When you are raising dairy goats, it’s absolutely critical to have them get pregnant every fall. Unless the lady goats are expecting...

Just a quick doggy update. The month of March, always a time of transition, did indeed come in like the proverbial lion for me. It’s...

Here we are, in the middle of another winter blast, and the goats have finally learned how to go into the barn. It was quite a learning...

It’s definitely time to jump-start this blog! I’ve been telling myself that for several weeks now. It’s time to move on from my “year...

As the car pushed north toward Omaha, I leaned back and tried to ignore the ever-present threat of tears. They were never far from the...

Valor lived up to her name today. I was flopping into my office chair to write up some farm notes, when I heard a commotion out in the...

Last night was the last night of cold. We bottomed out at around eight below zero early this morning. And that was like a summer breeze...

I am not a fair-weather dogwalker. I am hard core. Unless conditions are somehow detrimental to the dogs, nothing weather-related can...

It has been a rough week. It started out well enough with a vet visit two Fridays ago. Drifter and Valor, the two guardian dogs, were due...

I do love her, but there have been times over the last year with Valor that I have considered her to be an absolute nuisance. Okay,...

The cold came in like a freight train. Wednesday a week ago began well enough. Chilly but calm, temperatures sitting at about...

Despite my commitment to walking my dogs, and despite all the wonderful good that I know it will do for them and for me, there are days...

To most of us, the mention of “spam” conjures up irritating images of junk mail piling up in our inboxes. I assume the term was coined to...

I try not to be existential about dog shows, but there was a lot riding on this one. It was the last show of the year. We wouldn’t be in...

In the competition obedience world, whippets are what is referred to as a “nontraditional breed.” This is a nice way of saying that, if...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...