tlc Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 How far out do you wanna go? Do you have somewhere in mind yet? Or just in the planning stages?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerojath Posted June 22, 2010 Author Share Posted June 22, 2010 How far out do you wanna go? Do you have somewhere in mind yet? Or just in the planning stages?? Not Far... not "leaving town" as such. Just after some land again. Looked at a couple of places around Koroit/Southern Cross etc. So long as we are out of the WCC boundaries I'll be happy. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlc Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Sounds great, good luck hope you find what your looking for!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSDs Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Jess, is it Deb H - that crazy woman with the goldens? If it is, say G'day from me too! O.k. Let's see if this works.... Pep, Charm & BART the sheep. Theresa PS...any photo tips would be appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlc Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Love the GSD's with the lamby the pic is good but you can have a bigger pic on the screen if you have a photobucket account, if not it is free to open one then you upload your pics to there, then you get a code to copy and paste to here and wala you have a bigger picture!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSDs Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Love the GSD's with the lamby the pic is good but you can have a bigger pic on the screen if you have a photobucket account, if not it is free to open one then you upload your pics to there, then you get a code to copy and paste to here and wala you have a bigger picture!! Thanks tlc. Yes I do have a photobucket account that I haven't used in ages. I'll try to find my account details and do it that way Barty thinks he is a GSD. When the dogs bark so does he but I'm sure he must wonder why he sounds a little bit different to everyone else He fits in real well on this funny farm :D Theresa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlc Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Oh that's so cute! A little while ago at bunnings we had had the lady there with the highland cows, (so cute) and the mini pony and a sheep that thought he was a human! His name was Gary, I have some pics of him in the middle of the shop, I'll dig em out and post a couple tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerojath Posted June 22, 2010 Author Share Posted June 22, 2010 (edited) Great pic GSD's. Love that they are so relaxed around the lamb. Reminds me of a short story, if I may...... Back a few years when we owned the Pub in Newstead, I had just one vizsla at the time; Red. He was a lovely boy and was known throughout the district as being a dog that would befriend anyone. Around the time he had become a 'young adult', I decided to procure a sheep, to fulfill lawn-mowing duties as my schedule rarely allowed enough time to carry-out such mundane tasks. So, I put the word out amongst the farmers who frequented my Hotel that I was wanting a lamb in lieu of beer for a month. As suspected, it was the very next day that one farmer arrived at the Pub prior to trading hours with a lovely little black lamb who was just right and from that time she became known as Rachael, being Hebrew for 'sheep'. Rachael settled into her new home quickly, and was, of course, befriended by our Red Dog. The pair got along famously and would engage each other in various 'doggy games' such as chasey, pretend-to-be-sleeping-then-pounce, etc They would curl up in the barn together in the straw of a night, or in the laundry if it was particularly cold, each offering the other warmth, security and company. Over time, they grew inseperable with Rachael adopting many "vizsla traits" such as leaning on ones legs, begging for food, demanding attention by placing one hoof on someones leg etc. Rachael would even run to the fence 'barking' whenever a stranger was walking by, not 3 feet behind Red, and would cry when Red came out with me in the car and she was left in the yard alone. All was going well. Rachael was happy, Red was happy, the kids loved them both, BUT.... I was not happy. It seemed Rachael was not fulfilling her duties as lawn-mower to an acceptable standard. In fact, I was sure the grass had gotten longer! Some sneaky investigative work revealed that Red was sharing his meals, morning and night, with Rachael. He would eat any fresh meat we had served him and would leave much of the kibble for Rachael to devour. No wonder we always had trouble getting weight on Red and the lawns had grown out of control! Try as we might, we were unable to prevent these secretive feasts from occurring without literally separating the two, which created more problems of its own. Time went by and less energy was spent by us trying to rectify the situation, and as more time past we had all but forgotten it occurred. That is until one day I was suddenly aware that I hadn't seen Red for the best part of the day. Upon closer inspection I also found he had barely touched his breakfast that day and more surprisingly found the kibble remained untouched. I found Red around behind the barn, lying next to Rachael's body. There was no way Red was going to leave her side and refused all offers of food or attention, even after Rachael was taken away. Days went by and Red was still mournful, but more worryingly, was still refusing to eat. His little heart was shattered. He had lost his love. It wasn't long before a trip to our nearest Veterinarian, in Castlemaine, was our only resort to help him. Bloods were taken, urine tests carried out, intra-venous drips activated but still, none of us could find anything wrong. After a couple of days, the Vet called me aside during my daily visit to give me his diagnosis. Red had nothing more than a broken heart. It was a long time before Red recovered from his sadness, if indeed he ever did. Don't let anybody try to tell you that dogs feel little or no emotions. Red changed the way I view my dogs forever. Rachael was never 'replaced'. Edited June 22, 2010 by jerojath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlc Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Great story, Poor Red awful for him to lose his best friend. I believe whole hardly that dogs have many emotions! Also cats our old girl Holly, her best friend was Hank. She was born when Hank was 7 months old and it was love at first sight, they had 16 long years together. I thought when Hank died we would lose Holly too, she was just lost for a long time after he went, so sad to watch them go through that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim & Tanya Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 JJ thanks for sharing that story... Poor Red, how sad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tez Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Thats a great story JJ...had me smiling and then almost crying :D Really makes you think about the emotional needs of our animals too. On another sad note, I had to take Brooke the Chook to the vets today and the poor love didn't make it home. She had to be pts due to having pneumonia. Such a great mum rearing three day old chicks to maturity and then gets sick and dies!!! The three chicks have all turned out to be roosters by the way so if anyone knows someone who would like a wyandotte rooster (black and white) or a cross breed black rooster I will gladly give them away free to good home. I'm tossing up whether to keep one as they are not big crowers but I certainly can't keep 3 when I only have 2 hens. The poor girls will be spending all day with their bums against the wall!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerojath Posted June 23, 2010 Author Share Posted June 23, 2010 Glad you liked the story! Makes me sad to remember, especially as we lost Red very young too, to a 1080 bait. Sorry about Brooke the Chook, tez. At least she's not suffering... many people wouldn't take a chook to the Vet at all. I'm afraid I can't help by offering a rooster a home; with 5 bird-dogs here I don't think I could offer one a peaceful existence. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlc Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Oh no not Brook, May she RIP the poor love. Definatley can't help you out with rooster homes, will keep my ears open incase anyone is in the market for one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pandii Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 cant comment on everyone sorry have child in and out of hospital re: chook post on freecycle warrnambool, havent got a link but JJ should have, there is someone on ther elooking for farm animals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlc Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 JJ, just wanted to let you know I did get your PM, I have been out to a meeting tonight and haven't had a chance to reply. I will sleep on it and PM you in the morning!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerojath Posted June 23, 2010 Author Share Posted June 23, 2010 JJ, just wanted to let you know I did get your PM, I have been out to a meeting tonight and haven't had a chance to reply. I will sleep on it and PM you in the morning!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tez Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Hope all is going as well as can be expected Pandii. Kids are a worry but they do tend to recover quickly thank god! Yes.. Poor Brooke! And Poor Anne Marie at the vets...no tears today but in the past she has had to put up with me blubbering when Meg my border collie cross was on her last legs and also when the two pet rats we had for 3 years had to be pts due to cancers. She did offer to treat Brooke with antibiotics but wasn't hopeful it would work so we both agreed that a quick painfree death was better than a long drawn out treatment that would possibly cause more suffering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerojath Posted June 23, 2010 Author Share Posted June 23, 2010 Warrnambool freecycle....HERE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tez Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Thanks for the link...just waiting to see if they will let me join! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerojath Posted June 23, 2010 Author Share Posted June 23, 2010 Thanks for the link...just waiting to see if they will let me join! Tell 'em I sent ya! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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