It's a New Year!

Happy New Year!

I hope this post finds you all healthy, happy and looking forward to what 2008 has in store for all of us! I know I am. I enjoy turning the pages of my calendar to a new year. I typically clean out old to make room for the new, like files and tax reciepts! It's a nice, fresh start. I don't know about you, but I can look forward and let the things of the past year that I'd rather forget about, just kind of disappear. Sometimes it works.

An update on Gracie and Hooch, our Great Pyrenees livestock guardians...they are settling in nicely and have gotten used to their new home. They've adequately chewed thier shelter and rendered it nearly useless. A piece of plywood had to be brought in by their two legged caretakers and provides a windbreak but they seem to be happy now with thier re-decorating activities and have it the way they like it as no further destruction has taken place. They are no longer digging under the fence to escape but I'm sure the bite of the hot wire helped to curb that behavior. Hooch is proving to be very smart and very eager to please. He's perfect with the alpacas and is quickly picking up on basic commands without any noteable time spent on training. It's been so bitter cold and snowy this winter that I haven't really made the time to work with either of them on formal training. I do intend to work with them soon though. Another reason to look ahead to a bit of warmer weather.

Until next time...