Saturday ramblings
Saturday, February 13, 2021 It’s Saturday, it’s snowing, and I can see Blue in the pasture chewing on something. What could be better? Ed is working as hard as he can to connect the hot wire fence that we have … Continued
A doll is born
Friday, February 12, 2021 Sitting at my doll making table is actually therapeutic for me. After dealing with Blue and his every growing fence climbing skills and some work going on in the house I found my quiet old wooden … Continued
Blue update and a fun Zoom meeting
Thursday, February 11, 2021 Yesterday after we watched Blue scale a 5 foot “no climb” fence with ease, we at least saw his escape route. Ed added a cattle panel to it and now he just stares at it. I’m … Continued
More snow?
Tuesday, February 9, 2021 We’re getting ready for the next round of storms and the main thing we always have to have enough of is dog food. All our dogs eat a healthy raw diet and it’s much more challenging … Continued
A good training day
Monday, February 8, 2021 I did manage another halter training session with the brothers and I’ve come to realize they all do great if they are close together. The challenge yesterday was to get any one to trust me enough … Continued
Lean on me
Sunday, February 7, 2021 I took advantage of a surprisingly warm afternoon to do some halter work with the tweener boys yesterday. As I worked with each one, the other three were never more than a few inches away to … Continued
A snowy day at the ranch
Saturday, February 6, 2021 It actually snowed all day here yesterday. The alpacas were out in it and all the dogs loved it. Even our old lady Ginger (14 year old labradoodle) sat outside for a while and barked at … Continued
Bring on the white stuff!
Friday, February 5, 2021 We got more snow over night and more expected today. Yay! I heard yesterday that it will have to snow every day from now til April to get us out of the severe drought we’re in. … Continued
Be yourself
Thursday, February 4, 2021 One of the biggest mistakes I see people make in their alpaca business is to copy what everyone else is doing. If you’re going to get ahead, you have to do what no one else is … Continued
Follow the Path
Wednesday, February 3, 2021 Unlike the humans who live here, alpacas will almost always follow the path, follow the group, and rarely think on their own. It’s not safe for them to be any other way. It’s the difference between … Continued
Silly Puppy
Tuesday, February 2, 2021 Oh Blue, you really are a wonder puppy. You climbed a 5 foot fence to go an another walkabout in the morning but then came home on your own when you realized it was lunchtime. And … Continued
A Spouse in the House?
Monday, February 1, 2021 Today is Chapter one of “A spouse in the House” or Ed’s really retired. So far we’re doing OK, but it’s only been an hour. lol All kidding aside, it will be an adjustment for both … Continued
Howling at the Moon
Sunday, January 31, 2021 The full moon we enjoyed last Thursday is called the Wolf Moon. Know why? Because it’s a reference to wolves that used to howl at night around this time of year. Well, we might or might … Continued