Saturday, March 5, 2022 Winter is back and it’s OK. Compared to what our friends in Ukraine are suffering through our lives are pretty easy. I watched footage from a Bernese mountain dog breeder I know who lived near Kyiv … Continued
Friday, March 4, 2022 It’s a gray drizzly morning in Woodland and all animals, even the dogs, are in the barn just chillin. Rain will turn to snow tonight and continue through the weekend. We have to be grateful for … Continued
Thursday, March 3, 2022 Well our March is certainly coming in like a lamb this year. The snow is melting, missing dog toys are reappearing and oh my – the dog poop! ugh. But it’s all part of the spring … Continued
Wednesday, March 2, 2022 When a livestock guardian dog is bonded to their herd it’s an amazing thing. It’s like something in their ancestral DNA comes to life and they know who they were born to protect. Not all dogs … Continued
Sunday, February 27, 2022 When the world is in turmoil I find the peace of being with animals is a necessity. They are not aware of the Russian attack of Ukraine, they are not fretting about the drought and they … Continued
Saturday, February 26, 2022 I told the alpacas when I checked on them last night that this would be the last hard cold night for a while. And even though the sun is shining brightly it’s still below zero out … Continued
Friday, February 25, 2022 If there is one thing an alpaca wants more than almost anything else, I’d have to say it’s feeling SAFE. That is why a new mom might keep her baby out of the barn when I … Continued
Thursday, February 24, 2022 11 below zero is a bit colder than we need right now but that’s what we got. Brrrr. I fed all the alpacas inside their barns yesterday to keep all of them and their body heat … Continued
Wednesday, February 23, 2022 It’s currently 2° as I type with more snow predicted for today. No problemo. And as I said before – no flies either. OK, maybe it’s time to share with you my fly trauma. Years ago … Continued
Sunday, February 20, 2022 We have one more day of sunny winter to enjoy before a snow day on Monday (yay) and arctic temps coming in right after it (not so yay). So I like to make sure the alpacas … Continued
Friday, February 18, 2022 It’s Presidents Day weekend and a busy weekend in Park City Utah, which means we’ll get some spill over and have lots of requests for visits. But we are still closed. Our driveway is still ice, … Continued
