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Lady and the Foal will be at the Stud for…

Lady and the Foal will be at the Stud for about another week. She was unable to be mated on this cycle. I do not want her to be at the Stud any longer than necessary, so she will be induced to cycle early, in a day or so.

I had a phone call from the Butterfly Farm this morning, from the person who is fitting two new cameras. He needed some information on the the wiring. I was given the impression that they would have been broadcasting on their pages today. They must have a small problem, as only one of them is working tonight. I will phone them in the morning to find out what the problem is.

Sheep and Dogs normally don’t go together, other than when the Sheep are being rounded up with a Dog. Ky doesn’t seem to understand that, or she believes that because they have four legs and a tail she is the same as all the other animals, on the farm. We have noticed for a while that she has been trying to be friendly with the Sheep, that are in a pen in the barn. She will often goes missing when we are preparing the Horses feed and hay. More often than not, she has been found by the pen looking at the Sheep. The Sheep initially would bang their feet on the ground, to warn her off, Ky did not understand that the banging was a threat, and would take no notice of the feet banging. I suppose that she may have thought that it was a friendly gesture.

Just recently a few of the Sheep have been coming up close to the side of the pen, putting their heads out of the bars, in Ky’s direction. The first few times, she went a little closer to the Sheep, that would make them jump back, mostly in fear of Ky. For the past couple of days we noticed that Ky has been licking a couple of the Sheep, as she would with Tass or Jade our other dogs. The Ram wasn’t best pleased, he charged at Ky. Of course he wasn’t able to get her, as she was on the other side of the pen. Again this afternoon Ky went missing whilst we were making up the Horse feed. We knew that she was more then likely by the Sheep pen. On finding her, we could hardly believe our eyes, for she was in the pen with the Sheep, laying down next to two of them, that we had yesterday seen her licking. The Ram could not have seen Ky, or I don’t believe he did, for I am sure that he would have butted her.

Ky is an active dog, when outside on the farm yard, she is 24/7 on the go. A little while back we were sent a photo of one of her brothers. He is so much fatter than her you would think that we did not feed her. The recent way she has found to stop putting on weight, is to help with the hay. When we move the hay, we use one of those big builders merchants sand bags, even with hay they are heavy. It is easier when two people pull it from stable to stable, but it mostly tends to be one. Ky wont allow that, She gets hold of one of the lifting handles and helps to pull the bag along, and really does try.

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