Puppy was let loose on ducks yesterday. Suffice to say, I was not impressed and I picked him up and took him off. Running up the middle, splitting and chasing makes me crazy.
On the other hand, he scratched at the door to be let out tonight and that is a little more than just going to the door and looking out. He is getting along better and better with Dually or maybe Dually is getting along better. Edge follows him around like he is a God. Dually runs more than Dare and is therefore more fun to chase.
Bathroom is painted and boyo is is bright. Not sure if it's the right color for this bathroom, but may have to live with it for a while. I though it would bring out the color in the granite but is seems to overpower it. Shower is still leaking , but he fixed the leak from the door. The corners are leaking though. They will be back tomorrow to put some trim boards on and rehang the door.
Jan comes in tomorrow at 5pm and I haven't yet got her room ready. The cellar is still a mess and I haven't started grocery shopping or cleaning the trailer. The grass still needs some mowing and weed wacking and Ed is home sick. Maybe he will feel better tomorrow.
I put all the sheep in the hold pens out back. I was afraid 5 would not fit, but they were fine. easy in and easy out. Dually got to help me do that. Dare is with me all day long now so he does not jump the fence and take off. I put a crate in the kitchen so that he will be less likely to hear my lessons or the clinic this week. I will put a radio on too to cut the sound.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Monday, September 24, 2012
Plumbing
What good is having a new toilet if it refuses to flush? Love the almost finished new bathroom. gotta work the kinks out and hopefully it will be tomorrow. It's kind of important to have a door on your bathroom when you are having company. It's the little things that say love to have you. lol
I had some help today in putting netting up in the trial fields so the ducks cannot escape although one did manage to get out. He did not want to play with us today. I worked BB and 3 lambs thru the course and had a bit of trouble penning them but got them in. We put a weight tape on the cows this am and determined an approximate weight for them so I can hopefully sell them. big difference between the littlest and the biggest, about 130 lbs and they are only 1mo apart in age.
Just sent out a note the exhibitors with approximate times etc of the trial and sent a note to some people that I hope will come and work at the trial.
I'm starting to think about clinic lunches and judges dinners etc,etc,etc. Gotta pick up one judge on wed and one on fri and OMG so much to do in between. With the bathroom still being in pieces and the cellar a disaster from the installation of the new water heater. There is a big mess here and it all has to be cleaned up by Wed.
Looking foward to all of it and then to all of it being over.
I had some help today in putting netting up in the trial fields so the ducks cannot escape although one did manage to get out. He did not want to play with us today. I worked BB and 3 lambs thru the course and had a bit of trouble penning them but got them in. We put a weight tape on the cows this am and determined an approximate weight for them so I can hopefully sell them. big difference between the littlest and the biggest, about 130 lbs and they are only 1mo apart in age.
Just sent out a note the exhibitors with approximate times etc of the trial and sent a note to some people that I hope will come and work at the trial.
I'm starting to think about clinic lunches and judges dinners etc,etc,etc. Gotta pick up one judge on wed and one on fri and OMG so much to do in between. With the bathroom still being in pieces and the cellar a disaster from the installation of the new water heater. There is a big mess here and it all has to be cleaned up by Wed.
Looking foward to all of it and then to all of it being over.
Friday, September 21, 2012
Indoor plumbing Finally
They grouted the tile floor yesterday and this am they installed the new toilet and vanity and connected the faucets. Everything works although not perfectly yet. I used the shower and it leaks in 2 spots and the sink is dripping . The toilet is fine but the handle is horrible and hard to press. BUT I have indoor plumbing again.
Speaking of plumbing,Dare seems to be leaking urine. Might have to get a sample and test for a UTI. Not normal in male dogs but possible.
While they were working on the bathroom this morning I went to KIems and bought some clothes for Fl that were half off of the sale prices. 2 prs shorts, a shirt and a lightweight jacket and a pr of shorty pjs with sheep on the shorts. cute.
Ed has finished the take pens out back and they look like they will work well and then he finished the temp take pen by the barn. He also put up the rest of the arena course so that is all set . We put up the JHD course yesterday and still have the 2 ducks courses to measure and mark. Mary is coming over to help me do that on Sunday. I picked up some more stuff to put in the High in Trial prizes and need to get even more.
I have a sick lamb and of course it's the one that Laura wanted to take home to Maine. Not sure if he will make it thru the night. He looks like he is in pain and some times they lose the will to live and just die. Might have to dig another hole in the am.
Peaches and the pup are playing well together now and Dually is being way more tolerant ,but still not playing with him. I think he will at some point. Edge had a great time playing chase with Megs' corgi Cricket and the raced all over the yard. He had a good time.
Speaking of plumbing,Dare seems to be leaking urine. Might have to get a sample and test for a UTI. Not normal in male dogs but possible.
While they were working on the bathroom this morning I went to KIems and bought some clothes for Fl that were half off of the sale prices. 2 prs shorts, a shirt and a lightweight jacket and a pr of shorty pjs with sheep on the shorts. cute.
Ed has finished the take pens out back and they look like they will work well and then he finished the temp take pen by the barn. He also put up the rest of the arena course so that is all set . We put up the JHD course yesterday and still have the 2 ducks courses to measure and mark. Mary is coming over to help me do that on Sunday. I picked up some more stuff to put in the High in Trial prizes and need to get even more.
I have a sick lamb and of course it's the one that Laura wanted to take home to Maine. Not sure if he will make it thru the night. He looks like he is in pain and some times they lose the will to live and just die. Might have to dig another hole in the am.
Peaches and the pup are playing well together now and Dually is being way more tolerant ,but still not playing with him. I think he will at some point. Edge had a great time playing chase with Megs' corgi Cricket and the raced all over the yard. He had a good time.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
long day
How did only 4 lessons turn into an all day affair?
The tile in the bathroom is all down except for the closet, but lo an behold there will be enough tile. Contractor kept looking at the dwindling box and saying it was not going to make it. It made it with some to spare. Nothing else done today. Looks like no toilet till Friday.
Fence guy showed up today and started my holding pens out back. Looking gooood
We also set up and marked the JHD field for the trial and tomorrow we will go in and mark the HTD for the duck trial.
The tile in the bathroom is all down except for the closet, but lo an behold there will be enough tile. Contractor kept looking at the dwindling box and saying it was not going to make it. It made it with some to spare. Nothing else done today. Looks like no toilet till Friday.
Fence guy showed up today and started my holding pens out back. Looking gooood
We also set up and marked the JHD field for the trial and tomorrow we will go in and mark the HTD for the duck trial.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Bathroom progress
Most of the beadboard is up and half of the tile is down. THe shower walls were put up today and the balance of the shower wallboard was put up including the inset shelf and the corner trim. The new toilet is on my front porch and the old toilet is in my hallway. Those are the only 2 toilets I have and now neither are working. I still have the trusty porta potti that is out in the yard and we are supposed to have torrential rain tonight.
Monday, September 17, 2012
3 am and posting ??
Truthfully I have been trying to post for days and it wouldn't let me, but it's 3 am and it's decided to let me in this morning.
Dually has seemingly finally accepted the fact that the puppy is not leaving. He is growling muc, h less at him and will even come in the same room as the puppy when he is playing. He will not yet play with him but small steps are fine. The puppy thinks he is great of course and wants to follow him around and chase him. AT first, that was scary, but it's much less so now that Dually is not stiffening up when he growls at him.
Dually is also feeling better. I think his tummy was upset for a while , maybe it was having the puppy here, and it was stressing him, but he's back to eating _Yay.
The contractor should be here in the morning to start the floor tiles. He was ill last week, so nothing got done. I checked on the granite vanity top and it's done , but they have to go pick it up for me. I still have not picked out new lighting or a wall color. Hard decisions.
The AHBA trial has enough entries so I will make expenses so I am happy about that. I think I will even need to rent a few groups of sheep so I don't wear mine out completely. Plus some of mine are nuts and I dont' want beginners working them. It could be ugly.
I set up F course for a student last week and I ran my dogs on it. It was a lot of fun.Timing for handling had to be very precise and the dogs had to do what I asked when I asked it. Hard for Dare and impossible for Dually. But they were happy to work because they haven't been asked to do much lately. Lots of lessons and not much extra energy to work my own dogs.
Dually has seemingly finally accepted the fact that the puppy is not leaving. He is growling muc, h less at him and will even come in the same room as the puppy when he is playing. He will not yet play with him but small steps are fine. The puppy thinks he is great of course and wants to follow him around and chase him. AT first, that was scary, but it's much less so now that Dually is not stiffening up when he growls at him.
Dually is also feeling better. I think his tummy was upset for a while , maybe it was having the puppy here, and it was stressing him, but he's back to eating _Yay.
The contractor should be here in the morning to start the floor tiles. He was ill last week, so nothing got done. I checked on the granite vanity top and it's done , but they have to go pick it up for me. I still have not picked out new lighting or a wall color. Hard decisions.
The AHBA trial has enough entries so I will make expenses so I am happy about that. I think I will even need to rent a few groups of sheep so I don't wear mine out completely. Plus some of mine are nuts and I dont' want beginners working them. It could be ugly.
I set up F course for a student last week and I ran my dogs on it. It was a lot of fun.Timing for handling had to be very precise and the dogs had to do what I asked when I asked it. Hard for Dare and impossible for Dually. But they were happy to work because they haven't been asked to do much lately. Lots of lessons and not much extra energy to work my own dogs.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Long Day Wish I had a real shower
The contractor called at 8am to say he was ill and was not coming to work. Ok What's a few more days? Agony that's what. Just kidding I can deal , I always do. I picked up the tile for the floor yesterday but apparently forgot to order the grout and that was going to take 2 more days which would have been a problem if the contractor has been able to get here today, but he didn't so I am good. I like the tile although it is darker than I had anticipated or maybe remembered. It will look great when it's installed.
I am making progress I think on the flies. I dont' have to stand and kill them for hours only 10-20 in each room today. Still so disgusting.
I dropped the puppy off with my saintly brother in law this am to go to get a punch biopsy in Worc. When I got there and they did another ultrasound the radiologist decided it was too risky to do that so they did another needle biopsy and had the pathologist in the room to make sure it was a good sample. It was very cool watching the needle puncture the nodule on the ultrasound screen, but gosh I hope they can give me some info this time.
And then I had another appt with the other cancer Dr and he said I looked good and he wouldn't expect the cancer to come back at this point. Good news.
When I picked up the puppy he was playing down by the water but not in the water and so I sat there and talked to Michael and gradually Edge stepped in the water to wade and once he actually swam. cool pup
I am making progress I think on the flies. I dont' have to stand and kill them for hours only 10-20 in each room today. Still so disgusting.
I dropped the puppy off with my saintly brother in law this am to go to get a punch biopsy in Worc. When I got there and they did another ultrasound the radiologist decided it was too risky to do that so they did another needle biopsy and had the pathologist in the room to make sure it was a good sample. It was very cool watching the needle puncture the nodule on the ultrasound screen, but gosh I hope they can give me some info this time.
And then I had another appt with the other cancer Dr and he said I looked good and he wouldn't expect the cancer to come back at this point. Good news.
When I picked up the puppy he was playing down by the water but not in the water and so I sat there and talked to Michael and gradually Edge stepped in the water to wade and once he actually swam. cool pup
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