I have been reading this thread from the beginning and watching Peanut too. I do not comment because I do not have minis never mind a pregnant one. Just wanted to comment on putting your services out. You guys are really funny and I have enjoyed reading all the threads. It is nice to have someone watching when you can not. I know that because I raise alpacas and have to keep running to the barn to check on my girls. Oh well I am getting excercise. Wonder if marestar would become alpacastare too.
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Eagle
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Welcome to the Peanut world and please join us
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LittleRibbie
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Hello all my hooker
ooppss I mean, How are all my looker friends? Nancy,I can not believe how much you dog looks like my Brisket. Its uncanny and I cant wait to show his picture to my husband...I actually cried..brisket passed away a couple years ago way too young but seeing your picture brought back so many happy memories.Thank you so much for sharing it. Diane and Anna,those concoctions would put me in the grave for sure...at least a deep coma..Im not too sure...think I'll stay w/1/2 bottle of Nyquil. Ive been on the couch most of the day watching Peanut and only briefly reading your posts but you guys are very funny today. I do think watching alpacas might be fun...heck a snail would be more exciting than my stall!! The longer this goes on the more worried I get every day so I love getting on here and reading all your crazy posts...so my mind doesnt wander to other not so pleasant thoughts. Well Ive neglected the fur kids long enough today so I guess I better pull myself together and get out there.
I think we need a vote...I vote to watch the alpacas as long as they dont spit!! Anna I never realized you bred GSD's....I wish we had just a few sheep I would love to watch them doing what they should be doing instead of watching guard over the minis.
Talk to you all in a bit
I think we need a vote...I vote to watch the alpacas as long as they dont spit!! Anna I never realized you bred GSD's....I wish we had just a few sheep I would love to watch them doing what they should be doing instead of watching guard over the minis.
Talk to you all in a bit
One good thing about alpacas they usually birth in the morning
. They are prey animals and the babies(crias) need to be up and ready to move as soon as possible. I just need to watch to make sure there are no problems and help if there are. They also birth standing up for the most part so it is easier then a foal. I also leave my girls in with the herd until after the cria is born. I then seperate them out so that the Mom nad cria bond. Ususally within 2 days they are back with the herd. So there you have a lesson in alpaca births. Now are you ready for alpacastare
LittleRibbie
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I need some
...better call Skiff. I love alpacas and wanted a couple for pets but they were alittle out of my price range, the ones I looked at. but i love them. Interresting birthing...will have to see if there is a couple Alpaca births on you tube. By the way, Welcome Nancy, glad you came out of the alpaca closet to join us. I hope you dont mind but I will now refer to you as Alpaca Nancy so I dont get confused w/equisize Nancy
Im letting Peanut out for a bit so I can see her from the other barn while i clean.
Im letting Peanut out for a bit so I can see her from the other barn while i clean.
Equuisize
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Ohhh Heidi, I never meant for you cry!! :-( I understand your loss.
Our old GSD guy passed at 10 1/2 .... had a wonderful day, came in,
had his dinner, went out with his Dad to lock the gates and came back into
the house, laid down and had a heart attack.
I didn't think I'd ever recover ... it'll be 5 years next month
and it still makes me cry from missing him. August 23rd is always a rough day.
Maybe Chev and Brisket were related? I find lines often have a mark of similiarity.
Alpaca's huh? Ok, right no spitting unless they do it discreetly, it's gross.
Peanut will do her thing when she is thru cooking Baby....not having that positive date
range is enough to drive you to drink one of Karina's concoctions LOL Well, maybe not
THAT concoction LOL
Our old GSD guy passed at 10 1/2 .... had a wonderful day, came in,
had his dinner, went out with his Dad to lock the gates and came back into
the house, laid down and had a heart attack.
I didn't think I'd ever recover ... it'll be 5 years next month
and it still makes me cry from missing him. August 23rd is always a rough day.
Maybe Chev and Brisket were related? I find lines often have a mark of similiarity.
Alpaca's huh? Ok, right no spitting unless they do it discreetly, it's gross.
Peanut will do her thing when she is thru cooking Baby....not having that positive date
range is enough to drive you to drink one of Karina's concoctions LOL Well, maybe not
THAT concoction LOL
Eagle
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OMG don't tell Anna that she will be a nervous wreck. I am not convinced that we would be any good at watching them but it sure would be fun. Can you hook a cam up in the pasture for us
I am fine with becoming Alpaca Nancy Wish I had thought of that when I joined. Sorry no cams in the pasture so I can not show you a birth live. I have a barn cam in the old barn which is now the boys barn but they do not give birth
The new girls barn is metal and that cam does not work in there. Just have not been able to aford a new system. The barn is not far away so I can geet out there easily. An yes alpacas spit but not that often. You really have to do something bad to them. I have only been spit on once and spit right back at that girl
She never spit at me again
LittleRibbie
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Diane,you go take care of that leg, see you in awhile perhaps. Eagle i love your wiemeran???? spelling. Those are the softest puppies on the planet...i love their soft ears name?.
Nancy, i cried but they were happy tears..it was like looking right into Briskets eyes...Ive gone back and looked at him a few more times. Loosing any animal is so tough but its nice when there is never any suffering or long term illness. Although 10 1/2 yrs. isnt long enough he sounded like he knew it was just his time and went out and had a great day and came home to the ones he loved. He sounds like a very special dog.
Renee i read the dont make fun of the rat in the barn post..to funny. Bad watchers!!
Nancy, i cried but they were happy tears..it was like looking right into Briskets eyes...Ive gone back and looked at him a few more times. Loosing any animal is so tough but its nice when there is never any suffering or long term illness. Although 10 1/2 yrs. isnt long enough he sounded like he knew it was just his time and went out and had a great day and came home to the ones he loved. He sounds like a very special dog.
Renee i read the dont make fun of the rat in the barn post..to funny. Bad watchers!!
bannerminis
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Dont get me started on dogs I had a dog called Chad that was a GSD, Rottie cross (looked more like a Rottie). He had a slightly longer snout and back like the GSD. He came out from bed one morning crippled, back end gone. Took him to the vet and he was xrayed and he could find nothing. He seemed to have lost feeling in his tail and one leg. After treatment he improved some but he had one dead leg and had to poop on the move. He then started to go down hill a bit so I had to make the very hard decision to put him to sleep. I am still so gutted and its 8yrs ago - he would have been 14 now.
He was a big boy but the biggest walking chicken - he was afraid of his own shadow.
This isnt a great pic but I think a lot of my old negatives must be at my parents house somewhere
He was a big boy but the biggest walking chicken - he was afraid of his own shadow.
This isnt a great pic but I think a lot of my old negatives must be at my parents house somewhere
bannerminis
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This pic was taken after we put down the foundations of her house. He was my shadow and once climbed a ladder as we had gone to the upstairs and he didnt want to be left aloneDont get me started on dogs I had a dog called Chad that was a GSD, Rottie cross (looked more like a Rottie). He had a slightly longer snout and back like the GSD. He came out from bed one morning crippled, back end gone. Took him to the vet and he was xrayed and he could find nothing. He seemed to have lost feeling in his tail and one leg. After treatment he improved some but he had one dead leg and had to poop on the move. He then started to go down hill a bit so I had to make the very hard decision to put him to sleep. I am still so gutted and its 8yrs ago - he would have been 14 now.
He was a big boy but the biggest walking chicken - he was afraid of his own shadow.
This isnt a great pic but I think a lot of my old negatives must be at my parents house somewhere
Goodness pages to catch up on AGAIN!! Had a bit of a panic night with Suzie - and before Renee says anything, I wasn't the only one getting worried.......was I Diane??
Just want to say Hi
to Alpaca Nancy, great to have you join us, please stay and dont go back to lurking again! And Renee, I'll have you know that I dont panic at animals giving birth standing up, the cows often did it and my 17+ hand mare kindly delivered her colt straight into my arms from a great height - bit embarrassing coz he was so huge I promptly sat down in the bed with him in my lap and his Mum saying "you trying to pinch my baby" in my face as she turned round to greet him. It was all a bit of a muddle and I was covered with loads of...........well you know what!
Diane, I hope your leg soon calms down and gets back to normal - you need to take regular walkies round the house every half an hour when sitting at your computer. Now that sounds like an order and I didn't mean that - but seriously, does it help to keep moving at times?
Heidi, mind you dont overdose on that cold/cough stuff you have there - maybe you had better try Karina's suggestion too, you could do one lot one day and one lot the next - could be interesting!
By the way, where is our lovely Peanut? Must soon be time for her to be back in. Have you 'measured' her milk today - what's the latest result?
Well I'm off to bed shortly, got to walk outside with M for a late night pee (M not me you silly lot!) and a quick check and kiss for the boys, then I'll have a quick look at Peanut and Suzie before my snoozze time!!
Nite nite all - catch you again in the morning (my morning!)
Just want to say Hi
Diane, I hope your leg soon calms down and gets back to normal - you need to take regular walkies round the house every half an hour when sitting at your computer. Now that sounds like an order and I didn't mean that - but seriously, does it help to keep moving at times?
Heidi, mind you dont overdose on that cold/cough stuff you have there - maybe you had better try Karina's suggestion too, you could do one lot one day and one lot the next - could be interesting!
By the way, where is our lovely Peanut? Must soon be time for her to be back in. Have you 'measured' her milk today - what's the latest result?
Well I'm off to bed shortly, got to walk outside with M for a late night pee (M not me you silly lot!) and a quick check and kiss for the boys, then I'll have a quick look at Peanut and Suzie before my snoozze time!!
Nite nite all - catch you again in the morning (my morning!)
cassie
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Night Anna, morning Heidi
They are right, gosh what a night I think I need a nap already!! fire engines, uninvited human visitors... invited horse visitiors, not welcome cows!! LOL
poor Suzie is going to be exhausted today!!
I'll be watching Peanut till about 2pm my time, and then I'll be in and out but will still have her up!! how are you feeling tonight Heidi??
They are right, gosh what a night I think I need a nap already!! fire engines, uninvited human visitors... invited horse visitiors, not welcome cows!! LOL
I'll be watching Peanut till about 2pm my time, and then I'll be in and out but will still have her up!! how are you feeling tonight Heidi??
bannerminis
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Goodnight Anna. I am off to bed shortly and I am glad its M thats going out for a pee and not you heading out to cock your leg on the wall
Welcome too to our new Nancy and I would love to see Alpacas foal
Welcome too to our new Nancy and I would love to see Alpacas foal
Equuisize
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Karina, I bet Chad was special ---- I have met so many GSD/Rottie crosses that were just fabulous.
They always used to say to never cross GSD's as it could make the
resulting dogs temperament unstable....not with the GSD/Rottie's I've met.
Sorry you lost him......they just never live long enough and you're never
ready to say good-bye.
Night, Anna, Sleep tight.
They always used to say to never cross GSD's as it could make the
resulting dogs temperament unstable....not with the GSD/Rottie's I've met.
Sorry you lost him......they just never live long enough and you're never
ready to say good-bye.
Night, Anna, Sleep tight.
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LittleRibbie
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Goodnight Anna. I am off to bed shortly and I am glad its M thats going out for a pee and not you heading out to cock your leg on the wall
Welcome too to our new Nancy and I would love to see Alpacas foal
Running out for smokes and wedding gift that slipped my mind...wedding is this weekend I wont be going but need gift. Be back in less than 2 hrs. Skiffs on board. test again was 6.4
Be right back
bannerminis
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I would love to get a cross like that again someday. Not that I am trying to replace him but they are a wonderful dog.
Chad used to talk and would ask for his dinner. If you asked for the paw he gave it and then I would say "two paws" and he gave the second. He really was a big eejit.
I was walking home from a friends house one moonlit night and Chad was trotting ahead of me till he saw someone walking towards us and then he went behind me - it was only Seamus but my big brave dog was going to let me protect him
He LOVED to swim and actually the wall at the side of the house still has the water trough as part of it and Chad used to jump in and try to swim in it. I mean he was almost the same length so he would do 2 doggy paddles turn around and do 2 doggy paddles etc. It was the funniest thing but he was happy as a clam in his swimming pool
Chad used to talk and would ask for his dinner. If you asked for the paw he gave it and then I would say "two paws" and he gave the second. He really was a big eejit.
I was walking home from a friends house one moonlit night and Chad was trotting ahead of me till he saw someone walking towards us and then he went behind me - it was only Seamus but my big brave dog was going to let me protect him
He LOVED to swim and actually the wall at the side of the house still has the water trough as part of it and Chad used to jump in and try to swim in it. I mean he was almost the same length so he would do 2 doggy paddles turn around and do 2 doggy paddles etc. It was the funniest thing but he was happy as a clam in his swimming pool
bannerminis
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I am off to bed now as its gone midnight so must get my beauty sleep.
And there will be trouble if I have a book in posts to read in the morning
And there will be trouble if I have a book in posts to read in the morning
Equuisize
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Night Karina - Sleep tight.
Diane. Michael is experiencing a swollen right leg from
above his knee to the bottoms of his feet, from falling off a
hay truck two weeks ago...... He was bruised from one end to
the other. He says he's gettng way to old be falling off trucks.
Elevation and ice.....and soaking his foot. He is seeing
improvement but I understand your discomfort.
Can you ice the leg or do they not allow that being caused
by heart issues?
Getting old ain't for sissy's is it?!
Take it easy gal....the heat you are getting is dangerous stuff,
without throwing heart issues in.
Diane. Michael is experiencing a swollen right leg from
above his knee to the bottoms of his feet, from falling off a
hay truck two weeks ago...... He was bruised from one end to
the other. He says he's gettng way to old be falling off trucks.
Elevation and ice.....and soaking his foot. He is seeing
improvement but I understand your discomfort.
Can you ice the leg or do they not allow that being caused
by heart issues?
Getting old ain't for sissy's is it?!
Take it easy gal....the heat you are getting is dangerous stuff,
without throwing heart issues in.
