Showing posts with label dogs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dogs. Show all posts
08 January 2014

Changes: endings, and beginnings

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With the loss of Bob the Guardian Dog, we have a bit of a gap in our Outdoor Protective Services Department. Mackenzie can handle things on ...
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We love you, Bob. Thank you for everything.

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Bob’s passing was peaceful and gentle, on a pile of hay next to the sheep feeder while the sheep and cows ate their lunch. Mack was in the...
06 January 2014

Farwell to Bob the Dog

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Bob the Dog, our beloved livestock guardian, has had a recurrence of the cancer we treated last spring in his neck . We had hoped he’d out...
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22 May 2013

And good news for Bob the Dog

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We received good news from the vet today: the biopsy on the tumour removed from Bob's neck shows that it was the sort that is likely to ...
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15 May 2013

Bob the Dog is on the mend

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Bob’s surgery went well today! The vet said that his body was already starting to reject the tumour growth, shoving it outwards. Nicely en...
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11 May 2013

Hmm, that’s not good.

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Well, my day didn’t go as planned. Not at all . Went out to do morning chores and saw that Bob the Dog (the other guardian, not Mackenzie,...
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30 May 2012

Night Shift

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Bob and Mackenzie, the guardian dogs, work nights. They bark to let the coyotes know that this is their turf, and not to bother coming for a...
18 July 2010

Sometimes, things just move slowly

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This year, lots of things seem to be moving very slowly. The garden is taking ages to get up and running – things don’t want to sprout (exce...
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13 July 2010

Do you have a dog with lots of fur who spends time outside? Had wet weather?

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If you this sounds familiar … please do yourself and your dog a favour. Check through his coat. Just … go look. Really, it’s a good idea. ...
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22 February 2009

Open Adoption ... for a beagle

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We went to visit Duggan at his new home on Saturday ... he is livin' the life of luxury! He's allowed on the couch, he has his own c...
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18 February 2009

Miss Ruby's Dog

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Miss Ruby was getting on in years. She lived by herself, and decided that a beagle puppy would be the just the right companion for her. Havi...
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12 January 2009

Caleb

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The new puppy finally told us his name: he is Caleb. Caleb means 'devoted companion', according to some of the baby name lists I hav...
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05 January 2009

A farm dog

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At some point working with livestock, you start to realize that a lot of things might be easier with a four footed helper. We have friends w...
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