With the door indefinitely closed on obedience matches and trials for the near future, I'm exploring a few new sports to keep the dogs...

You never know what will happen on a dog walk. Maybe I've mentioned that before, but what happen today surprised even me. We had just...

Unhappy news today. My hopes of doing practice shows with my dogs, which had skyrocketed a few weeks ago, were shattered. Just this past...

Little by little, the dogs and I continue to shake off the coronavirus doldrums. We haven't yet attended a practice show, but I have set...

I never intended to keep Sakke. For one thing, she is a Minty/Epic kid, a cross that I wasn't terribly keen on. There were just things in...

I knew something was going on before I even stepped out of the house this morning. As I sent several dogs out the back door and leaned...

Ever since the Covid-19 situation happened, the dogs and I haven't done much. For starters, this past spring and most of the summer...

Sometimes it's really hard to be a big boy. Cognac found that out for himself today. It was another milestone in the life of a baby buck....

You never know what will happen on a walk. In some ways, walking the dogs is my least favorite part of each day. It shouldn't be. It...

I was out of sorts today. For starters, it rained this morning. Steady, soaking rain which made chores miserable, and also made it...

After the fire of yesterday, I started out this morning feeling pretty low. Not devastated or anything. Just downhearted and discouraged....

It has been a big week for my two puppies. Really, I shouldn't even call them puppies any more. Especially not Banner, who turned one...

Not a good day today. It was a day where one little thing after another just kept going wrong, and I just had this feeling. It was going...

Oh, the sweet taste of freedom! Oh, the joy of blessed liberty! Oh, the many sacrifices by which it was attained! This, ladies and...

On my list of pipe dreams is the possibility that Butterscotch might eventually be able to compete for AKC hunt test titles. Hunt tests...

As the lockdown is lifted and as the baby goats demand a little less time, the dogs and I are slowly easing back in to training. Today...

Two new faces on the farm today. Ever since I made the decision to sell Epic, the question has been who will take his place. My general...

If a goat has been with me for several years, it's never an easy choice to sell that animal. The babies and yearlings are a little...

I hate it when I drop things. For a control freak, this is always an annoying situation. For a blind control freak, it can be downright...

The weather is warming up enough that I've been letting the babies out in the corral at the mini barn. Even on chillier days the...