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WSM - Sounding good . maybe practice walking at heel , sitting etc in the yard for a while before venturing out ? may be gentler on the limbs ;)

Dear old girl :)

That roo was watching ME ;) all 3 (there were a few more I missed) were all just eating ....

We're pleased - she was a nice settled and biddable girl ..but we had nothing for her . We don't often rehome adults ... but she & this young man seemed to get along ..and after she got to his place she 'protected' him from a couple of his drunk mates ;) ( really was just her being a tad nervous I think - but he was pleased . ;)

happy pack !! Lovely spot to walk :)

Ess, sister of Don . Ess ( now BESS) is living with a stock contractor - which means lots of yard work , and her own human to protect . She was never interested in goats - the main stock worked here nowdays ...and preferred yard work , of which there's not a lot , to the miles & more miles of hard paddock work . So - now she has her own human and plenty of her preferred work . So far, so good :)

it is all interesting .. I love watching how working methods in particular carry down generations .. the amount of 'eye' .whether a dog works wide or close ..tends to be bitey or not ...what a dog prefers- yard, paddock, sheep, goat ....even which way they innately prefer to 'cast' to teh left or right ... Most of ours tend to 'air snap' for attention - that's carried down from the maternal great great grandma :) ..

I am so glad he's OK .. and yes, there could easily have been a much sadder end to the story ! Thanks for the update .

awwww... LOOK

Finally caught part of this on camera ... the morning ritual of pups & kangaroos doing their own thing , but together :) When I saw them the other day , the pups were actually lying down amongst the roos .. I'm happy just to get this today :)

:) happy dogs!

GREAT update :)

LINK TO PAGE with video excerpt: it is probably best if you DO NOT click on the video ... trust me - what has been seen cannot be unseen pls do sign the petition though ...

:) That's great ... the drip probably helped her ..and a little food will also .

if puppy is coming from a thoughtful breeder , he will come with a diet sheet and perhaps a few meals of what food he's on now :) As mentioned , stick with the food he's been on ( unless it is very cheap, or weetbix or similar) and gradually change over to what you prefer. Basically, the BEST food is what puppy does BEST on ..ie: nice firm poos,and not buckets of them , weight gain, shiny coat ...

That Frisbee shot!!magnificent :D

OK , GB ..thoughts are with you ...

"I have NO regrets. That pink pig toy deserved what it got...."

Oh my!!! That is scary .

that much for feral rabbits??? Sheesh ! our dogs barely chase them these days ... shooting bunnies commercially is one awful lot of expense and work , and requires all sorts of health dep't rules etc to be followed . A lot of folks used to do it - but it's just all too hard and expensive to set up now

We could buy hay , for sure ..however the roos & rabbits would also demolish it ...and it would need to be ongoing . our sheep are a motley lot - certainly not worth much ..most of them are ancient, and many have not enough teeth left to chew anything hard ....it's sentiment .It costs a lot to keep sheep fed properly , and really, unless they are of excellent breeding, and/or capable of repaying the cost - well... This way at least we have an enforced 'cull'..and only keep the best/strongest . In a year or so - there will be young ones to take pride in :) Thanks for the ideas :)

and a we only have a couple hundred sheep at present - but next week we are selling everything but a couple of dozen breeding ewes and their lambs .The first time in many years we have had to sell off sheep ... I was always proud that our sheep were born here, and , unless eaten by us , they would die here , in their own patch .... No , they are not pets - but I am dreading the day when they will be made to clamber onto the truck :( apologies ... but it is to combat these down times that I focus on the quirky, and the fun ... (literally focus ;) )

I think the OP is asking for stories of experiences .. do you have some to share , or are you just today's prophet of doom ?

to give you an idea of what a lot of the paddocks around here are starting to look like ....it's no wonder the roos and rabbits have decimated most green things around the houses ..(not trees , yet!:) ) the green bushes pictured are a 'last resort' eat ..the leaves are strongly aromatic ..very coarse, and taste strong .

grumpette ..the selected excerpts/views make it sound pretty cool ;) trust me - seen with a 'wide angle' lens it's very different .