Monday, July 27, 2009

Feathers comes to live with us


Feathers and her new home


Before we brought Feathers home as a pup I built her a new home to live in. When we picked up this precious little puffball it was decide right there her name would be Feathers. She loved my youngest son and they spent many happy hours playing together.
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Monday, July 20, 2009

Cabin at Swede Creek

Dad and Mom

Warmer day, somewhere around -20 F.


Cabin and Old Dog Sled.

Dad built this with the help of a "First Nation" man as they are now called by the Canada folk. All the logs were fire killed. They had been made into a raft by the National Geographic Society and floated down to Dawson City. You can see two of our Dogs Sitka and Chena in these photos.
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Dog Team on the Yukon River

Me on the River
Cowboy and his Dog Team


One Winter we lived in our Log Cabin at Swede Creek. These are a few photos of a Dog Team that would go by our place at the junction of Swede Creek and the Yukon River. The rivers freeze solid and become the highway system in the North. Dog Teams were used as a mode of transportation by some of the Sourdoughs. Cowboy lived up the River many miles from us.
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Friday, July 10, 2009

Our friends the Goats

When the children were young my husband took them to a goat farm and got three Nubian goats, one for each. They were all females and the idea was the children could learn some responsibility caring for them.

Before buying the goats we had fence off almost an acre of land and built a nice little barn for them to live in complete with a wood milking stanchion. In the midst of the fenced land was a section of large stumps that had been left when we first built on the land, later they would become a play ground for the goats and children.

When the goats came to our home they were all expecting and soon we had five new kids. The goats of the girls each had given birth to twins which made them very happy as they also are twins. The goats seemed to crave attention and loved it when the children would play with them. They would spend hours together climbing the stumps and jumping off. Each day the children would go out and pet, brush, and feed their goats. They were good about giving them fresh straw to lay in and cleaning the barn.

We lived on the Oregon Coast were the rain fall is abundant and soon found out the Nubian Goat hates the rain. They would stay in their barn all day looking out at the rain and every once in a while let out a bawl. When the winter storms hit with the thunder and lighting they would began to bawl then they would make a dash for the house crashing through the fence and up onto the front deck. At this time we had an electric fence to keep them in. They seemed to know that it was going to hurt and would scream before they hit it and continue until they were through.

We kept them through one winter and decided we were not setup properly so sold them the next summer. A few years later we would get a mother and two kids for our son we kept them two years before selling them also. The children have fond memories of their goats to this day.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Healthy Pet Food

My friend the owner of Diamond J's Maltese brought me some pet food samples from HealthPetNet a few months ago. She knew I was concerned about the quality of the pet food from the grocery store and felt I would be happy with the pet food from HealthyPetNet. After I had read the ingredients on the label and checked out the information on the web iste I was happy to have a good source of healthy pet food. As Trixie came to our home over weight I bought her Life's Abundance weight-loss food for Adult Dogs and she has been eating it ever since. As a treat I give her Life's Abundance canned dog food, she loves the dry dog food but the canned food makes her dance with anticipation.

Resently I decided to sell the pet food myself as it is something I trust and feel confident recomending to others. HealthyPetNet supplies: dry dog food, canned dog food, heart healthy treats, health bars, dog dental treats, dog vitamins, dried cat food, canned cat food, cat treats, cat vitamans and much more. All the foods are made with healthy wholesome ingredients, no artificial color or flavors, no corn, no wheat and no glutens. Click on over to bedandbreakfastpetfood.com for some free samples. I think you will love it as much as Trixie and I do.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Black Sambo


After we had Charlie Brown a couple of years we got another dog. He was a cute long haired black dog that had been dumped by someone up our country road. We saw him hiding in the brush and we were worried about him so for several days we brought him food and tried to befriend him. He must have been abused by the one that dumped him as he had a real fear of people. After a week he began to trust us and one day he came to our home by himself. From then on he was part of the family. My son wanted to name him after his favorite book so he became "Black Sambo" or Sambo for short. Charlie Brown seemed to love him just as much as the rest of us and they became good friends. They spent many a day digging moles, running around our 8 acre property, laying in the sun and occasionally getting themselves in trouble. They made a good team when it came to digging moles. Charlie Brown would take the right side and Sambo the left, then they would dig toward the center until they had the mole. This kept the moles in check but did a number on the yard.

Monday, July 6, 2009

Charlie Brown




















When the kids where young my husband got them a puppy from some folks, their dog had just had pups and they were looking for homes for them. When the little puppy came home the children were so happy and excited. Then it was time to name him, the three children all said "Charlie Brown". Knowing they were thinking of the dog in the Charlie Brown comic strip we said you mean "Snoopy", but they were not to be persuaded so Charlie Brown he became. The girls all ready had a Siamese cat and she took Charlie Brown under her care, bringing him mice to eat and sleeping with him in his dog house. Because of this Charlie Brown always loved cats and all the cats we had from then on where taken care of by him. This made the cats acts a lot like dogs.

We have many fond memories of Charlie Brown during the years he and the children grew up together. Charlie Brown was a faithful companion and friend.
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