Mmmmm, I had pumpkin pie for breakfast. Yummy! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. For X-mas eve, we went to MILs for DHs side of the family. She was looking great & feeling good too despite having a round of chemo the week before. One more to go after New Years and then hopefully she will be done with that.
For X-mas day, we had my side of the family over, and as usual had way too much food for only 9 people. I sent everyone home with doggie bags, but my frig is still packed. Doesn't even look like we made a dent. And the chickens will be eating good for the next week too. At least.
It was great spending time with family: too bad the time goes so fast. All that preparation and work, then *poof*, it's over. The Packers game was awesome. Too bad they couldn't have done that last week. And Tat, I repeat DrH's sentiment on your Packer comment....
As far as the "the rest of the story" goes about the dogs & coyotes, Jim, I do believe the dogs were strictly pets and not trained for dealing with predators. Our one neighbor behind us has 2 little yappers that he lets out all the time, and more than once they smelled coyotes & ran right for them. One time we saw what was happening & called to warn him, but another time, one of his dogs was attacked pretty badly, but he survived. I guess it just depends on how they are trained & what they are trained for. Too many people move out to the country & don't have a clue, then find out the hard way what can happen. Live & learn, I guess.
By the way you have your birds trained, I'm guessing your dog will become a very good watchdog.
MLH, great story about Cisco. That was one smart burro with good instincts.
Yikes, Ghost, I sure hope it wasn't a brown recluse bite. Scary. Take care of yourself!
Good links, BL4. Thanks for sharing.
Bummer news on your truck, BBP. Sorry to hear that. No good deed goes unpunished, hey? I sure hope it isn't anything major that broke.
So sorry to hear about your family losses, Susie.
TO, I hope your friend can catch that parakeet too. That is so sad. Maybe it freaked at all the company? But why anyone would let it out of it's cage with people coming in & out is beyond me.
And my computer got a virus a couple months back, even though I try to be pretty careful about what I click on & which sites I visit. I have never gotten one before until I found BYC. But a computer can get bogged down with "cookies" from different websites too.
Oh, I ordered 4 saddles from that gal you all were telling me about on here. I got them on X-mas eve. Talk about fast! And she was having a holiday sale, so I got them for $2.75 instead of $3.25. Score! They look very nice and well made, so thank you everyone for the links and recommendations. The girls got that X-mas present just in time.
And they got some mealworm suet cakes from gramma too. Not to mention their feast of holiday leftovers. They must be happy chickens, because the 4 pullets have been giving us 4 eggs a day this entire week.
And Jasmine, the bunny, has been doing fantastic!
For the past few days, she's been hopping around normally, with no signs of lameness of any kind.
I thought she'd never get any improvement back in her legs. Even mom was shocked. She was here the day I brought her in so she knew how bad she looked. Your well wishes sure helped, everyone! Thank you all!
I just hope she doesn't have a relapse, but so far, so good. I think being in the small cage which limits her mobility has helped her to heal, or at least has helped reduce the irritation or whatever caused the problem in the first place.
I hope everyone has a great day! I burned half the morning catching up here. Yikes!
