Epic Wedding Present: Herding Ducks
I love taking my dogs Banjo and Pocosin herding. But, we can’t practice sheep every day, because we don’t live on a farm that has them. Ducks are a viable […]
Category Archives: Dog
Homestead Has a Fence
With three dogs that need agility training, rabbits, and guinea pigs to protect (not to mention future quail and meat chickens)… A secure back yard fence is pretty critical. I […]
My name is Pathetic Jo!
I don’t often chronicle my dogs… Frankly because there are so many awesome things to do on the homestead and with my research, that there is little time… But, moving […]
The Continuing Saga of Monster Chicken: Week 5
What a week! From archery, to canoeing, to agricultural history, it has been a great one! The quail eggs will be arriving some time in the next few days. and […]
Pocosin: My new Blue Cattle Dog
Well, the last week has been pretty crazy. In my post Odyssey to the Sheep a little over a week ago, I decided that I wanted to get a new Cattle […]
The Odyssey for Sheep
Lately, all of my dog work has been agility with Clark (who is making some amazing progress), several hours of training blocks once or twice a week. But, we have […]
My Clark: An artistic process
So, by now it should be no secret that I am super proud of my dog Clark and his amazing agility career. I found him when I just started my […]
Introducing Dax
For an unemployed individual, I really have been awful about posting things onto this blog. Who would have thought trying to set up a new home, applying for a new […]
Blue Merle Aussie Puppy in a Flower Field
My dog Clark has a best friend whose name is Dexter. Dexter is a blue merle Australian Shepherd (I really love merles) owned by my friend Sissy Demon (It is […]
So, I have had people asking me a lot of questions about the artistic process in pastel arts. I also decided to offer my talents to the dog agility community […]
My Dog Dances Like Miley!!! Twerk Away
I don’t know why, but every time Banjo the cattle dog gets wet (which happens a lot, because he loves showering with me), he randomly starts to rub himself and […]
Novice Gamblers Qualifying run
I am starting to make my way out from a pile of work (called PhD), and managed to order my textbooks (over a month after the semester started). For those […]
My new Dog!
This is the brand new addition to my life. An Australian Cattle Dog rescue. His name is Banjo, and he was a private rehoming from a woman (and 9 month […]
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