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It Ain’t Easy Being Blue
It’s Blue’s Gotcha Day! He’s officially been here two years already! “What’s a Gotcha Day?” Blue understands several English phrases, and “I’m gonna getcha!” to him means we’re going to play bitey...
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Bearding the Lion
A red letter day, for the first time in her life Angel has been sheared! Also possibly the first time she’s been made to do anything she didn’t want to do, if you don’t count me shooing her off with a...
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Out Standing in their Field
All these pictures and events are from several days ago, because we are currently reliving Noah’s Flood and everyone is staying under cover. So all my most recent sheep pictures look like this: “When...
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In Honor of His Memory?
“Honest, ShepherdPerson, we have no idea how that stall door got broken! All we did was run into it head first really hard, and then it just fell over on us all on its own!” I’m choosing to believe...
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End of an Era
Duke 2011 – April 30, 2026 Of all my sheep, Duke was the one who seemed like he would live forever, mostly untouched by age even at the ripe old age of fifteen years. It turned out that he didn’t live...
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Sheeptastic Park
I had an appointment this afternoon for the vet to take a look at a few of the sheep, which means the patients needed to stay in the barn until she got here. Nina decided actually she didn’t want to...
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The One Horn Club
Duke added himself to the One Horn Club back in January, but I waited to take pictures of him until it healed and looked less gross. “Only take pictures of my good side!” It makes me sad, because his...
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Happy Birthday, Mira
Mira is eleven years old today! The recent icy weather certainly reminded me of when she was born, but today thankfully was sunny and warm enough for her to sit next to her mom (me) and have a nice...
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Liam
Memories of warmer, happier days spent together enjoying the sun… Liam April 2014 — February 3, 2026 A Perfect Gentleman
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Birthday Boy
“It’s my birthday?” What do you get for the dog who has everything? He sleeps on the couches with all the pillows and blankets and toys a puppy could want. He has a wardrobe of jackets (which he...
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Resolutions
This year Lady, as spokessheep for the flock, says they resolve to eat more treats. “Especially the flock queen! The queen should get the MOST crunchies!” The rest of the sheep voted unanimously in...
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Visions of Sugarplums
Or visions of crunchy treats, as the case may be. Every year I think about going out to the barn at midnight on Christmas Eve to see if the animals really talk, but I never do because 1) I like my...
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Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Very seasonal, the first snow on the second morning of December. Blue is having a blast running around in his heaviest coat. “Snow is a Splendid Game!” “Why is my nose cold all of a sudden?” The sheep...
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Dog Days
Technically the dog days of summer were over a month ago, but it’s really hot again after a week of cooler temperatures, so I’m defining “dog days of summer” as “days when the dog says it’s too hot.”...
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Medal for Bravery
… or perhaos just a Darwin award? Angel has always been a conundrum because going by her behavior she should be over in the boys’ flock (despite the name, nowadays it’s more accurately the “too rough...
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Echo
CH Calibre’s Keeper of the Stars “Echo” 9/14/2012 – 8/14/2025 Even though he was the most sedentary of our collies, Echo continued to run energetically in his sleep long after arthritis and spinal...
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Beating the Heat
Yesterday was supposedly the last swelteringly hot day for a while. I hope so, I like summer but the humidity has been brutal. The sheep have decided watermelon is good, actually. Especially Duke,...
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Summer Treats(?)
I took the sheep out a watermelon rind the other day, thinking it would be nice and cool and juicy for them in this hot weather. Only Lady and Holly could be bothered to come check it out, and they...
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Taking it Easy
Nobody’s very energetic when it’s this hot. I took Blue outside, hoping to burn off some of his energy, but even he said it was too hot for fetch, so I left him on the porch and walked down to check...
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First Anniversary
This weekend is the one year anniversary of Blue coming to live with us! He is currently snuggled up against my side on the couch, so I am writing this post one-handed on my phone. He grumbles at me...
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