Four Legged Fur 'Babies' And Other Farm Stuff

See this face?

Look at that sweet droopy bottom lip.

This is Hope enjoying a nice warm sunny afternoon.

She's such a sweet girl.

But this sweet girl bucked me off yesterday.

Right on my BUTT!

I'm fine...didn't break anything (that I know of)

but I'm stiff and sore today

and I just know I'm going to have a big

bruise.

Good thing I'm not a BUTT MODEL!

It was my own fault.

Hope is a well trained horse who

competed in Western Pleasure

and English Pleasure

but her young owner went onto barrel racing

and Hope wasn't fast enough...so 

she was put out to pasture.

She had only been ridden twice

in a year and a half. 

My mistake was to get on her

bareback without exercising her on the ground

first to burn off that excess 

energy.

I won't make that mistake twice!

 Anyway...

...we've had some good weather

here in our part of Kansas so

we have been enjoying our time outside

with the critters.

Our neighbor who owns the land on 

3 sides of us has finally put

cows on his winter wheat.

I love the cows being around us

and when they first arrive...they're

all pregnant.

One by one they give birth

and now we have a bunch of new calves 

all around us...they are SO cute!

The little ones have a ball

butting heads and playing

with each other. 

 This is Rosey above ...she was sound asleep

and didn't hear hubby walking up to her.

She's around 20 years old and had been neglected

by her previous owners. The people offered to give

her to us when we went to see Hope. 

Rosey had such a sweet personality that 

we told them we'd take her.

She's gaining weight but still has a long 

way to go.

She gets all the hay she wants night and day

plus some senior feed and vitamins.

Thanks for the suggestion

Misha !

Hope finally got up to get her

'scritch' from hubby.

She loves her 'scritches'. 

Chelsea was having fun hunting

for rabbits in the pasture...

it's hard to believe that she is a

Shih Tzu.

She's certainly no 'hoity toity Shih Tzu...

no...this little girl is 'farm dog' through

and through.

In fact when you call her a 'farm dog'

her tail starts wagging.

 Lizzy the tigress

smelling for mice in the hay.

Shep....our Akbash (LGD) enjoying the sunshine.

In case you're wondering..

LGD stands for 

livestock guarding dog.

He's a good boy and makes me 

feel safe as he guards 

the perimeter of the farm

throughout the night.

Bubba or 'Chubba Bubba' as we call him 

 is our other Shih Tzu.

He's not really a 'farm dog'

as he likes the comfort of his bed

near the fire more than running around the farm

but he's a good boy.

This is our Henry all grown up.

Lizzy doesn't like Henry very much and

is always running him off.

The poor  boy lives in fear

of Lizzy's bad temper so he's always 

on the alert for her.

I really don't understand why she's like

that with him since her brother

Olly get's along just fine with Henry

and all the dogs love him!

The winter wheat and the warm weather make it 

feel like spring and it's wonderful to be outside.

We're surrounded on all

4 sides by GREEN but I have to remind myself

  that we've still got another month to go

before winter is over.

Let's hope it goes fast!