A Jesusfreaks tales of farm life with soon to be Six kids

Well we might be getting rid of the dog she stressing out the other animals the goats wont eat on the milk stand and I don't have the set up to keep her away from them. She also like to chase my chickens and nearly gets the chicks but the momma hens attack her. The bunnies she likes sbe driving me crazy she knocks the kids over. I want to have time to train her but until I am not nursing and have older kids I not sure the dog will work. I feel really bad about it but I need the live stock I don't really need a dog and I really wanted a calmer breed for the kids. I don know what to do really i am torn about it because I like her but I have barely enough time to do the farm nd clean house and homeschool with how much the baby nurses. I like her but at the same time I see her becoming a nightmare without being able to train her or keep her away from the other animals until she trainable

These dogs take a lot of dedicated time.

I realize that I think it's part of my issue when I was younger (before kids) I had a red heeler I spent day in day out for hours training him for all sorts of things I just question if I have time. Then add the experience of getting her fix (was quoted by two places) one said 171 with out vaccines the other 400 with vaccines. Which we can't afford while trying to buy a house.... The house we currently live in is a money pit between repair and electric it's killing our budget lately.

Well we come to a decision it's time to move we hoping to be able to buy but we see how God works this out. I would like to keep all the animals but I might not get to. Stella has started improving as long as I am up early enough to milk with out the kids outside she easier to work with she gets to distracted to listen later when the kids are outside.(Stella is the dog). My goats still haven't kidded. Lilly still gets on milk stand to eat I am gonna be stopping milk shortly probably today just nervous about when they will kid. We had some (I am under the assumption) dogs kill one of my rabbits. I don't believe it was Stella basised off the fact the almost two month old kits were in the yard and she didn't care to much. I also held my remaining doe and she just ignores the bunny. I really hoping this time they goats will let the kids nurse. I having to re train Daisy on the milk stand she gets to nervous about Stella (Stella barks at them if they are jumping up on the gate) she always watching her as if she going to jump up from laying down to sat her.i just keep feeling worn out lately. Probably doesn't help my patience but sure is giving me practice.

I'd say the dog needs to go. Hear a lot of stress there for everyone on the farm. Sometimes we must just do what is best at the time.

Ok I have a lot of learning southern by choice believes Lilly isn't pregnant i am so new to this. I questioned this morning when I was feeding because I hadn't have them hay yet(have to run to feed store) and she was thin... Grrr any ways lesson learned there and my other doe has a always been really thin she fatten some but not much and her udder is squishy so I don't know about her she didn't give birth when Lilly did she the same age and both have been housed with the buck.....

I think there is I hadn't (basised off advice) wanted to get a dog for at least two years. My youngest is 4 almost five months and I wanted to wait till he was older as well. I also wanted a calmer breed or a breed I trained before plus the whole looking for a house so having said dog given to us was frustrating. If we hadn't taken her his grandparents would have(live on family land) and they wouldn't have gotten her fixed and would have left her tied up or run wild and we would be puppy infested. His sister does this slot she likes kittens and puppies but not the adults she also never gets them fixed.... Sore subject moving on.i just feel like there a lot going on and working with the dog I am at the point I don't have much time right now with young kids, homeschooling my oldest(5), then the house, farm and yard chores. My husband been working from before sun up till after 8 and on weekends so I do t have much help right now I just been trying to figure out if it's just me being to tired or if it's just to much on my plate right now. I have to process some birds soon and haven't gotten to do that much less finish my garden but I kept the weeds down lol.

Ok I have to share we been taking over by small mud kids run!!! lol my kids love the mud we had six inches of rain that day.
this is my son Joshua how he has grown!! Lucy and Josiah she has become such a sweet girl I can't believe how fast time moves.new sand lol daddy under attack loltrain timehe gotten so big!! He in 12-24 month clothing.jumper time.

Well my farm life looks to be over for now. We found alot of houses one we like but it has .43acres of land enough to have chickens not enough to have goats, geese and ducks.. unfortunately the house we currently live in won't last much longer it's a older mobile home and it has some major repairs that we have found who knows what we haven't but some could lead to health issues (like a leak we can't find were it's leaking from.... The under of the house trapped close to 50gallons of water under it when we noticed and we able to get to searching for the leak found some electrical lines under water, our septic needs work, the electrical pole box need to be replace we lose power because it over heats.) So I end up give up my animals. In order to move. Means we can keep the cats, fish, the dog a few hens and maybe two ducks and my daughter's favorite bunny maybe still have rabbits but that's all. I don't see keep goats with that small of a yard and that close to neighbors.

Cute kids!
Sorry you can't keep your goats. Good luck with your move and hopefully you'll be able to find another place that will have bigger acreage so you can goats again.