The Old Folks Home

[Rambling Iris]

Happy New Year! It was a day the same as any other around here. Chores had to be done, chickens and people fed. The sky was blue, the sun warm and we had a blessed day. Hope all of you did too.

 

[Nomadicus]

Goodnight Old Folks. I'm calling it a day.

 

[microchick]

Not only is today New Year's Day but it is also a special day in our household.

Today is the Cattle Dogs' 5th birthday. Hard to believe they are 5 already and they are slowly and sometimes painfully maturing into amazing young adult dogs.

Even harder to believe that Cattle Dogs don't really mature and start to get some common sense about them until they are 7 but yeah, as you can see by the picture they are making great advancements in behavior and training!

So here are the four little heathens. My husband took the picture while I 'handled'. He apologized for the glowing eyes. I said, given their personalities it seemed to fit.

On the left is Varn. He was the runt but doesn't take any crap off of his siblings. He also knows that if he runs over to the counter where their treats are and sits and stares at them long enough somebody will come and give him one.

Next to Varn is Rocki, my sweetie. She reminds me of the old video on America's Funniest Home Videos where the dad is taking a picture of his prim and proper little girl dressed in her Easter dress sitting and singing a song until her baby brother toddles over to her and she belts him a good one before resuming her song.

Behind her to the right is Diesel. Too smart for his own good he will close the door going outside and if one of his brothers or sister is in the doggy door that is in the storm door and the door bounces off their heads, he will try to close the door harder even it if means braining his sibling senseless.

Last but not least is sweet Ben. He is always smiling, always in a good mood, very loving and sweet. He spends most of his time sitting in my lap or laying on me like a baby. He will play ball until I am exhausted.....he isn't but I am. He reminds me so much of his sister Sidney that it makes me sad sometimes. It's hard to believe that she has been gone for 3 years already.

People are always amazed that we took on these-at the time-5 puppies. But no regrets. It's been a real trip so far and like the old saying goes, the troubled dog is the one you need the most.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Finished a good meal here Now taking it easy 9 we take the dogs out lock birds up

 

[RedwoodCoastChick]

Happy New Year all you tired Old Folks.

How many of us managed to make it to Midnight last night?

I did but head hit the pillow at 12:14.

We roamed the (mostly closed) streets of Old Town Eureka with our younger daughter & future SIL, hit their favorite oyster bar (yummm, and only one other table had customers so pleasantly quiet) and a very old-school steak house much patronized by the cheerful locals for drinks & dinner, then walked back - rain kindly happened while we were indoors & stopped when we came out. Back to their apartment for party snacks & bubbly, did the countdown to 2024 and kept on celebrating & talking till we realized it was almost 4:30! We have way too much fun with them.

Fortunately I'd switched to diet soda awhile back so was fine to drive us home. We've been pretty useless all day.

I did manage to go clean the coop & collect eggs. The girls rewarded me for their New Years Eve treat of oatmeal cooked with old frozen blueberrries by leaving purple poops all over the coop floor under their roosts. Gee, thanks, ladies!

 

[RedwoodCoastChick]

So here are the four little heathens. My husband took the picture while I 'handled'. He apologized for the glowing eyes. I said, given their personalities it seemed to fit

Fair warning, then! Thank you for telling the saga of your little "pack" - they are quite the collection, so glad they're with people who can love, appreciate and properly manage them all! A wonderful New Year to all of your furs and folks!

 

[sourland]

Good morning, OF. Took down the tree and started on the outside decorations yesterday. Today I will put away all but the lights on the porch railing.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Good morning, OF. Took down the tree and started on the outside decorations yesterday. Today I will put away all but the lights on the porch railing.

Hubby did all that New Years day. He is so OCD.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Not only is today New Year's Day but it is also a special day in our household.

Today is the Cattle Dogs' 5th birthday. Hard to believe they are 5 already and they are slowly and sometimes painfully maturing into amazing young adult dogs.

Even harder to believe that Cattle Dogs don't really mature and start to get some common sense about them until they are 7 but yeah, as you can see by the picture they are making great advancements in behavior and training!

So here are the four little heathens. My husband took the picture while I 'handled'. He apologized for the glowing eyes. I said, given their personalities it seemed to fit.
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On the left is Varn. He was the runt but doesn't take any crap off of his siblings. He also knows that if he runs over to the counter where their treats are and sits and stares at them long enough somebody will come and give him one.

Next to Varn is Rocki, my sweetie. She reminds me of the old video on America's Funniest Home Videos where the dad is taking a picture of his prim and proper little girl dressed in her Easter dress sitting and singing a song until her baby brother toddles over to her and she belts him a good one before resuming her song.

Behind her to the right is Diesel. Too smart for his own good he will close the door going outside and if one of his brothers or sister is in the doggy door that is in the storm door and the door bounces off their heads, he will try to close the door harder even it if means braining his sibling senseless.

Last but not least is sweet Ben. He is always smiling, always in a good mood, very loving and sweet. He spends most of his time sitting in my lap or laying on me like a baby. He will play ball until I am exhausted.....he isn't but I am. He reminds me so much of his sister Sidney that it makes me sad sometimes. It's hard to believe that she has been gone for 3 years already.

People are always amazed that we took on these-at the time-5 puppies. But no regrets. It's been a real trip so far and like the old saying goes, the troubled dog is the one you need the most.

I bet they have kept you busy!

 

[ShrekDawg]

Not only is today New Year's Day but it is also a special day in our household.

Today is the Cattle Dogs' 5th birthday. Hard to believe they are 5 already and they are slowly and sometimes painfully maturing into amazing young adult dogs.

Even harder to believe that Cattle Dogs don't really mature and start to get some common sense about them until they are 7 but yeah, as you can see by the picture they are making great advancements in behavior and training!

So here are the four little heathens. My husband took the picture while I 'handled'. He apologized for the glowing eyes. I said, given their personalities it seemed to fit.
View attachment 3716983

On the left is Varn. He was the runt but doesn't take any crap off of his siblings. He also knows that if he runs over to the counter where their treats are and sits and stares at them long enough somebody will come and give him one.

Next to Varn is Rocki, my sweetie. She reminds me of the old video on America's Funniest Home Videos where the dad is taking a picture of his prim and proper little girl dressed in her Easter dress sitting and singing a song until her baby brother toddles over to her and she belts him a good one before resuming her song.

Behind her to the right is Diesel. Too smart for his own good he will close the door going outside and if one of his brothers or sister is in the doggy door that is in the storm door and the door bounces off their heads, he will try to close the door harder even it if means braining his sibling senseless.

Last but not least is sweet Ben. He is always smiling, always in a good mood, very loving and sweet. He spends most of his time sitting in my lap or laying on me like a baby. He will play ball until I am exhausted.....he isn't but I am. He reminds me so much of his sister Sidney that it makes me sad sometimes. It's hard to believe that she has been gone for 3 years already.

People are always amazed that we took on these-at the time-5 puppies. But no regrets. It's been a real trip so far and like the old saying goes, the troubled dog is the one you need the most.

I love them!