***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[okcarla]

It's the breed, Labs are everywhere and when you see one you immediatly think service dog, after all they guide the blind and are helper dogs for those that are wheelchair bound and are one of the most popular for search and rescue. 90% of the effectiveness of a dog is in the perception of whomever is breaching your property.

Now if pops wants a hunting breed that can go the distance think German Shorthair, Visla or Weimeraner but good hunters have a high prey drive and it would takes lots of time and patience so they don't hunt your birds too. An Airedale that is of Oorang bloodline is a fair hunter for birds and were used in the past for Bear and Cougar. Fearless dogs with a big heart.

The old Hungarian breeders of the Komondor would often say that chances are an intruder will be allowed onto your property, but they just won't be allowed to leave. They are not prone to biting humans, they use their deep chest and weight to knock an intruder down and then stand guard until they are found whether it be tomorrow or next week.

http://www.dogs-info.net/html/Breeds/2011/0123/Komondor-Breed-Information.html

http://www.canadasguidetodogs.com/komondor.htm


If you look into the history of the Doberman they were bred to be a farm dog, a helper dog as Herr Doberman put it.

I just opened up the Okies thread and started reading the last page & see Komondor mentioned. We got our Kom's because Les, aka NNbreeder recommended them so highly. Thanks Les! They really are great guardian dogs.

I'm almost certain that one of my Komondor females is pregnant. Hopefully next month we'll have happy healthy puppies that will be AKC registerable and have champion lineage from both parents. Komondors really are a great breed of dog and are quite rare. We couldn't find anyone in Oklahoma with AKC pups, so we bought ours in Iowa, Missouri and Kentucky. I love them!

 

[nnbreeder]

Carla when you ran the ads for the goats on Craig's List I almost called you and said that I wanted the two curly ones in the background. LOL

Those are beautiful dogs.

 

[NanaKat]

POOPS is coming and the list of raffle items is beginning to grow.
Here are some of the items to tantalize your interest!!!!

a couple of plywood nestboxes built by a young craftsman

some eggs, week old keets or chicks .... Possibly seedlings of some kind

A trio of birds

a lot of chicken related stuff, knick-knacks, decorative items...some stuff for the kids, too

A dozen Columbian Wyandotte hatching eggs

homemade soaps

A basket of "neat lil goodies" all the way from Barnswallow "to show how much we love and miss yall."

Hand beaded earrings with little chicks.

Chicken theme hot pads


If you have an item for the raffle for POOPS, send me a PM. If you can send pictures, I'll post those to tantalize our crowd. Remember the proceeds from the raffle help pay for future events.

 

[nnbreeder]

Years ago when I was delivering farm equipment there was a farm that had a pair of Rotts.


When I would go to pick something up a family member had to be there. You could walk right up to the equipment but it could not be touched. Dropping things off was easy and the dogs would come out and get petted while I took off chains and unloaded. It was like I was bringing something for them.

When I would do a pick-up I would back the truck up to the tractor or whatever and get ready to hook it up while I waited for the farm owner to get there and the dogs would be right by my side watching my every move. When the owner got there it was like flipping an off switch and the dogs were puppys again.

 

[nnbreeder]

People always ask me what my shirt means and I explain, then I usually get some weird looks and the people just shuffle away.

When Teva and I got some birds from Guy and Michael down at Mary's we just hand carried them to the truck and talk about a conversation starter. Wow that was better then carrying around a puppy!

 

[Buster52]

Finally got ahold of the people doing the auction in Elgin. They are trying to do an auction the 3rd Saturday of the month every month. This saturday will be the first auction. They said they put out 1500 flyers & have no idea what to expect being the first auction.
Registration begins @ 4 auction starts @ 6
11920 HWY 62
Elgin OK

Excellent! I will have to put an ad in the paper for them.

Wonder if I know any of the people involved...

 

[Buster52]

dg You going to the auction in Newcastle sat hope to see you ther.. Buster52 i dont think that varmit will ne back if the big male you have got ahold of it..

Well, it certainly hasn't so far.

How you doin, Mike? Hope Mary's goes well for you this weekend.

 

[old*cowboy]

Well, it certainly hasn't so far.

How you doin, Mike? Hope Mary's goes well for you this weekend.

Bear says Hi.

 

[Buster52]

I know that because my brother has been an OK game warden for a verrrrryyyy long time. When wildlife is caught for relocation or released, the wardens are very much in the loop. I realize this is a touchy subject for many, but you have the extremes of "there are no long tail black cats in N.America, or there are no cougars established in OK."...etc. to the "we have to drive around a black panther that is laying in our driveway every morning when we go to work" You can see where it all becomes a heated discussion.

Well, I know what I saw, and it was unmistakable. It ran parallel to I 44 for about 50 yards before running down into a creek. At one point it stopped, turned around and looked right at us. We even had time to pull over, get out of the car and watch it.

 

[Buster52]

Bear says Hi.

Oh, man. He looks great. I see you are taking good care of him, Guy. He is one lucky puppy.