Today at work

[deere 6600]

Dachshund x Labrador. Raises more questions than answers!

How low can you go ..?

 

[KB6930]

Doing some recycling I spent some of the day with the pecker on making the bigger ones small enough to go into the crusher.

Back at it tomorrow again in a different pile with bigger rocks

 

[Muddyroads]

Spent some of the afternoon turning the world upside down.

 

[Adeptandy]

Dachshund x Labrador. Raises more questions than answers!

Hope that was AI

 

[Adeptandy]

We too try very hard with the new owners of our pups - we don't do anything like as many as you but we do have reunions and it is amazing how the dogs have turned out to be so different to each other - you can usually see why a dog is like it is from the attitude of the owner to the dog. Pity you can never predict that when they come to look at a pup.

It used to be easy to pick them out, but TV programmes through lockdown that covered how to present yourself to a breeder and what questions to ask has made it a lot harder. We’ve not done to bad so far, only had 4 back, 3 were before 12 weeks so easy to place, 1 was allergic to dogs, another the cat didn’t like the pup and the cat was here first, another really fooled us, turned up as a family, made out it was for them, but alas was a present for there 70 year old dad with cancer and mobility issues, why on earth they thought a working Goldie pup was a good idea, he thankfully rang up and explained and we sorted it out.
Then this one

 

[Lofty1984]

because when your putting 12" telegraph poles in 4ft deep in rocky shale you'd need one hell of a bumper

Are you concreting them in then or just hitting them in the hole

 

[Robert K]

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That one has just shrunk in the wash

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

First of 2 loads out for the morning.

Good shedding pays dividends.

 

[Hfd Cattle]

You can go off people. Not enough moisture for first cut to hide a dog here unless it is a very short dog.

Interestingly the only fert this field has had was 2cwt nitrogen in early Feb (second week I think ) . First cut was 7th April and I didn't put any more fert on cos it was too dry and too expensive and now as soon as I get 3 dry days together off it will come again .
Pleased with the ley ...albeit a temp one .
It was covered in sheep from beginning Dec till end of Jan.

 

[sticky]

Interestingly the only fert this field has had was 2cwt nitrogen in early Feb (second week I think ) . First cut was 7th April and I didn't put any more fert on cos it was too dry and too expensive and now as soon as I get 3 dry days together off it will come again .
Pleased with the ley ...albeit a temp one .
It was covered in sheep from beginning Dec till end of Jan.

Is it a westerwold ley?

 

[roscoe erf]

Are you concreting them in then or just hitting them in the hole

Concrete

 

[Hesstondriver]

New boy in town. Hoping he will go well over my heifersView attachment 1036547
View attachment 1036548nice lad , how is he ?

 

[Hfd Cattle]

Is it a westerwold ley?

Yes .

 

[Pan mixer]

Yes .

Keep mowing it then or else you will have it forever, a terrible weed in a rotation if you are going to do that sort of thing with that field.

 

[deere 6600]

Yes .

It’s a good advert for whatever it is .my late fil used to go down to Hereford to buy bulls many years ago and always said it was a great place to farm think as always he was right!,,,,!,,,,!!!!!!

 

[Hfd Cattle]

Keep mowing it then or else you will have it forever, a terrible weed in a rotation if you are going to do that sort of thing with that field.

The secret is not to let it seed .

 

[j6891]

Seems quiet enough. Will see in about 9 months time what I think of him

 

[thorpe]

he looks a character but youve got to feel sorry for him!

 

[Breckland Boy]

Irrigating wheat today

 

[bumkin]

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Been unsure wether to post this, but here goes.
Trip to Gloucester yesterday to fetch home a pup we sold 13 months ago.
We vetted the owners as usual and didn’t pick up any red flags, but sometimes google isn’t your friend. They answered all the questions, we’d checked out they had the garden etc and all seemed ok. Issues started a few months ago, contacted us to say it had bitten them, we offered to have him back or guidance on how to proceed with him. Neither was accepted. We suggested dog trainers in the area, apparently had 2 but not sure if they followed through
Saturday we got a call, it’s now bitten the owner for the 4th time and grabbed the daughters sleeve.
Finally convinced them to let us take him, so off we went.
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Stopped at the serviced on the way home and had a walk, he was tense, but then we’d expected that.
We now have to rehabilitate him, now he’s here he’s unwinding a bit, we have to find his trigger points, which is the risky bit. I’m anticipating getting a few scars before we get there, ( I’ve already had a close encounter and a little blood lost ) if we can’t turn him around I’m afraid it’s a 1 way trip to the vets if we can, then he’ll probably spend the rest of his days here unless someone suitable comes along and wants to take him once sorted.
We’ve checked around the rest of his litter mates, all are very happy with there dogs and no signs of any aggression from them.
It just shows how much we as owners can effect the mental stability of our pets. They’ve really messed this one up.
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In my experience, the owners' character is transferred to the dog, over the years we have given a home to dogs that have had a bad reputation as we wanted them as intruder deterrents they all turned into cuddly pets they were good deterrents as long as you could not see their tails waging while they barked