Showing posts with label Border Collies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Border Collies. Show all posts

Friday, February 15, 2013

"In the Path of Love"

 

for
"DeltaBluez Tess"
(July 13, 1998 - Feb 13, 2013)
by Diane Pagel

  
In the shadows of life.
a few leaves must fall
but the spring is near
and life will grow again.
 
The path is long and hard
and courage is earned
the sunlight is in our eyes
and the tears freely fall.
 
 photo by: Patricia Fix Anderson
 
You walked down the path
held my hand, taught me all
to let me go by myself
with my new courage. 

 photo by: Diane Pagel

and yet today I weep for you
but tomorrow i will be proud
knowing you are at the end of the path
and the rest of the journey is my own.
 
 


Friday, December 7, 2012

Are you smarter than a Sheep?

I found this test and thought you might like this. I got all of them right. Whew, it was a tough test but I managed to succeed. See if you are smarter than a Sheep!

I appreciate www.wooddogcrate.com  for making this post possible.


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The ram went over the cliff because he did not see the "U" turn.
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The ram committed suicide after hearing the hit song "There Will Never Be Another You."
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Virgin Wool comes from sheep that are both fast and ugly.
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The ewes did not get pregnant because they were under the weather.
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During the breeding season, an odd number of rams must be put with the ewes. One ram will breed ewes; two will spend their time fighting; with 3 rams, 2 fight and one breeds, etc. , etc. , etc.
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Willard Straight Hall (the Comell student union) is an example of a creep feeder .
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If Papa Ram weighs 200 lb and Mama Ewe weighs 140, J.R. Ewing's ideal slaughter weight would be 102 lb.
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Twin lambs can be said to be wombmates.
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Half-sib twin lambs usually are produced by white-faced ewes because "blondes have more fun."
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Aab, Aab, is the typical sound of a dyslectic lamb
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A hot-house lamb must be potted before sale.
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Ewe-tah is the most important sheep state in the U.S.
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The Booroola Merino gene manifests itself in the double recessive (bb) form when lambs stand on their hind legs and say "booroola, booroola."
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Corried Ale is a fermented beverage made from sheep's milk by Australian shepherds in the outback.
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Orf; Orf, is a sound made by baby lambs when they are hungry.
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Proper protocol requires that before disposal of a dead sheep, it must have the wool pulled over its eyes.
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Rambo-llet is a synthetic breed developed by Sylvester Stallone.
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Each year in March, sheep breeders in Finland gather together and enter their top rams in the finnish Land Race.
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St. Croix is a church in France for shepherds.
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The two hormones necessary to initiate and synchronize estrus in anestrous ewes are TLC and PTL.
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Several rams competing for a cycling ewe in an accelerated lambing system is referred to as STAR wars.
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The French have recently announced an improved old English breed, now called the Lincoln Continental.
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Eileen is one of Brian Magee's ewes that grew up on a hillside with one set of legs shorter than the other.
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Flushing is the process of giving sheep large quantities of water to clean out their system.
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The Tunis was "Red" Skelton's favorite breed of sheep.
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Fall-bom dwarf lambs are usually named Sneezy, Dopey, Doc, Bashful, etc., and sold as Hot-House lambs at 30 to 40 lb.
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Sheep that don't pay their bills are known as I.O. Ewes.
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Sssisss BOOM BAAaa! are the last three sounds of an exploding sheep.
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The Happy Hunting Ground of Sheepdom is known as Ewe-topia.
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The Southdown breed received its name when it was noted that all of the sheep face south when they lie down.
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Blue tongue is a perceived disease of sheep usually occurring in August in sheep grazing pastures infested with wild blueberries.
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The term "mob-stocking" originated in Chicago in the 1920's when Al Capone used shipments of ladies stockings to disguise contraband liquor.
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Mulsing is a term originating in the 1800's in Australia when sheep were trailed into the outback behind mule drawn wagons.

Monday, November 19, 2012

Kelpie and Sheepdog Books for Sale


I am selling of my Kelpie Books. I will also be offering some Border Collies book in the near future. Price below includes shipping and insurance to the USA. For Canada, add $10 more. For outside of the USA, contact me. Books will be shipped after the check clears.
 
AUTHOR
TITLE
PRICE
CONDITION
T G Austin (Tim Austin)
Breeding and Training Sheep Dogs (small thin book, soft cover)
$85
water stains but good/fair, rare
Tony Parsons
The Australian Kelpie (hard cover)
$200
Excellent
Tony Parsons
The Working Kelpie (hard cover)
$150
Excellent
Norm MacLeod and Tim Austin
Australian Kelpie Handbook (hard cover)
$250
Excellent
AD (Tony) Austin
Training the Working Kelpie (hard cover)
$250
Excellent
Con Kingwill & Brenda Munitich
South African Sheepdogs Training and Trials (hard cover)
$95
Very Good
Tim Austin and artwork by Pieter Zaadstra
Our Australian Kelpie (hard cover)
300
Excellent