Tripper demonstrates how everything in the world will stick to his coat.  He's the long coated, handsome fellow that we sheared for the summer, makes it a little easier to keep him from from foxtails, hay bits & pieces and other stuff he manages to get into!








Ruby, on the other hand, is far more civilized.  She is demonstrating the size differential between a standard bale of hay and one of those giant ones.

The dogs prefer the traditional size bales so they can stand on them.

We still have another 12 tons, or so, of hay to get in before fall, so who knows what size we'll be getting.  Well whatever size the farmer has, of course!

Happy Tails is ultra fenced, which enables dogs to run freely within their confined areas.  We sit on 20 acres which is fenced with 5' no climb horse fences and gates right to the ground.  Then pastures are divided with cross fencing, stud areas with 6' no climb fence and stronger gates.  Dogs enjoy Chainlink fences which many can gnaw right through. 

Not a single dog has ever escaped the property.    Before we had this secure fencing, it was a nightmare....even with us standing with them during potty breaks or chores, if that nose would catch a whiff of something interesting, all obedience would be forgotten and off they'd run.  Sometimes we'd take off on foot, jump in a car or on an ATV or horse to give chase....even then, the pooches with their 4 x 4 paws could go places quicker than we could and we'd often find them full of porcupine quills.

It would be much worse.  It's legal to shoot dogs that are molesting livestock.

We could finally breath easier with secure fencing are require it of our adopters.