Oh for sure going through a rescue is good! I was more meaning if you are going through private sales or a breeder, make sure they have OFA testing and are breeding their dogs for a reason, which is shown by having titled parents.
Even if you are not planning to show your own dogs, having...
He or she does need a goose friend, yes. Any adult goose will be fine. Sex-wise, if you don't know the sex of this one, a female is always a safe bet - two females get along fine, and a male would regard a new female as a possible mate.
If all you can find is males, that's okay too - there may...
I managed to accidentally schedule a shipment of guinea keets and a shipment of chicks to arrive the same week! It'll keep me busy I guess, haha.
I have 48 keets coming, but I will keep only ten. The rest are for some friends who went in on the order with me. I ordered fancy and rare assorted...
I have been distracted by emus and ostrich chicks, haha. Also dealing with rebuilding my flock after the dog attack - not sure if I shared about that in here - but I have guinea keets AND chicks arriving this week. Not sure how I managed to accidentally schedule them for the same week, but that...
So - my dog is both! Due to a whoopsie involving the breeder's young daughter letting my dog's mom in with her CKC male, Pixel is half Mini American Shepherd and half CKC.
Sounds like you already have an Aussie, so you basically know what you'd be getting if you get a Mini American Shepherd -...
Good information on clicker training chickens. Sometimes when animal trainers are learning to use a clicker, they will actually do "chicken camp" to teach them how to use the clicker right by training a chicken to do an obstacle course.
Looks really nice! I love the inclusion of drawn plans.
Are there roosts or nest boxes? I didn't see any in the pictures, so I wondered if you added them after.
A good premise for an article. It would be nice to see it fleshed out with more breeds, like for instance seramas, which people often keep indoors.
Also, make sure you are not using pictures without permission - at least one of these images is copyrighted to another website.