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We have several bushes in our yard and as I walked by, I flushed two very young Cottontail baby rabbits that still didn't have full ontrol of their legs yet. They ran in opposite directions as fast as their legs could carry them. One ended up in our garage ( I couln't find it, so I left the...

A couple of Animal Husbandry books written by University Professors with PhDs and used as textbooks at Universities that I highly recommend are : " Animal Agriculture " "The biology, husbandry, and use of domestic animals " . By H. H. Cole and W. N. Garrett Second edition Copyright 1974...

A new IRS flow chart ( this is a short condenced version as it contains much more proceedureal and paper trail evidence ) for tax payer audits will go into effect starting on Sept. 2, 2014. This is due to a Federal Tax Court ruling that was originally filed by an unhappy tax payer with his tax...

L.A., Associated Press .... The USDA approved a regulation last Friday for imported puppies to be at least 6 months old, healthy, and up - to - date on vaccinations. This is the second major USDA effort regulating puppy mills in the last 12 months. Last Sept. the agency enacted what is...

On last night's evening Ch. 2 TV news in Portland, Ore. the news reporter interviewed a lady that "rescued" 200 dogs from Southern Cal. and Mexico to adopt out locally. She obtains the dogs from shelters in S. Cal. at no cost to her. She claimed that the trip takes 17 hours and that all of...

As reported on Ch 2 news Portland, Oregon ...A dog rescue group in Oregon ( I didn't hear the exact location as I tuned in when the story was in progress) imported several dozen dogs from another State to adopt out locally. They were busted by local authorities for animal cruelty ... dogs were...

Well tis' the season to get ready to gather all one's bills associated with one's farming operations in addition to one's W-2 , medical bills, etc. . That is if you want to receive some of your hard earned money in the form of a refund, instead of shelling out more $$$s. Be prepared with your...

Just heard this on CNN news ... to get around Obamacare, Insurance companies are dropping those Doctors on Jan. 1 from their providers lists that specialize in treating the most expensive patients ( in terms of $$$s ) to the Insurance companies. Not only will these patients will feel the...

This "new and improved" forum may be just fine for the computer nerds... but for this user of this forum (and many others like me )... after several days of being on this forum, I find it to be confusing and amusing to navigate.... problems in signing in, cumbersome to navigate around forum...

When was the spay and neuter program started by the rescue groups ? :idunno

I turned on the TV ... the morning Channel 2 news in Portland , Ore. came on. I missed what exactly what town near Portland the story was in, but the reporter was saying that the no kill shelter trap, spay and neuter folks started this gung ho project to spay / neauter every stray/ ferral cat...

Something to ponder... GMO items are a result of mixing genetic materail in the germpasm of a cell to yield a desired product. Mixing of the matured harvested genetic material in a container to include missing nutrients results in essentially the same end product. Same thing or what ? Hmmm !

Portland, Ore. Channel 2 News on their " on your side" segment showed several ladies ( one was in a wheel chair at the Vets' office shocked at the price of their little dog's seizure meds. 2 years ago the price was $50 ... their current bill was $ 8 0 0 +. Others were complaining about the...

We have seen many posts for the virtues of the LGDs, how cute the pups are, and a few about their late maturity. Since most of us are new to these breeds and invest our hard earned dollars and much time into these guard dogs... How about posting some of the inherited health issues that one...

To satisfy my curiosity, I googled Kikos... however I couldn't find any breed standard on the 3 breed registries. Straw, Can you enligten us ?

My wife was late comming home for about 2 hours yesterday as both lanes of traffic was at full stop backed up for about 2 miles . When she finally came home, she said there was no evidence of as to why the traffic was so stalled. This mornings city paper stated that a "cow " was killed on the...

In the last couple of weeks we have been overun by gophers ( definately NOT moles) ... we have tried any and all methods ( traps, poison grain, gas, chewing gum, water ) of disposing of them without any luck. In fact they have multiplied ten fold. Anyone have a failproof method that actually...