With the state of the world and the rate of inflation, it would probably be a smart thing to look into, raising my own chickens. I’ll just purchase 2 to 12 books on chicken rearing and read up on whats involved. Once i do my research i’ll know whether or not this life move is …
Tag Archives: dogs
A Country Solution
I’m currently covering my coworker’s maternity leave which means i’m seeing her patients and my boss is seeing his and my patients. We are one man down so i cant exactly call in and say i need a day off to go handle a dog thing. I usually order my flea and heart-worm meds from …
Nesting Material
After i pull out Sili’s winter coat i always lay the fur in the grass near the chicken pen. The birds go there to steal feathers and chicken feed and so its an area highly trafficked by songbirds. When they encounter the offering a lot of them take pieces of dog fur to line their …
It’s Frog Season
I try to keep these guys away from the dogs but this time of year they’re everywhere. Occasionally one comes in throwing up white foam and i know they’ve picked up a frog of some sort. You’d think they’d learn but they never do. They just dont eat for a day and they throw up …
The Last Storm Before the Carport
This post is a bit out of order. I had started it and then misplaced it and just found it so i guess i will finish it. There was a storm in between the twenty minutes of hail storm and the construction of the carport. My best friend/neighbor has a rather large carport that can …
The Hail Storm from Hell
Some years ago we had a winter storm come through here and none of us remember the exact date of the thing but everybody knows what you are referring to if you just say “icepocalypse”. I have also heard it referred to as “snowmageddon” but i feel that is a title that is somewhat misleading …
A Change in Perspective
A little over a month ago something happened that changed my perspective on life. I realized that nothing i had valued mattered. Nothing i had previously feared was scarey, and i did not yet understand the depth of the word “pain” and what it meant. For 3 weeks i prayed ceaselessly and more intensely than …
Shedding Season
The weather is starting to get hot. Sili is shedding her winter coat like crazy. It is just coming out in clumps. Its that time of year. Its time to brush her and leave the fur outside so that birds can use it to line their nests, making a soft place for their babies to …
Time to Mow the Grass Again
We had a relatively mild winter. Everything came back early this year. After a long drought it began raining one day a week pretty much every week. It wasnt much rain. It wasnt anything near the amount we needed to fill the dry riverbeds. However, it was enough to convince all the plants to wake …
The Black Widow
I was noticing that it was getting harder and harder to convince the dogs to go into the dog igloo after a treat and that was unusual for Cashew, who was very treat motivated. From time to time i threw treats in there to remind them they could enter in practice for a bad weather …