Jumping the Moon Dairy - the next chapter

[frustratedearthmother]

Glad the dairy news is positive! YaY!

The dog food news....not so much. I use a website to check out dog foods. It's: www.dogfoodadvisor.com

I like to go through and look at what it says about certain dog foods.

Hope her spirits perk up soon!

 

[Bruce]

Glad your test and inspection went well.

Regarding the food, who knows? We had 3 cats happily eating Fussie Cat canned foods, lots of flavors so they didn't get the same thing every day. Then all at once they stopped eating it. Same as your dogs, look at the food, look at you and say "You expect me to eat that?". These cans had various "use by" dates, months apart so it wasn't a single bad run. They are now eating the MUCH cheaper TSC 4Health canned and not complaining.

for Mia!

 

[Devonviolet]

I'm so glad your eval went well so far, and am praying for you. I'm sure you will do fine. I think changing the flooring, for cleaning, is a great idea. I stopped washing floors on my hands and knees about 35 yeas ago. Waking up in the middle of the night in pain, just didn't cut it!

Again, so sorry for sweet Mia. She sure,is taking the loss hard! As other have said, once her hormones level out, I'm sure she will bounce back. In the mean time, she needs lots of love and attention, which I'm sure you are giving her!

 

[goatgurl]

congratulations on passing the first test, yea for you!! also glad the information you did from the inspection so you will be able to tweek things to make it all perfect for the inspector. now study like crazy for test #2 and soon you'll be a full fledged dairy owner/operator. you're getting there one step at a time. what is that old saying, slow and steady wins the race. just keep on keepin' on and you'll get there.
other good news is that your buck is out of his cast and doing well, whoo hooo!!! we'll expect baby pictures next spring so you can show off his prodigy.
I'm so sorry about mia and the loss of her pups. poor baby girl, I hope she can overcome her grief soon. and babs I would look closely at the dog food. I have read some pretty bad things about pedigree over the years. hugs for you both and an extra ear scratch for mia.

 

[Mike CHS]

I'm guessing that this inspector might be learning along with you. At least she doesn't seem so impossible any longer.

 

[dejavoodoo114]

I sold 4 goats today and bought two... the money didn't even make it to the house...in one hand and out the other.

So, where were the pics of the new goats? What were they? This is a problem I often have. Sell goats, immediately turn around and buy more!!

The wonderful state of CA keeps threatening to put meters on our wells and charge us to use the water that we paid to access. I would like to know if they intend to maintain said well going forward...of course not. So not only would a person have to pay to dig the well, they pay power to get the water out of the well, the pay to maintain the well, and they would pay a monthly fee to the State. Hoping that it doesn't happen in my lifetime.

She said to breed her again and that that is the best thing to do for her health.

I am very sorry that happened to her. What was the reason they gave that rebreeding her was best for her health? Keep in mind, I know a lot about livestock and little about dogs/cats...

Yes, good news on the dairy front. I am exhausted. I took the exam for the pasteurizer and passed, the other exam we decided to wait on

So glad things are coming together! I am assuming you have to pass both tests and the inspection to be able to open officially? If they are waiting until March for you to pave the coral, will that delay your opening?

The last time I was kneeling down to wash a floor was in the Corps. After my injuries that became impossible. Sometimes I wish I still could, doing some things from a standing position is harder than being able to crouch down! I am working hard to try and make everything as easy for me to manage on my own as possible. My kids wont be around forever...

 

[OneFineAcre]

Sorry about Mia

Congrats on the inspection

 

[Bruce]

Sometimes I wish I still could, doing some things from a standing position is harder than being able to crouch down!

You are just getting old early A quantity of us older people don't find it so easy to get down anymore and harder to get back up without something to grab onto.

 

[babsbag]

I am very sorry that happened to her. What was the reason they gave that rebreeding her was best for her health?

The chance of Pyometra increases in dogs when the lining of the uterus thickens which each heat they have if they remain un-bred. So breeding will help prevent pyometra and other than that she didn't really say.

 

[BlessedWithGoats]

I'm so sorry about Mia's puppies!

Congratulations on being close to certified with your dairy! Glad Jumanji is okay, and that things turned out well for the doe that had the abcess!