Hope some of you are still here it has been over 6 months since my last posting. I have missed many of your blog posts and hope to be here more often.
In mid July the new chickens started laying eggs. We usually get 3-5 eggs a day with our 5 new hens and a year old hen. Been enjoying the eggs very much. I learned the best way to make hard boiled eggs. Steam them for 15 minutes and then place them in ice water. Much easier to peel than boiling them.
The garden did great with lots of rain most of the summer. Cucumbers were in better numbers than I can recall ever. Tomatoes not so much the rain was more than they needed. Right now we have Swamp Sunflower, very tall asters, Japanese Anemones, hardy cyclamen and Miss Huff Lantana in bloom in the garden. Today our Saffron Crocuses popped out of the ground!
The past few days I have pulled 6-7 wheelbarrows full of Japanese Bamboo Grass from the overgrown flower beds, the rain made it grow crazy. Good news is I beat letting it go to seed! Hoping to build a nice work shop and make a lovely new garden around it.
Back to what the posting is about our new dog Baxter. We think he's a a little over a year old. He's a terrier mix and wieghts 15 pounds. We adopted him after seeing him in a share on facebook that a good friend posted.
Baxter was found to need house training as he peed on the furniture the first night in the house. His training is coming along, as we are getting up in the middle of the night to let him out, no accidents yet! Our cat hates him as expected. Walking him he's a puller, got him a special harness for than and it is big help. He walks pretty well and will certainly improve. Around the house he's very active, chews on socks, chew toys are next on our list. Friday he gets his shots, next week he's getting fixed. We got him last Friday.
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Baxter looks like a happy dog! Congrats!
Ha, and I thought capturing butterflies was difficult. Baxter looks so happy in his new home...
I know that belly :-)
What a cutie! Good luck with the house training. It is never an easy thing with new dogs. I find if you already have a housebroken dog it works so much better. Barring that crates would well too.
Aww.. so cute! Good luck with all the training, I know it can be a lot of work!
Baxter looks happy, and I'm sure will eventually settle in happily to a normal routine. Our beagle was two when we adopted her. A handful at first, but after a month or so became one of the family.
He is very cute. Congratulations to the new parents.
Yes Baxter is pretty happy! His visit for his first check up went well. No problems other than a crooked lower canine tooth. He's gained 1 1/2 pounds in the week that we have had him. The first few days he ate a lot, now he seems satisfied with eating normally. He loves meeting other dogs. Visiting people he usually does not want to leave them.
Very cute! He's lucky that you "found" him.
Love the new dog, what a handsome boy Baxter is! Lucky you all found each other. I had to house train a 9 year old dog, it wasn't easy, but she did get the hang of it.
He's so cute...when you LOVE a dog they can get away with just about anything. Hopefully he'll soon figure out how to go potty OUTSIDE. I'm sure he appreciates your patience with him! He needed you and you were there...so sweet!
Baxter is adorable! Good for you for adopting. :-)
He is a sweet looking little fella!
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