12.04.11
Posted in cattle, hobby farmer, SS at 8:19 am by Administrator
Blu & Sassi (daughter)
I knew this should be a weekly blog, sorry for taking so long and to tell the truth after my last blog it has been hard to top it. Thanks Giving has passed very quiet here and a beautiful day. Not too much new around the farm, it is getting dark by 5 pm so I try to get the afternoon chores started at 4pm. We have been working on some fencing, I hate
fencing. We have had a few cold days/nights and I hear the next week is going to be cold and a chance for snow. We have pretty much winterized. We had the second goat barn finished but still have to level the inside and put up panels this barn is for all feed, parking for the gator and nursery goat barn.
We took a run up to see friends Linda & Mike, I met Linda years ago when I was getting not progressing in herding with Blu, so I started taking lessons with Linda Holloway she is one of the best in trialing dogs and training many breeds. With Linda’s help I got my PT title with Blu. Since them I discovered I am not good at herding I don’t think quick enough. Now I move animals by myself and that is the best way to learn herding first without a dog! Anyway we went up for lunch of Dexter barley stew! yum and to look at some of their Dexter heifers they have for sale and ended up buying two heifers. They should be a nice addition to our herd. I have 4-5 does bred for Feb, and we have 3 cows due in Feb so let’s hope we don’t have any bad storms.
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09.19.11
Posted in SS at 9:05 am by Administrator
History
As the original of the three Schnauzer sizes, the Standard Schnauzer was first developed in Germany in the fourteenth century. Named for the German word “Schnauze” or muzzle, they were likely developed by crossing black German poodles, spitz breeds and large terriers. The breed was a companion dog as well as a working animal and is depicted in both family portraits and hunting scenes from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. In the late 1800′s the breed became popular as a farm and watchdog, used to protect farmer’s carts as public markets. In many households in German this dog was considered a “kinder watcher” or watchdog for children.
The first recorded showing of a Standard Schnauzer was in 1879 at the Third German International Show held in Hanover, Germany. At this time the breed was shown as a wirehaired pinscher. The Standard Schnauzer was used as a military dog in World War I and II and continues to be used as a watchdog, police dog and hunting and tracking dog. They are often seen in obedience training competitions as well as agility events.
The breed has since evolved into two other categories, the Miniature Schnauzer and the Giant Schnauzer, both which resemble the Standard in everything except size.
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Posted in SS at 8:40 am by Administrator
History
As the original of the three Schnauzer sizes, the Standard Schnauzer was first developed in Germany in the fourteenth century. Named for the German word “Schnauze” or muzzle, they were likely developed by crossing black German poodles, spitz breeds and large terriers. The breed was a companion dog as well as a working animal and is depicted in both family portraits and hunting scenes from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. In the late 1800′s the breed became popular as a farm and watchdog, used to protect farmer’s carts as public markets. In many households in German this dog was considered a “kinder watcher” or watchdog for children.
The first recorded showing of a Standard Schnauzer was in 1879 at the Third German International Show held in Hanover, Germany. At this time the breed was shown as a wirehaired pinscher. The Standard Schnauzer was used as a military dog in World War I and II and continues to be used as a watchdog, police dog and hunting and tracking dog. They are often seen in obedience training competitions as well as agility events.
The breed has since evolved into two other categories, the Miniature Schnauzer and the Giant Schnauzer, both which resemble the Standard in everything except size.
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