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☾ Raising livestock for our family & working dog companions
☾ Sheep, Geese, Chickens
☾ Horse Boarding
☾ Dog Daycare, Boarding & Training (The Paw-Reader)

Saphira’s babies have stayed right with her, and definitely appear to be successfully bonded! This is one of my favorite...
06/16/2026

Saphira’s babies have stayed right with her, and definitely appear to be successfully bonded! This is one of my favorite experiments so far 😆🐥
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One little gosling got lost from his family, but thankfully, our other female goose stayed with him and kept him safe un...
06/16/2026

One little gosling got lost from his family, but thankfully, our other female goose stayed with him and kept him safe until we found him & reunited him with his siblings!

He’s the sleepiest of the bunch, always getting left behind and waking up to find everyone else has moved on. I thought he was dead when I saw him because he was laid out completely flat in the grass… but alas, he was just taking a GOOD nap 😆

Hopefully as he gets bigger the world won’t be so exhausting to him. I was ✨thrilled✨ to feel how soft and fluffy he is 🥹
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On this day, five little goslings left the nest to explore the very rainy, wet world for the first time… AND meet their ...
06/14/2026

On this day, five little goslings left the nest to explore the very rainy, wet world for the first time… AND meet their dad! 🌧️

There were definitely six babies to start, and we’re honestly not sure what happened to them between last night and this morning when we did our first check of the day. It could have been a predator, or maybe it died and mom tossed it out of the nest and THEN something took it… We’re not quite sure, but I looked for quite a while and couldn’t find a body.

I was extremely nervous that mom took them to the pond immediately on their wobbly little legs, but they actually seem to be more stable in the water than they are out of it! They are beyond cute, and we watched them for a long time in the rain while they splashed around. 🥹

I’m super nervous to have them out and roaming, but by this evening mom was breaking out of her safe enclosure we’ve had her separated in while hatching the babies, so we figured it was safer to just let her out. Dad was a little unsure of the goslings at first, but he /very/ quickly jumped into his role as protector and isn’t letting anyone near them!

They are beyond adorable! 🪿
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IT FINALLY HAPPENED! After four years of geese, we finally have *successful* hatched babies — six of them, just in time ...
06/13/2026

IT FINALLY HAPPENED! After four years of geese, we finally have *successful* hatched babies — six of them, just in time for our now three year old’s birthday ✨🎉

Some of these babies were very wet and new, so I’m wondering if the rest of her eggs will follow. I was too excited about the hatched babies to count, but she still has 2-4 eggs left under her that she was quick to re-cover and sit on.

I cannot wait to see these sweet goslings running around the property! Ursa has wanted a hen to hatch out babies for so long, we are so thrilled 🤍
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A headstone for a dog who never should’ve passed so early 💔🐾I haven’t posted in awhile since losing our sweet girl, and ...
06/09/2026

A headstone for a dog who never should’ve passed so early 💔🐾

I haven’t posted in awhile since losing our sweet girl, and I’m trying to force myself back into it. I need to push myself back into the “normal” swing of things to continue to try to heal, so here’s step one of that.

Her stone should be here June 18th, and until then, I’ll make it through our Ursa girl’s 3rd birthday party, and start to plan Harlow’s memorial garden. 🤍
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When it rains, it pours. Things just aren’t going well right now — for my own health, my dog’s health, and I just harbor...
06/02/2026

When it rains, it pours.

Things just aren’t going well right now — for my own health, my dog’s health, and I just harbor so much constant anxiety and stress over the direction things are going in the world right now. Everything is just getting more expensive, and I find myself looking at our animals and our property with stress and unease rather than peace and happiness like I have previously.

With thousandsss of dollars of medical care coming up for me, my dog’s emergency vet care on top of their annuals coming up, and cost of living, it just feels like I’m drowning.

I just need things to level out again.
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All winter I yearn for these days, where they can be out enjoying the sun and grazing for as long as they please. 🤍🐑It’s...
05/30/2026

All winter I yearn for these days, where they can be out enjoying the sun and grazing for as long as they please. 🤍🐑

It’s been raining for a week straight now, so they’ve been getting a few hours here & there between the showers — then they go back into the main run before it starts downpouring since they have more shelter there.

I’m still waiting on babies from Orelia & her 2 year old twins Maggie & Foxglove… so I’m wondering if Orin didn’t breed them for some reason. Pretty soon it’ll be Weasel’s turn if it doesn’t seem like all these girls are getting it for some reason!
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The council has gathered to discuss your fate…Or, they’re just begging for food. You never know 🤷🏻‍♀️•••
05/28/2026

The council has gathered to discuss your fate…

Or, they’re just begging for food. You never know 🤷🏻‍♀️
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