Reyna Bradford
A Special Dog Story (written 9/27/22)
Most of the time, I like to keep these updates personal and close to home. But every once in a while, a program or a news item comes...
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Reyna Bradford
- Aug 24
- 3 min
Valor just keeps getting bigger (written 8/14/22)
At eight months old, she weighs in at about ninety pounds. Her head comes up to my hip pocket. Her feet are the size of Big Beef...
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Reyna Bradford
- Jun 24
- 5 min
The Sport of Fencing (written 6/5/22)
Raising any puppy is a lot of work. Raising this particular puppy has been an absolute nuisance. Where to begin with Valor? The last four...
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Reyna Bradford
- May 26
- 3 min
Bark for Life (written 5/7/22)
Working with dogs in order to help people is one of my passions. Dogs have so much to give, and, in my experience, we humans are always...
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Reyna Bradford
- May 18
- 3 min
Goat Notes for 2022 (written 5/1/22)
April was basically a blur. My busiest time of the year, come and gone. Six does freshened, eleven babies, with a tally of six boys and...
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Reyna Bradford
- Mar 18
- 3 min
Another Step Forward (written 2/26/22)
Another step forward. I thought Tassie was ready. I wasn't sure about Scotch. But I knew that I was ready, definitely ready to take this...
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Reyna Bradford
- Mar 11
- 3 min
Stand Back (Written 2/15/22)
Last spring, I made a vow. As I wrestled several hundred-and-fifty-pound first-time milkers onto the milking stand, between my grunts and...
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Reyna Bradford
- Feb 18
- 3 min
Fourteen (Written 2/5/22)
I still can't believe we made it to this day. One year ago, I couldn't believe we had made it even that far. That was a milestone. This...
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Reyna Bradford
- Feb 13
- 3 min
Farther Than You Think
I have a thing about small victories. I really like them. In a world where so much, even what I can see right in front of my face, is...
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Reyna Bradford
- Feb 8
- 3 min
The First Three Letters (Written 1/29/22)
It's taken more than two years, but Banner and I have finally earned our first ever title together. The delay was my fault, not his....
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Reyna Bradford
- Jan 27
- 3 min
Make That Two Puppies (written 1/19/22)
Okay, so I said Barley the Scotch collie wouldn't come home for another year. The timing just isn't right. This year belongs to me and my...
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Reyna Bradford
- Jan 16
- 3 min
Barley (written 12/22/21 & 1/4/22)
Just before Christmas, and I'd known this day was coming. To all appearances, it was a routine vet visit. Gem was due for shots. A couple...
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Reyna Bradford
- Jan 10
- 2 min
Quit Dinking Around (Written 1/1/22)
This was one of the worst New Year's I can remember. It started late New Year's Eve with ominous noises from my heater. By the morning of...
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Reyna Bradford
- Dec 24, 2021
- 4 min
Offlead (written 12/1/21)
Two and a half years ago, Gem's world came to a screeching halt. Although she continued to live in the physical sense -- crunching down...
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Reyna Bradford
- Nov 17, 2021
- 3 min
The Rats Give Back (written 10/31/21)
The adventure continues. Of course, the reason I got rats in the first place was to train my dogs for the canine sport of barn hunt. As...
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Reyna Bradford
- Nov 5, 2021
- 4 min
The Escort (Written 9/15/21)
I had figured out a few things even before my parents moved to the farm. I had figured out the concept of free food. I had grasped the...
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Reyna Bradford
- Oct 20, 2021
- 3 min
Dogs Make My Life Possible
I have held down my homestead -- living alone and without vision -- for almost eighteen years now. And I don't think it's an exaggeration...
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Reyna Bradford
- Sep 30, 2021
- 5 min
Milking in the Dark (written 8/20/21)
Tonight's chore time began like any other, except for one critical detail. Tonight there was a chance of thunderstorms. We've had very...
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Reyna Bradford
- Sep 22, 2021
- 3 min
Full House, Full Time, Long Summer (written 8/14/21)
This summer truly has dragged. When I glance reluctantly back at it, the time blurs into one, long, monotonous busyness. Milking twice a...
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Reyna Bradford
- Aug 4, 2021
- 5 min
Not Yet (written 7/6/21)
It was the morning of the Fourth of July, and Kola couldn't get up. I had carried the dogs' breakfast dishes into the laundry room where...
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