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It's a colt, naturally, because I really wanted a filly, but that's okay. He's strong and healthy. That's the main thing.

Guess what I found waiting for me this morning... The previous owners warned me Nikki might be pregnant. Guess they were right!

Hi everybody. Boy, I sure didn't realize how long it's been since I posted here. Things are going well. Since I last posted, I've gone back to work, had 27 baby goats arrive healthy and strong (for the most part), gotten 40 some-odd meat birds, sold 18 of the 20 puppies and...drum roll...

Thanks, everybody. After nearly 15 years of having him around, it's awfully strange not to see him snoozing in the sun or hoping up beside me for a nap but his last few days were really pretty bad so I'm glad for him that it's over. When I saw how bad he was this morning I was going to take...

RIP - Fitz, 1996-2010 We have been expecting this for about 6 months. He was steadily going downhill and his passing, as if often the way with older pets, is actually a blessing. We will miss him, but won't miss seeing him struggle to get through each day.

The past week or so has seen some major changes around here...all for the better, I hope. Ellie has gone to a new home, one where she will have close to a full section of land (640 acres) to roam and guard, and as a bonus, she got to take one of her babies with her. It was hard to see her go...

Hi, everybody. I'm so sorry I haven't been on here lately, but things are pretty crazy around here. The pups are doing great. They're weaned and I've sold 2 so far. We've been going flat out getting ready for kidding and just general spring clean up. Normally, I don't get started on that...

Actually, these pups aren't white...well, 3 are, but the others are brown or gray at the moment. My female Pyrs are from the European lines which have more color. The pups will gradually fade to a light cream color. Angel and Ellie were dark when they were little too. As for feeding them...

The two moms are completely ignoring each other. Last year, Angel was in a different shed and had her pups 2 weeks after Ellie, so they were never near each other when the pups were this young. They'll adjust to the sounds of another litter nearby very quickly. It's midnight and I just came...

Angel is home! It's still bitterly cold and I was worried about moving the pups from the relative warmth of the clinic (they were in the barely heated back area where they treat large animals) to the cold of the barn, but with a deep bed of straw and blankets and a good strong heat lamp, they...

All 20 pups survived the night...Ellie's 8 out in the barn and Angel's 12 at the vet. It was SO cold last night. Poor Ellie even had frost on her head and back this morning, but the pups were burrowed deep under her and were all warm and snuggly. They're 6 days old now and able to handle the...

Angel's final count was 14, 12 lived. She's still at the vet where it's warmer till the pups get a good start and we're sure she can feed them all. She is obviously feeling much better herself and bounced to her feet when I went into her stall this morning. The day before, she could barely stand.

As of about 8:00 p.m. Angel had delivered 9 pups, 1 of which didn't make it, but the vet said she wasn't done yet. Last Friday, I owned 5 dogs. I now have 21 and counting. Yikes!!! (p.s. Ellie's pups are doing fantastic.)

Got a phone call about 2:30 this afternoon from the vet's office. Angel is having her puppies!!!! I wish I could be there for her, but it's an hour away, I've been up twice in the past few days and it's darned hard on the fuel bill because the recent snow storm left huge drifts so I have to...

The boys are home!! :woot DH went out to check on the pups and when he came in, said one of the boys was out there. He thought it was Smiley, which worried me, because Harry would never go anywhere without Smiley. Turns out, it was Harry. I was fairly relieved because it IS normal for...

The past few days have been unbelievable. Ellie's pups were born Saturday and all went well with them, as you know. On Sunday, I needed to plow out the snow again, only to discover the tractor was out of gas. Normally, this wouldn't be a problem but I needed to plow the yard before I could...

I checked on them a couple of times during the night and they're all doing well. They were squawking again this morning, but that was because everybody was squirming around trying to find a seat at the snack bar. :) This is Ellie's second (and last) litter. I'm going to be fixing everybody as...

We're up to 9 now. I sure hope she's done...9 is plenty for her to care for in this weather. They're all crying a lot. I sure hope that's normal, but I'm not too experienced at being a doggie midwife, so I don't know for sure. They're in the barn in a well bedded stall with a heat lamp right...

We moved Ellie and her sister into the barn a couple of days ago and I'm glad we did. We're in the middle of a huge snow storm and Ellie decided to have her pups today. She's had 7 so far, and might be done but I'm not certain about that yet. Thankfully, the temperature is only a few degrees...

For the past week or two, my very pregnant Ellie has been squeezing her puppy-filled body through a stretched piece of page wire and hanging out in the yard with the boy dogs. While I'm thrilled that she's staying in the yard, I don't want her out this close to delivering the pups but no matter...