misfitsandrescues

The majestic Bald Eagles

Fawns are not very patient when it comes to getting their food. I came up with a way to feed six of them at the same time. Are used a drink carton and put a piece of bungee cord across where the bottles will go. To hold me in better. Then I used a long bungee cord around my neck so that I could adjust it depending on the size of the babies. It worked really good until I had about nine or 10 baby fawns at the same time. I miss rehabbing the babies. It was the best non-paying job ever.

This was a few years ago when I was a fawn Rehabber. This is my own invention for feeding 6 fawns at one time. I miss the baby deer.

Beautiful sunset on the Coosa River here in Alabama. Even if it is raining.

The dogs love to go hunting but they like to go exploring in the Alabama woods with me more.

The dogs and I walked to the eagles nest yesterday. They must have eggs that haven’t hatched yet. They gave me a quick flyby and saw it was me and knew their eggs were safe . Then flew on back towards the river.

Zak is my oldest dog at 8 years old. He is very well trained as a service dog for myself. He knows when he is working or when it’s all play training. Sometimes we just have to act like a clown.

I was videoing the gold eagle in the tree. I videoed him. Mrs flew around to the other side to go after some baby ducks. Since he was out of sight, I grabbed my camera when I saw the juvenile bald eagle also trying to catch the little ducklings. The juvenile bald eagle night about three swipes at the ducklings, and I think I can see in one of the pictures that he did have one in his talons. It is so cool to be able to video and take pictures of nature in action. I just wish I had a longer lens to where I could take more close-up pictures of eagles and osprey on the river . #baldeagles #juvenilebaldeale #birdsofprey.

Peaches found a new toy at the river today. She got it out of the water several time just to have it roll back in. This went on fur about 15 minutes before I finally told her to leave it. She has that famous Malinois Drive.

Instead of going out to a restaurant onValentine Day ,we go to the pier for a relaxing afternoon of fishing. It was relaxing until the catfish started biting. Lynn caught 8 catfish and 1 Drum. I had so much fun watching Lynn catch fish .

Peaches is my trouble maker. I have to put her up to be able to work with my other tooth. She comes in immediately, biting both of them in the face. It’s all play, but she insisted on keeping the others away from me. She makes it so hard to train when she is loose. She still my girl, even if she is the most, jealous dog I have ever had. I am hurt everything and everything is hers in her eyes. Thank goodness cowboy is big enough to wrestle with her. Zack is old enough that he says just let her have it.

I decided to play with Cowboy along with some obedience training. Zak wasn’t going to miss out on play time either. I didn’t know he was behind me part of the time.

Cowboy loves his rope swing!!!🐕❤️

Most people think of Whitetail deer as land, owls. Which they are, but they spend more time in the water than people realize. They are excellent swimmers because cold feet have webs between them. I’ve seen them at least four times this year swimming this part of the river. I have seen them several other times browsing on the aquatic plants growing in the age of it.

Saturdays are made for good friends, horses, dogs, trails, fun times, and an energetics. Welcome home. In other words, Saturdays are made for horseback riding. It’s supposed to rain this afternoon but we definitely got in a good ride in this morning. 🤠

Today Cowboy got bored with the obstacles so we tried some new things for Cowboy and I. The first part he did pretty good for the first time I’ve ask for this . My luck he will go between some old ladies legs , make her fall . Then she will sue me. The second part was done out of necessity. My back is still bothering me quite a bit. When you have an 80 pound puppy you use them as a counterweight to help you get up. Cowboy did so good the first time that I had to try it again to see if it was a fluke. It wasn’t. He stayed right where I ask him to even with me pulling on him. I think he has the making of a really good service dog.

Playing with Cowboy for the first time on his recall and Wait in the middle of a recall. Cowboy is an eight month old Belgian Malinois puppy. This is the first time I’ve tried this exercise with him.

The dogs and I hiked up to the eagles nest yesterday,. I was so excited when I saw the eagle fly off of the nest as we approach. Then, when I got around to the other side, I could see the tiny top of the little eaglets head. Last year they hatch their eggs, but lost the chicks after just a week or so. I’m holding my breath until I know they’re a little bit stronger. Also hoping for lots of good videos and pictures to share with y’all this year. It’s always exciting, sharing their journey to adulthood.

I took Cowboy to the veterinary clinic today to get a good weight on him. I knew he weighed close to 80 pounds. He weighted in at a whopping 79.4 pounds. A full grown male typically weighs 60 to 80 pounds. I don’t know what I’ve done to make him weigh so much at 8 months old. Just feed a proper diet and lots of exercise.

Cowboy and may never compete but playing on obstacles helps to teach Cowboy to develop better communication between us. And develop a better bond between us. #belgianmalinoispuppy #obstacles

Cowboy didn’t like the doggy in the mirror!!!!

While practicing obedience training with only hand signals . It’s bad when the young , but bigger, 8 month old puppy stayed . The older 2 year old female was the one that followed the wrong ques. But she was cute while she misread them.

Dog obedience training: Sit up pretty Peaches has the best “Sit up pretty” . Zak (poodle) wants me to help balance him. Peaches gets in A little bit of a hurry. But she still sits and stretches up tall. Cowboy does ok for an oversized 8 month old puppy. He still hasn’t gotten his coordination down yet.

Last night I was on the porch watching the rain come down when I heard some meowing. I spoke to it and it ran to me. About that time the thunder rolled. It frightened her so bad she tried to climb onto my head. I took her inside the house for a few minutes. She was so sure about the dogs but they all settled down pretty quickly. Then she relaxed and let me know how much she wanted to stay with us. I’m let her stay inside until the rain stopped. Then she circled the house meowing for a long time. She was in the barn this morning so I guess she has a new home.

Last night I was on the porch, talking on the phone and watching the torrential rain come down. All of a sudden I heard meowing, and this beautiful little kitten came landing around my feet. I sat down for Anita and she was in my lap. About that time a big clap of thunder Road And she ended up on top of my head. She seems really afraid of the thunder and lightning so I brought her in for a few minutes. This is the video of cowboy and the kitten meeting for the first time. It didn’t take long for all the dogs to settle down and decide this is just another part of the family. This part of the video is cute but I’m going to post another one of her really enjoying being inside and safe.