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[The Farm]

Beautiful!

 

[RockerHen]

We had the rare cold white stuff here in SC a few weeks ago, so of course I took pictures of everything.

















And just for fun..my Anatolian, Kota, practicing for the not-yet-accepted Olympic sport of Cat Jumping! Butler, the cat, was not amused.

 

[drumstick diva]

Rocker Hen beautiful dog, even just from the back. Can we see the front now.?

 

[Sagetown]

We had the rare cold white stuff here in SC a few weeks ago, so of course I took pictures of everything.

















And just for fun..my Anatolian, Kota, practicing for the not-yet-accepted Olympic sport of Cat Jumping! Butler, the cat, was not amused.

Hey RockerHen:
That's my Disc. How'd you get a pic of it ? LoL ! No kiddin'. I have one just like it.

 

[3acres]

Hey RockerHen:
That's my Disc. How'd you get a pic of it ? LoL ! No kiddin'. I have one just like it.

lol...I have a twin for each one of those 3 cows and the bull also....lol. ....and a twin to that spot in the pasture...lol.

Real neat photos, Rocker Hen!

 

[3acres]

Rub'a'dub'dub, 4 goaties in a tub,
all lookin' for some grub

There were 6 in there,
but 2 are now on my hair

 

[Sagetown]

lol...I have a twin for each one of those 3 cows and the bull also....lol. ....and a twin to that spot in the pasture...lol.

Real neat photos, Rocker Hen!

 

[RockerHen]

Rocker Hen beautiful dog, even just from the back. Can we see the front now.?

A few old phone pics..
This is a silkie/oegb cross chick he is sniffing. He is completely gentle with the birds, especially young ones. He doesn't, however, have much patience with the turkeys when they try to eat out of his bowl while he is eating! Even then, he'll only bark and bluff a charge.


The cats love him, groom him, and curl up to sleep with him when the weather is colder.

When he was still a lanky, awkward puppy, he had to have shoulder surgery due to OCD in his shoulder (no, not obsessive compulsive disorder LOL, but osteochondritis dissecans, which results in excess cartilage growth. He would limp so pitifully after walking or playing, but after the surgery to remove the excess, he was back to his dopey, pain-free self.) During the recovery process of several weeks, he lived in the house and had to be helped to walk using a harness. Even at that young age, it was like having a pony in the house. He was not destructive at all, however, and many times he would come sit by the couch and lay his head in our lap as we watched TV.

Some more recent pictures. You really could not ask for a sweeter, adorably protective dog. Every day when he first sees me, he'll press his head into my hand, then lean his body against my leg (which can be a bit startling if you're not used to his weight...He's just over 140 lbs!) His sweet, gentle giant nature, however, doesn't prevent him from taking care of business. From killing small invaders such as snakes and armadillos, to chasing off larger ones such as coyotes and foxes, he does his duty protecting the farm. He even has learned to scare off large flying birds such as hawks and vultures. For the longest time, my neighbor had an wolf hybrid they had raised and trained that Kota never seemed to trust or get along with, which surprised everyone because Phoenix, the hybrid, seemed like a sweet dog. Phoenix made the mistake of wandering into our yard, once, and Kota had him tackled and pinned by the throat within seconds. He never came back into our yard, but the plot thickens. Less than a month after this event, Phoenix turned on and attacked his owner on a walk one day, tackling him and biting his arm to the bone. Turns out this behavior is somewhat common in wolf hybrids, as once they reach maturity, in this case around 4 years, they occasionally attempt to challenge the 'alpha', in this case, their owner. The owners, of course, put him down that very day. Unlike us, it seems that Kota knew this particular animal was dangerous and couldn't be trusted. Since then, they've gotten a new dog, a german shepherd, Tiqvah, and Kota is perfectly fine, even friendly with him. He is more perceptive than we are, it seems. I love this dog more than most of the animals on our farm.

 

[RockerHen]

A note: my neighbors were not inexperienced with the challenge of wolf hybrids, they had raised several in the past into old age. This particular one was just a bad egg in general, and Kota knew that.

 

[drumstick diva]

Rocker Hen, thank you. Beautiful dog inside and out.