Although we didn't expect it 2-weeks after we adopted our wonderful and beautiful Natalie (a badger marked purebred Great Pyrenees) she went into heat. As we were not expecting, we were not prepared and what do you know the Flat-Coated Retriever from down the road found favor in her. As they say, the rest is history and we now have 12 puppies. So as the second half of the title of this blog suggests, we now have puppies that need re-homing. These pups are a mix of purebred Great Pyrenees with badger markings (mom) and Flat coated retriever (dad) - see pictures below along with descriptions of both of these breeds. GREAT PYRENEES BREED INFO: DESCRIPTION: The Great Pyrenees is also known as the Pyrenean Mountain Dog. The length of the dog is slightly longer than it is tall. The head is wedge-shaped with a slightly rounded crown and is in proportion to the rest of the body. The backline is level. The muzzle is about the same length as the back skull. The skull is ... TEMPERAMENT: The Great Pyrenees is a capable and imposing guardian, devoted to its family, and somewhat wary of strangers - human or canine. They are often used to guard livestock. When not provoked, it is calm, well- mannered, and somewhat serious. Courageous, very loyal and obedient. Gentle and affectionate with those he loves. Devoted to family even if self-sacrifice is required. It is very gentle with its family and children. LIVING CONDITIONS: These dogs are not recommended for apartment life. They need space, but adapt well to family life. They are not really active indoors, but would be happy with regular exercise outdoors or in a mid-to-large sized yard. Puppies are very active and might have the tendency to wander off or escape. The Great Pyrenees prefers cool climates. FLAT COATED RETRIEVER INFO: DESCRIPTION: The Flat-Coated Retriever is a beautiful medium to large sized dog. The head is long with a fairly flat skull. The muzzle is long, deep and strong with a gradual, slight stop. The large nose is black on black dogs and brown on liver dogs. The teeth meet in a scissors or level bite. The medium sized eyes ... TEMPERAMENT: The Flat-Coated Retriever is excellent with children and a great family dog, with a reliable temperament. Friendly, sweet and high-spirited, they love everyone, even strangers. They have a puppy-like attitude and always appear to be in good spirits. They love to play and retrieve, and with enough exercise they will be quiet indoors, saving the activity for the outside. They are intelligent, loyal companions. LIVING CONDITIONS: The Flat-Coated Retriever is not recommended for apartment life. It is relatively inactive indoors and will do best with at least an average-sized yard. This breed needs to be with his family to be happy. It does best when it is allowed to live inside and play outside. NOW ON TO THE PUPPIESHere are the latest pictures of some of the puppies (8 weeks old) We currently have 3 males and 3 females for sale (see pictures below): Adoption / Pricing InformationAs noted previously these pups will be available to go to their new homes starting the week of June 1, 2010.
The adoption fee is $25.00 If you have any questions about the breeds, the puppies, the adoption process, or would like to come down and pick out your pup in person, please email us at [email protected] and we'll be sure to get back with you as quickly as we can. Thanks & God Bless!
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I have to say that one of my least favorite yard jobs is trimming... 1.5 years ago I went out and purchased my second gas trimmer (to replace the Ryobi that finally died). I purchased a sears one that promised a 1-pull start with auto-choke... Well, one of the reasons I hate to trim is because it takes 25+ pulls to get this two-cycle trimmer started.. In just over 1 week, the Wagar Family Farm will be expanding it's chicken business. During the week of June 1, 2009, we will be receiving 15 more layers and 50 meat birds. So at what tempature do chickens become flash frozen? Well, based upon our experience last week, it's when the tempature is -10 degrees with a -25 degree wind chill. Yep, that's right, I went out to collect eggs and lock up the hens a week ago and found a frozen chiken. She was solid as a rock. It looked like she had frozen to death while roosting and just fell over. The other 25 ladies were just fine but I have since modified the coop slightly in order to reduce the about of airflow that wind can cause through the rafters. I also added 7 bales of straw to the interior allowing for more insulation. So far so good. Looking for the Wagar Family Farm website? You're in the right place, but we have changed the name of our farm to Coyote Creek Family Farm in order to bring consistency between it and our homeschool, and a future venture called Coyote Creek Guns, a "kitchen table" style firearm dealer, specializing in the custom ordering of all types of firearms. No need to worry about the Farm's website address though, it will continue to be wagarfamilyfarm.weebly.com. Well the title says it all. These days on the farm it just seems to be a whole lot of food, poop and eggs (the latter being the best of all). As fall ends and winter sets in we have migrated the ladies to their wintering spot on the farm. The coop and fence have been moved to a spot just in front of a couple of cedar trees that they loved to dig under. This spot is just close enough to the house that we can still put an extension cord our in order to connect the in-coop timered lighting which is needed in order to ensure egg production throughout the winter months. Did you realize that chickens need 16-18 hours of light in order to lay? Such exciting news: we have our first little pullet egg!!! And to think I almost crushed it with the chicken door (which we stow just inside the big door. I hopped up, scanned the coop and didn't see anything, but a little brown color caught my eye, just in the corner. Yes, it was an egg! What an exciting feeling: the ultimate Easter egg hunt! Can't wait to check in a few hours for more! Stay updated for an egg by egg play:) First off, let me apologize for not having updated this site in quite a while. As most of you are fully aware, the Wagar family has been quite busy these days.. BUT THAT's NO EXCUSE... so here we go..... I think this falls under farming...well, Bruce Maddox, our next door neighbor, is perhaps the best neighbor we could happened to have bought a house next to. Besides the generosity he bestowed on us today, which I will soon expound on, he is regularly offering us help and assistance. But today, he called over the fence to see if we like peaches. Yes!! was the answer so he invited us over to pick as many peaches as we want and to come back for more. Wow! The peaches are so delicious, free stone, juicy, wonderful! D. kept saying, "This is a great harvest!!" I just can't believe how blessed we are. So, I am going to try to learn to can. More on that in another post.... |
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