The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[N F C]

That's what you'd call a Heinz 57 breed!

Cool looking dogs!

 

[Blooie]

Blooie, when we were in Cody a couple months ago, we overheard a guy telling someone about a grizzly by the Dairy Queen. I wasn't sure if he was kidding or not so looked it up in their newspaper...it was for real!

Yep! Got friends up on the North Fork outside of Cody who remodeled their house so that the kitchen was upstairs instead of on the main floor. Seems when she'd bake or fry bacon, she'd have visitors, and the couple were tired of replacing their doors and windows. No joke!

If that's how it works, then Blooie won't have to worry about wolves.

Shoot, if the environmentalists who have never seen anything wilder than Buffalo Wild Wings wouldn't have decided good old dumb Wyomingites wouldn't mind if they released a few wolves "back into the Yellowstone Ecosystem" and then claim they'd manage them here, Fiona would be jobless. Couple of issues with that...first of in their educated wisdom they did no research, and the kind of wolves they "reintroduced" had never been here in the first place. Second, their idea of "managing them" was to sit back with their cameras when they vacationed out here and tried to get photos of them. See, the wolves ain't real smart, and they don't read the Park boundary signs. Not like they are going to hit the East Gate and say,"Oh, dear, this is as far as we may go. We must turn back." Now we have a wolf species that has never before been in Wyoming, that is less elusive, much larger, and more aggressive in an area where they never were before, and they don't care if it's a cow or an elk, a domestic sheep or a wild one - if they want it, they take it. Now, don't get me wrong, I don't think there are many things more heart stoppingly beautiful as a wolf out in the wild, but this was bungled from start to finish, from imposing this decision against most of Wyoming's wishes, to releasing a species that had never been here before as a "reintroduction." Then to top that off, if one is caught killing a rancher's stock, he can't do a thing about it. Instead he has to submit a report and irrefutable proof that it was specifically a wolf, then wait until he's old and gray to get reimbursed. <shrug> But we're a small, sparsely populated state and can't fight Washington. Shoot, there were wolves in the Potomac River Valley and Central Park back in the day - so I say let's take a few of ours and reintroduce them there. Sorry, perilously close to a political rant there and I'll probably get dinged. But there's a reason so many cars here sport bumper stickers reading, "Wyoming. You've seen it, now take a wolf and go home."

Bruce, I forgot to quote your post asking about the water. No, our drinking and household water comes from the natural artesian stores we have right here at the end of town. But our water for irrigation, for watering our lawns and gardens etc is "ditch water." It runs through a canal system that comes from a good distance away, irrigating for Cody, Powell, and on up, and all the ranches and farms between. It's raw water, we take it right from the ditches. Some communities like ours have a pump system and every spring the town sends out a notice saying that we can start our home pumps because they are turning on the ditch water. In the fall, we get one advising us to turn our pumps off because they are turning the main pump off for the season. Then smaller canals are allowed to go dry. Other towns just have an open ditch that runs past every house, then back into the farm areas. It's the Buffalo Bill Reservoir and the Willwood Dam and the Deaver Dam that allow this to happen. Without irrigation, we'd still be dust and sagebrush.

Okay, now for the good stuff. You guys have GOT to see this. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I might not have believed it. Kendra was laying on the floor with her "computer" while Katie and I were putzing around the house. I checked on her and she was doing what this video shows, so I grabbed the camera and kept it going. Be prepared to be astonished! (well, I was!)

Don't worry about the spelling, we'll get that! Just watch her concentration, her realizations that that one isn't quite right, and her sounding some out. I'm so impressed!

 

[JaeG]

I had to look up Russian Terriers, don't think I've seen one of those. Wiki says 17 different breeds were used in the development. Interesting!

I'd never heard of them either until meeting one. Sounds like they need very good socialisation when young as that ensures they aren't overly protective of their family. He was just so calm and docile (in contrast to our excitable, ever playful mutt). The one we met wasn't clipped so he was just a Teddy bear.

Oh @Blooie that's awesome!

 

[N F C]

Kendra is an amazing little girl B!

 

[Blooie]

She sure is! Surprises every day with her. When I told Jenny about it, and showed her the video, she was just as surprised as I was. Then she said, "I didn't know she could do that but I knew she could write all the months of the year in order...she does that all the time on her wall." WHAT??? And you never SAID anything???? (Kendra has one wall behind her bed that's painted in chalkboard paint, and she likes to sit on her bed and write on it.)

 

[drumstick diva]

They look like Kerry Blue Terriers/ Giant Schnauzers on STEROIDS

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

Cool looking dogs!
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Looks like a giant schnauzer to me. Or maybe a bouvier.

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

Yep! Got friends up on the North Fork outside of Cody who remodeled their house so that the kitchen was upstairs instead of on the main floor. Seems when she'd bake or fry bacon, she'd have visitors, and the couple were tired of replacing their doors and windows. No joke!



Shoot, if the environmentalists who have never seen anything wilder than Buffalo Wild Wings wouldn't have decided good old dumb Wyomingites wouldn't mind if they released a few wolves "back into the Yellowstone Ecosystem" and then claim they'd manage them here, Fiona would be jobless. Couple of issues with that...first of in their educated wisdom they did no research, and the kind of wolves they "reintroduced" had never been here in the first place. Second, their idea of "managing them" was to sit back with their cameras when they vacationed out here and tried to get photos of them. See, the wolves ain't real smart, and they don't read the Park boundary signs. Not like they are going to hit the East Gate and say,"Oh, dear, this is as far as we may go. We must turn back." Now we have a wolf species that has never before been in Wyoming, that is less elusive, much larger, and more aggressive in an area where they never were before, and they don't care if it's a cow or an elk, a domestic sheep or a wild one - if they want it, they take it. Now, don't get me wrong, I don't think there are many things more heart stoppingly beautiful as a wolf out in the wild, but this was bungled from start to finish, from imposing this decision against most of Wyoming's wishes, to releasing a species that had never been here before as a "reintroduction." Then to top that off, if one is caught killing a rancher's stock, he can't do a thing about it. Instead he has to submit a report and irrefutable proof that it was specifically a wolf, then wait until he's old and gray to get reimbursed. <shrug> But we're a small, sparsely populated state and can't fight Washington. Shoot, there were wolves in the Potomac River Valley and Central Park back in the day - so I say let's take a few of ours and reintroduce them there. Sorry, perilously close to a political rant there and I'll probably get dinged. But there's a reason so many cars here sport bumper stickers reading, "Wyoming. You've seen it, now take a wolf and go home."

Bruce, I forgot to quote your post asking about the water. No, our drinking and household water comes from the natural artesian stores we have right here at the end of town. But our water for irrigation, for watering our lawns and gardens etc is "ditch water." It runs through a canal system that comes from a good distance away, irrigating for Cody, Powell, and on up, and all the ranches and farms between. It's raw water, we take it right from the ditches. Some communities like ours have a pump system and every spring the town sends out a notice saying that we can start our home pumps because they are turning on the ditch water. In the fall, we get one advising us to turn our pumps off because they are turning the main pump off for the season. Then smaller canals are allowed to go dry. Other towns just have an open ditch that runs past every house, then back into the farm areas. It's the Buffalo Bill Reservoir and the Willwood Dam and the Deaver Dam that allow this to happen. Without irrigation, we'd still be dust and sagebrush.

Okay, now for the good stuff. You guys have GOT to see this. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I might not have believed it. Kendra was laying on the floor with her "computer" while Katie and I were putzing around the house. I checked on her and she was doing what this video shows, so I grabbed the camera and kept it going. Be prepared to be astonished! (well, I was!)

Don't worry about the spelling, we'll get that! Just watch her concentration, her realizations that that one isn't quite right, and her sounding some out. I'm so impressed!

Wow @Blooie ! She's really learning quickly these days isn't she? She seems to be talking a lot more too. I'm so excited!
Fiona was being such a good girl in her crate too

 

[drumstick diva]

BYC should have a "like very much" choice also or maybe let us add +++ signs - sometimes Like just isn't enough and some folks are reluctant to commit to Love.

 

[sharron]

I use to have a Guadalupe Bearhound. Everybody use to ask me what kinda dog she was....I'd tell'em a Guadalupe Bearhound, they wouldn't believe me until they say "There aren't any bears in Guadalupe county" to which I would reply, " "There aren't here anymore"