see it coming as he no longer just lays on his back submissively. As soon as he is able to get up he tries to go back at her enough so that she will turn her head and walk away, sort of like an ex saying "Whatever".

They are working on the pecking order

I know Bruce but it's a scary thing.

Yes but I doubt they will actually hurt each other. Thor will win in the end based in size ... unless he is a gentleman and respects his elders, especially women.

Cowboy was never a gentleman... as soon as he was physically able he would trounce ol' Maddie...but with age comes wisdom....and sometimes she'd give as good as she got! But, they were fierce....two 100+ lb dogs going at it is not something you want to get in the middle of!

It can be quite scary I agree!
Usually it is a lot of noise but sounds horrible.

Callie was always the boss here. Amy is too.

We do keep leads (stiff thick 6 ft leads) close by , usually hanging on a fence somewhere... if you ever need to break up a fight you need those, or a shepherds crook if they have collars. We've had to break up a few. The key is to do it safely! Calmly.

Oh, guess I was WAY wrong!!! Sure hope Maisy and Thor come to an amicable partnership.

I wimped out today. I had hoped to get a good bit of fencing done today but the wind is biti and all I got done was a 60' run which was a pain because it is so steep. Post spacing is all over the place because of all of the rock. It isn't terribly cold (32) but the wind is a steady 25 mph with gusts above that. Gloves seem to get in my way and by the time I got this leg finished up my fingers were numb and I decided there is always tomorrow.

I was hoping to get this section done before the weekend since we are going to Charleston to visit family but it's time consuming because of all of the cuts that are needed. This 300' section is circular to follow the driveway so I broke it up into fairly short but straight runs.