Dogs on a Plane

Lisa and I helped transport some rescue Shelties last Sunday. They were breeding bitches in a puppy mill.

 We picked them up in Lexington from two rescuers who had brought them down from Ohio.

 We took them in our van down to Bowling Green, Kentucky.

 We met the next pair of rescuers at the Bowling Green Regional Airport.

 Terri and Mark had flown up from Nashville. We helped them load the dogs into the back of the plane and they took off for Memphis. They'll be in foster care until they can be adopted.

 Piper got to ride along to Bowling Green. It was a long trip but worth it to know these two little girls will now be safe. A big thank you to Heather for going over to our house to let the girls out while we were gone.

Bumblefoot

Bumblefoot is an infection common in chickens. The hen that had it is the one staying in the rabbit cage. Lisa operated on it to drain the infection. We didn't get pictures of the actual surgery, just the aftermath.

 Gauze and vet wrap to bind the wound. Now you know why they call it "the bird" finger.

 She is putting weight on it already.

 She never did stop laying eggs so we thought she deserved heroic efforts.

 This is all the crud that was in the swollen area. Lisa dug it out with tweezers.

 Cathryn sent us some doTERRA lavender to sooth the pain and act as an antiseptic. The hen seems to be responding well to it.

Steve

Edith brought over a new ram yesterday. He is going to live here but he'll take care of her ewes and ours.

 Fall color over the pond.

  Sunset in November.

 This hen has been having foot problems so she gets to live in a rabbit cage. She is still laying eggs.

  Edith and Lisa with Steve.

  Steve is a Katahdin ram. We transferred him to the goat gopher for his ride to the barn. He'll be staying in a stall until Lisa finishes training him to be tame.

 The ewes are going to love him.

 We found some sheep handling equipment on craigslist. We got it all set up for worming today.

 The table with the head gate makes it easy to work on them. Getting them into it was a challenge. We'll need to work out the details. Luckily Heather showed up and gave us a hand.

 They didn't mind the head gate so much but they hated the dark ramp chute.

 We finished the gate into the bottom pasture yesterday. It is so we can load hay rolls directly into the bottom without going through the upper sheep pasture.

 We captured the four lambs that are being sold.

  They'll be staying in the stall next to Steve's. They are hard to catch in the open field so since we had them caught for worming we decided to hold onto them.

 Paige.