You think these dogs have it rough?  Their poor mom, Liz ,is going to have to get another sofa.  They seem to have saved her a spot on the top right hand corner…

Posted: November 23rd, 2009 under saluki.
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Nothing is funnier than a saluki’s first snow.  Here is the brother, Mac, to one of our salukis that live with their great mom, Liz, in Oregon playing in his first snow.  He is from a place in the middle east that doesn’t see much snow–just lots of sand.  You have to wonder what is going through his little puppy brain…

Posted: November 23rd, 2009 under saluki.
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What kind of people have our puppies?  People that send us pictures, cards, and call us about their dogs!  We know where every puppy ends up and we take them back if the owner is unable to care for them.  WE even board them if the owner has to leave town.  Nothing but the best for our little friends.  Of course we breed very, very, very, rarely too.

The litter from last year out of Hajji Baba and Mariah (aka Freckles) has hit their first birthday.  Here is a picture of one of the celebrants in their birthday suit and a hat! 

Here is our birthday cake recipe for dogs:

Cake:

1 pound ground meat

1 4oz container of Fromage Blanc Barn Goddess Goat Cheese

2 all natural Chile Acres eggs

1 tsp garlic powder

Mix together and bake in a small round cake pan for an hour then cool.

Frosting:

1 4oz package of Barn Goddess Plain Goat Cheese

3 tablespoons ketchup

Whip together until smooth and spread over cooled cake.  Don’t set it on the table until all of the dogs have on their party hats or someone may sneak in and grab a quick bite.  Salukis are notorius sneak thieves!

Posted: October 12th, 2009 under Chile Acres, Recipes, saluki.
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Well if you have sheep and you like to weave and spin your own yarn there comes a day for shearing.  We located Kelly through some friends at Bales Hay Sales and asked him to come out and shear the girls.  By the time I got out my camera he was half way done with Cousin It!  Kelly is a champion competition shearer.  He can shear in 3 minutes or less!  I am not sure the sheep even know what happened to them.  They didn’t even make a bow “peep” or squabble about the situation.

Rhiannon, our Celtic Sheep, has Dribbles the orphan goat for her stall companion.  Dribbles was quite distressed that Rhiannon was being denuded and kept trying to join us in the pen to comfort her buddy.  We are worried that Dribbles thinks she is a sheep.  Another demented and confused critter on the farm!  The reunion was heartfelt by all and the sheep were all done in less than 15 minutes from Kelly’s arrival.  They milled about looking at each other as if they didn’t recognize their buddies!  We try not to giggle too much about the new haircuts/style.  Hats off to Kelly–or Fleece Off–cuz the fleece was flying!

Don’t you laugh!  These gals are rather sensitive about the bad hair day!

Posted: October 12th, 2009 under Bubbles the Goat and Friends, Sheep.
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This is Cousin It our new Churro lamb. She is less than 6 months old and already has quite a fleece on her!  She comes to us from Cathy  Gorman in Winklemen, AZ.  Cathy is one of less than 200 breeders world wide that are trying to help keep this beautiful breed of sheep from going extinct.

Here is her best buddy Morticia.  She and Morticia are hanging out with Rhiannon and Dribbles the orphan goat.

Churro are raised by the Dine on the Navajo reservation in order to use their fleece for the making of beautiful woven rugs.  We will be able to dye the fiber from Cousin It into many colors and Morticia has several beautiful colors in her fleece yet to be revealed.  We will probably shear them in late Sept. since they are getting quite shaggy already!

Enya isn’t quite sure what they are up too.  She is our sheep dog with only goat experiences.  She has tried to lick their faces so far.  The sheep aren’t sure what to think of her so they keep a distance.  Dribbles doesn’t care about anything but food!

Posted: September 8th, 2009 under Sheep.
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Strange looking goat?  Nope!  This is our new lamb and her mom.  The lamb is one day old in this picture taken last week on the sheep ranch, Canyon Wren owned by Cathy Gorman of the Navajo Sheep Assoc.  We enjoyed our day at the grassy and green canyon discussing sheep and fiber with Cathy.  This little girl will be coming home in July along with her sister.

Here is the proud pop!  Isn’t he a looker?  Last summer Celia took Navajo weaving and she is addicted to churro wool.  Her friend Caroline has been teaching her to dye wool over the fall and winter.  With such a beautiful lamb who needs dye?  Of course we bought a white sister to this one (who wouldn’t stand still for her picture) so we can still dye wool and our fingers, and our sink, and our kitchen, etc….

Posted: April 14th, 2009 under Chile Acres, Sheep.
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