• Cooper on feed wagon
    Cattle,  Life

    Cooper’s Beginnings

    The saying is “A dog is a man’s best friend”. Cooper is truly my Farmer’s best friend. We have had many dogs here on the farm over the years, and my Farmer has been attached to every single one of them. Well, maybe not so much Arf. Arf was mine and the kids’ dog. She started killing our chickens and ended up on my Farmer’s bad list very quickly. I did write a story about Arf. It’s actually one of my favorite blogs. You can read it here. Back to Cooper. I can honestly say that my Farmer and Cooper have the strongest bond over any other dog we have…

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  • toddler and dog
    Life

    On the Farm they had a dog…..

    When our boys were very small, we got them a dog. Actually, I believe someone gave us the dog for the boys. Which is how we’ve gotten most of our dogs, come to think about it. Now, being the wonderful and thoughtful mother that I am, I wanted to name the puppy something the little guys could easily say. Their favorite book at the time was about animals and the sounds they make. The sound for the dog in the book was “arf”. So that became his name, Arf. I thought it was a great name and very clever, if I do say so myself.  We have had many dogs…