Samssimonsays: Blazing Acres journal

[samssimonsays]

We too go out with the dogs all the time. Those two times however, they just took off and wouldn't respond to us. It took 5 minutes roughly from the time they started running to the time they returned. They BOOKED it over there and back. I have wanted to fence in our property but it is a no go. Then the fact we have so much rock and woods makes it even more difficult.

 

[samssimonsays]

Everyone sitting so nice and perty They really know how to ham it up!

And in other news.... We now officially have a foster fail with Dixie the cat... "She is too good at killing things" says the husband She is a really good cat and absolutely adores him. He is also no longer allergic to her like he was before so either she had something on her from her former house he was allergic to or exposure to her built his tolerance back up Either way, now we have a mouser extraordinaire who goes out with the dogs in the morning and comes back in when we get home at night and she is keeping mice from my barn, the garage, the sitting vehicles and the house. She is a PRO as within about 5 minutes of letting her out she will have a mouse back at the front door "feasting" But so long as they leave our grain and house alone, I am fine with that! Now if only she could get those darned chippies!

 

[samssimonsays]

Well, another boast on miss Stella the collie!

Aside from the lack of sleep she caused, it was a very good step for her and I feel much more secure for it!

Tuesday night around about 3am Stella leaped onto me while I was sleeping and kept pestering whining and digging at us. She kept at it and I gave in and let the dogs out. They seemed normal and didn't take off, didn't bark, it was all "normal" aside for the fact they don't wake us up to go out in the middle of the night anymore. I crawled back into bed and she started her whiny bark/whines at the door and at each of the windows until I finally got up and looked out the window at the goat pen out the dining room window where she was mostly whining. My three head goats were all standing staring towards the woods and my Queen, May, had her tail flagged in high alert in front of the other two while the lower ranking two peeked out of their shelter. So I let just Stella out while I supervised. The other two were not phased or bugging so just her it was. She didn't bark, she simply took off at a dead run, looped around the barn/goat pen once, stopped between the pen and the woods and looked towards the woods where the goats had been focused on and then took one more slower lap around the barn in a wider loop marking her territory. Silent. Tail flagged. Focused on the woods still. I shone the flashlight through the trees and saw nothing but she did not budge. then, just as soon as she had positioned herself between the woods and the goats, she turned to the pen and bumped noses with the three girls, they went back into their shelter and she came back to the house with me like it was any other time. Whether there was anything there or not, she did her job. She alerted us to an upset with the goats and stayed persistent to get us up to check it out. I fully believe there was something out there other than a deer as she barks at deer and does not react in the way she did that night. Her bond with the goats is very strong, Sadie's is too but Sadie focuses more on checking on them and doting on them than watching them. The two girls will push the goats back and get between them and anything they want to alert us to, usually just a vehicle that drives by too slowly or someone we are expecting to come over but they do what we want them to so no complaints!

 

[Latestarter]

Good girl Stella!

 

[samssimonsays]

Saturday night we had a big bonfire for my birthday and I made some yummy snacks! My mom helped out with the cleaning and assembling of the snacks as well as made some super yummy chicken wings!

Dixie "helped" me in the kitchen

Rumely waiting for any scraps to fall...

The goats were the designated escorts of the evening as wherever anyone went, they would follow and really enjoyed ALL the people and ALL the attention they got for such an elongated period compared to usual

But the dogs were worn out.

The next morning everyone was moving slow. Which was why I managed to get a good picture of Rumely, he who hates photos.

Aaaaand, Dixie was lounging around with the goats yesterday afternoon.

All in all, it was a super fun and productive weekend at Blazing Acres Farm!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Sounds like it was a great get-together!

 

[samssimonsays]

Sounds like it was a great get-together!

It was! So much nicer than last year! NO DRAMA!

 

[Latestarter]

Wow... it looks like fall has been and gone and winter is on the doorstep up there. Seems just last week you were chatting about floods, and summer and all that goes with it. Time really flies! You mentioned chicken wings (a particular favorite of mine) but didn't provide photographic evidence Probably just as well, this keyboard has suffered through sufficient drool over time Glad your B-day gathering went off so well! Happy B-day again.

 

[samssimonsays]

Wow... it looks like fall has been and gone and winter is on the doorstep up there. Seems just last week you were chatting about floods, and summer and all that goes with it. Time really flies! You mentioned chicken wings (a particular favorite of mine) but didn't provide photographic evidence Probably just as well, this keyboard has suffered through sufficient drool over time Glad your B-day gathering went off so well! Happy B-day again.

Hahaha sorry! I will next time! They were to die for. Thank you!

 

[Hens and Roos]

that look's yummy @samssimonsays