Mending Maggie

November 8, 2011

Maggie barked barked barked barked barked all night last night, in my bedroom. She was pretty convinced that I didn’t understand that she wanted outside RIGHT NOW, so she kept coming up to the side of my bed and barking right in my face. Oh, I knew, because I could hear Buffy and Faith barking [...]

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Don’t Bees

November 7, 2011

There must be some people out there who remember Romper Room, with its ‘Do Bees’ and ‘Don’t Bees’. Our bees were definitely Don’t Bees this year. They did not make honey. Not only did we not get any, but I am seriously concerned about their ability to get through the winter. I went in today [...]

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Puppy Torture

November 6, 2011

Here’s how we do Early Neurological Stimulation or as we call it, puppy torture. It’s very short. There are only four exercises. Well, first we weigh the puppy, but that’s just so we can be sure everyone is gaining and doing well. Then you put the head straight up, then straight down. You tickle between [...]

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Puppy torture time

November 5, 2011

The puppies are all gaining weight well, though the two black and white ones are gaining the slowest. Several of them are now just over a pound. Today is their third day of life, and we started Early Neurological Stimulation, something that we did with the last litter and we really liked the results. Disa’s [...]

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Draining Day

November 4, 2011

Maggie finally got to have the drains taken out of her wounds today. She was so scared on the way to the vet, shaking the whole time. She was petrified to go into the vet, had lost almost 7 pounds since Monday. Damn it. But they didn’t need to sedate her to get the drains [...]

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Dog days

November 3, 2011

We got a good look at all the puppies this morning — took photos, weights, checked sex and dew claw status. I’m not sure why many Icelandic Sheepdog breeders care so much about dew claws, but they do, so now we know. All but one of them had double dew claws on both back legs [...]

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Welcome to the world, puppies!

November 2, 2011

When I got home yesterday, Frank, Bjarki, Buffy and Faith were wandering about the farm, looking for Disa, who was nowhere to be found. It’s a good thing that she always comes up to greet me when she hears the truck. She came up, got a pet, turned around and went right back to her [...]

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