We no longer have a dog here at the farm.  A dog needs lots of love and attention, and he wasn't getting anywhere near as much as he needed.  This was the reason I was reluctant to get the Kidling a dog in the first place, but I thought that perhaps he was finally mature enough to take care of a dog.  It became pretty evident that just like ( Read more... )

     I swear, some dogs have the worst case of ADD...

I took the Muttski out with me when I went to feed the horses.  The Kidling and I finished rebuilding his dog-house a couple weekends ago, so lately we've been leaving him outside (and chained) when we go out for extended periods, rather than leaving him locked in the house.  We also tie him ( Read more... )

Or at least, he probably thinks so ( Read more... )

     There's nothing quite like the smell of a wet dog; But at least if it's a clean wet dog, it smells a little better!

Nash had his first bath this evening, and it went over better than I had expected it to.  Somehow, I got drafted into doing the actual washing part while the Kidling held onto him and
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For those who have been wondering what he looks like, here are a few pictures of our little trouble-maker...  :)

( Puppy Pictures! )

 
     We have a new member of the family now, a mutt named "Nash" that we adopted from the Swift Current SPCA.  Nash is (as far as anyone can tell) a cross of Elkhound, Husky, and German Shepherd.  He doesn't really look like any of them, he's just a black dog with a white toe on his left hind foot, but he's bright-eyed and very friendly.  In the ( Read more... )