New Arrivals
Interspersed with the losses that we had with the dogs were some new arrivals.
More Losses
As I mentioned in my last posting, we have had more losses over the last 18 months at Alba Ranch. From the LDGs we lost Willow, Rachel and Ike. Willow we lost in a predator attack, which also injured Rachel. None of the goats were injured, but we were devastated by the loss of Willow. …
Hiatus
It’s been another long time between posts on my blog. For a number of reasons. Sometimes life just runs away with you! First off, our hosting account was hacked resulting in some malicious code being added. That meant that Melisa’s Alba Ranch blog and my mam’s old blog, Grace’s Scotland were both deleted and google…
Ike
This is Ike. Ike is a Livestock Guardian Dog Ike loves his goats and hates to leave the Ranch… Especially to go to the V.E.T. Ike taught me an invaluable lesson last Friday: When you have a tight grip on the collar of a 120 pound dog, and said dog decides to bolt.. between your legs..…
Meet Morag
After my last trip offshore, Melisa picked me up at the Airport. It was, as usual, a late flight, getting into Grand Rapids at 11:30pm. Melisa had waited in the ‘cell-phone’ parking lot while I collected my bag, and as soon as I got it, I sent her a text and headed out to the…