The Longest Week....
Thanks to wonderful wonderful Freewebs i can now upload pictures from home so there are dozens of new pics on the site this week to celebrate our wonderful busy busy week.
Today i got our new milking machine to work!!!
Hooray!!!! We got a pint out of Luna in about 5 minutes!!! So i'm separating the babies form the mums tonight and putting them on the bottles tomorrow morning, me & Peter will do the milking with our swanky milking machine before school tomorrow
Here's some pics of Jester my pony. Well in this pic he is seriously considering a wee munch of Bruce's tail.. you see he is a rig and thinks he is a stallion so he is a wee bit more lively than most geldings ;-)
Here's some pics of someone who popped out into the world 1 week ago today! We still haven't decided on a name for him yet but there is no rush. At this stage we've planned to run him n & hopefully bring him up to ready to ride
before selling him. i think we have something good to offer him, Jester & Angel have become so agreeable & unflappable i hope we an give this wee fellow a good start on life.
Here's some other new arrivals who have been keeping us very very busy! Here is luna & her new babe Rosie in the background is Star Luna's mum with her new babe Molly. Molly may yet join our flock as the fourth milker, but we'll see.
How not to milk a goat by Me !!!
But how to strip out a newly birthed goat who has only 1 kid & is feeding on 1 teat & likes to kick & thrash about when she knows you haven't got a milking stand sorted yet ;-)
Also this week i bin chillin wiv.... Beanie & her gorgeous babes, Puddin & Treacle. Full marks to the folks who can guess correctly the type of dog what is father of Beanie's pups. Hint its not a Glen & is a top class working terrier generally..........
Some of the black n whites off duty. They are some of our hardest jacks and are always at liberty about the kennels & stables, constantly on the go for rats, mink and occasionally fox on the land, preserving our poultry and goats. These noble jacks are usually knackered during the day, mud & blood spattered from their heroic efforts each night. We have lost no poultry &our chicks & kids since allowing full liberty to these little heroes of the yard each night.
Also during this week i recieved enquiries along the line of 'What is the temperament of my Glens like ?' and 'How do they mix with other dogs?'. Well in answer lets say... Shannon, Sooty, Wolfie & Dubhie live in the house at the moment (it changes from time to time) with us, me, Peter (9), Nanny(77), and Nugger (JRT), CoCo (JRT), Honey (JRT) and Currently Chocolately (Fell X). It didn't happen overnight i must say!!!! i've been selecting Glens & Jacks 4 yrs to live sociably in dog groups & be obedient & amenable ....
Monday morning we found a little baby had been born to one of the donkeys nearby, it is so very very cute! A great big black head on a wee gangly baby donkey body!
Here'sWolfie & Dubhie out in the woods with us on Sunday, when me & Peter went for a ramble on Sunday afternoon.
Saturday, Peter, me, Shannon & Beanie went down to Spider Shore on Lough Glynn. It has the the most fabulous population of jumping spiders, hence Spider Shore.... we spent ages drawing little diagrams of their markings. Don't forget these little things matter! Of a multitude of microhabitats our great big world is made, don't neglect the little bits of our ecosystem, and please don't murder them with indiscriminate insecticide, pesticide and herbicide. There are other ways to manage little pests beside posioning them and other innocuous species out of existence, email me if you are curious on alternative methods of 'pest' control!
Amhain & Setanta flirting yesterday, Tuesday, she isn't ready to mate yet but is still checking him out.
The Cuteness of this... Amhain & Setanta checking eachother out. It is so cute & frankly Amhain is such a big goof ball, yes i have had to rescue her 2 days in a row as she is not ready to mate but no surprises there, her mum would routinely be ready to mate & concieve on day 16 to 17.
Wolfie & Dubhie at Lough Glynn with me & Peter on our Saturday ramble.
yup happy days by the lake i can guess what you're thinking by now, yes my days consist of dogs, dogs, dogs, and goats and ponies and the country life thereby. But hey bear in mind it IS life not fantasy, there is hard labour and love, work and frustration, reward and disappointment. But i can tell you you can never dream of how much animals can teach you (horses, dogs, goats, poultry) UNTIL..... you live very closely AND non-judgementally among them... to see how they SEE........
Back Again, Again!
Apologies all to online absence. All is well, all are well here.
We've been busy bees, with new billy goat born on march 20th to Kitty, the white polled Saanen and a new nanny born on march 27th to Star, the brown hairy breed undetermined nanny
The young male goat has been called Cosmo and the nanny Molly by their new family in waiting. Unfortunately for Cosmo, his services will not be required in the future so he has had the elastrator done during the week as he and Molly are to be family pets and much loved lawn and weed munchers.
Yes, I will set up the forum and will begin work on it quite soon.
The Glens are well, Cailin appears to have missed and Sooty doesn't look too convincing either. Wolfie is having an appointment with a greyhound vet soon to check out his , em...'credentials'
Never fear, a son of Wolfie's from over a year ago is luckily nearby, out of a bitch called Feohanagh Sionnach Gric, who will be stepping in for Wolfie until the situation is clarified.
A young city dwelling Glen of friends is coming to stay with us soon, she is exceptionally uncomfortable walking through water and with other out of door experiences. We all hope that a months holiday with us and the rest of the Glens and Jacks will help her relax. As this bitch is intended to do some work it is a major disadvantage for her to be freaky about the great outdoors, hopefully all will be well and we can get her ratting before she goes home.
Another friend's Glen has just gone home, an exceptionally lovely bitch has stayed over for a week or so to be mated to Bruce. She is a Knockroe bred bitch and a credit to her owners she has been a pleasure to mind. She is a lovely wheaten bitch and i hope she has a lovely litter for her owners.
Also during this month i've made a return to stone carving and engraving, pictures will follow soon of some new pieces i've made, all celtic themed of course.
Be back soon, with some pics of new arrivals, more news and hopefully a new forum.
Byeeeeee
The Emperor's New Clothes.
Thank you Brigid and Angela, for posting your thoughts on the Blog. Thank you very much for your support and interest, it really means a lot to me to know other folks still can think for themselves too! Thanks again for stepping forward and speaking out i really really appreciate it, fair play for posting publicly when so many read and pass on by, giving nothing, contributing nothing. Well done girls, hopefully others will follow your brave lead as i know many are afraid to speak out for fear of upsetting the right people.
At the moment, myself and some friends and family are referring to the Glen dichotomy as The Emperor's New Clothes..... as we feel like that kid who saw and said.......
Thank you also to those of you who have emailed me privately to express your views, support for free speech and your much appreciated interest. You know who you are, thanks guys, i really appreciate it. We can't learn without opening up to try and discuss stuff we don't normally do or consider, thanks guys for your support and open-mindedness
Thanks also to those of you who spoke with me on the phone today, you know who you are too!! I appreciate your support and interest, and my goodness some very valid points have all come up from this posting i am so surprised at the effect it seems to have had on so many folks.
Now it means i want to ask you all to consider whether we are reaching a point where a forum might be of some value to this website, to talk about stuff that needs talking about, to learn from each other, to help and not hinder each other, to protect each other from bullying and discuss our dogs to the benefit of us all.
Any of you can email me privately to let me know what you think and any other ideas you think might help.
I suggest we allow people to post without declaring their identity if they wish, so any who want to participate will be able to do so.
thank you all very much for your feedback and support.
Cheers
marie
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