Look what was waiting for me when we got home from Thanksgiving holiday in Fairbanks:   These are samples I sent to the new mill that were delivered while we were out. I’m super excited to see what the mill has produced, it’s the first fiber mill in Alaska that can process wool and the first…

Monday nights are not about football at Tower Ranch, we don’t even have cable, so we get more time to enjoy our family and some hand tossed pizzas.     Our dinner guests helped to socialize some puppies 🙂             At the end of the day, after the dishes were all done…

I’ve been told I’m slacking on Puppy pictures so here ya go 🙂        And a video of puppy howls Puppy video I hope these made you smile 🙂  

Today we changed some coats in the lamb pen and I just HAVE to share what I saw. Duchess (Columbia/Hampshire Down) Big Bertha (Polypay/Cormo) Princess (Columbia/Hampshire Down) This was a shocker! This little Cormo/Dorper ewe lamb (who still needs a name) gave me one of the biggest surprises. Typical Dorper on the outside, but look what…

It’s really no secret, when you have a barn, you have mice. There are a lot of niave people who think they have never had mice and are shocked and appalled when they find out they do, but the reality is mice are everywhere.  Our chickens love mice and will catch them and eat them, heck…

These puppies are so cute. They can’t really do much besides eat and look cute but they really excel at the looking cute part.    

Tarn finally got around to delivering her puppies :0)  We thought the x-ray showed 11 little aliens in Tarn’s belly, last night she delivered 10 puppies, sadly one was stillborn. This morning we have 4 males and 5 female puppies, with healthy appetites and even healthier lungs. It was a long night, but lucky for…

As of Saturday morning, 8 am, no puppies yet. As a matter of fact I don’t even think we have pre-labor yet but it’s hard to tell when your patient has limited communication abilities. The good news is she seems pretty comfortable and she’s stopped eating and doesn’t want to go outside except to potty,…

Tarn is safely ensconced in the birthing pen. It’s clean, it’s safe, it’s warm. And now it’s private. We blocked the dog door so she’s a captive audience and Rocco can’t bug her while she’s napping. It’s too cold to risk pups born outside so she will be confined to quarters till the puppies are…

Tarn is getting close to her due date so we did an x-ray to see how many to expect.     We think we see 11 new Maremmas getting ready to make their debut.  Happy Halloween!