Remembering Locie

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12/8/94 - 05/23/10

I've tried, but I can't even put into words what this little dog meant to us. Larry and I both loved her equally but she meant such different things to both of us. Locie was Hypothyroid all of her adult life, and it was this illness that was the catalyst for my interest in the health of the Australian Shepherd, and she also began my love of trialing. To Larry she was a best friend and truck riding buddy.

We loved her, and we miss her.

Kid Pix - Redi

Redi says lets go Mom quit taking those darn pictures and get in, times wasting and we've got trails to ride!

And the best part about camping are those great sleeps after lots of fresh air and exercise!

Kid Pix - Shine

Melinda sent me some great pictures of Shine......she is growing into a very pretty girl! There is a great deal of commonality in this litter, both in looks and temperament. Its going to be fun to see how all these kids grow and mature.

The weather is definitely warming up, there are about 10 cows left to calve, the mud is drying up, we are pretty much over our round of sickness, and life is getting back to some semblance of normal......finally :o) Enjoy the pictures of Melinda's "Shiney" pup.........

Be Careful What You Wish For

A River Runs Thru it.....looking south into one of our hayfields....we now have river front property, and as you can see, some of the rain got a little "white"
My round pen....not really use-able at the moment :(
Pretty Shay :o)
Well, its been a while since I managed to find some time to post! Both of us spent a month being sick with a very nasty bug that started as bronchitis and hung around for far too long! Then the tractor decided to break down, (not a good thing when you have 40 cows to feed) the cows are calving, and THEN we got the rain we REALLY needed. Now I know we really really needed rain, I just wish there was some way to get rain, without MUD! The corrals as you can see turned into a bog, and so we had to turn the cows out into the field where we feed all winter. So, its not the cleanest field to calve in, but at least it keeps them closer to home.

Shay is growing up, she's going to be a pretty girl when she matures......she's also extremely intense, with everything she does, I think starting her on stock is going to be really fun! I can hardly wait for my round pen to dry up, to get her started, but judging by the depth of the mud we're going to need some warm weather to accomplish that!

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mom's - 2 and 4 legged!