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Before You Bring Home a German Wirehaired Pointer

By EM Posted on May 15, 2020 Posted in Animals Tagged with dogs, following directions
Before You Bring Home a German Wirehaired Pointer

A German wirehaired pointer (the breed that I went with) is not a good fit for a first-timer (which I am), especially not a first-timer who also happens to have a cat and chickens (which I do). I got my …

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What I Learned When I Learned About Puppies

By EM Posted on April 17, 2020 Posted in Animals Tagged with dogs, following directions, positive discipline, troubleshooting
What I Learned When I Learned About Puppies

Two years ago I got a puppy: a German wirehaired pointer. I wanted to bring him up right. Ultimately, I wanted to raise the dog I’ve been wishing for since I was a kid. Now two years in, I’d like …

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Gruesome Beauty

By EM Posted on January 18, 2014 Posted in Animals Tagged with beauty, butchering, connection to the land, death, food processing, turkeys
Gruesome Beauty

The extended family on my in-laws’ side lives in the woods and farmland west of Eugene, where wild turkeys are a real nuisance plentiful. Knowing this, we put game on our Christmas list, and two days after the holiday we …

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Sitting with Death

By EM Posted on January 11, 2013 Posted in Animals, Parent Tagged with cats, chickens, death, human skills
Sitting with Death

In one week, our total animal-count when from six to two. Upon getting back from Christmas, we found three chickens dead and interrupted the raccoon in killing the fourth. We’d pulled into the driveway around 9pm, and we were sitting …

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Worm Eggs

By EM Posted on July 6, 2012 Posted in Animals Tagged with fertility, homemade potting soil, worm castings
Worm Eggs

Imagine my surprise when I picked out an old avocado shell to find it packed with worm eggs. Back story, I was rummaging through my worm bin for castings to add to a potting mix I was putting together. Castings are the …

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Chicken Glorious

By EM Posted on March 18, 2012 Posted in Animals Tagged with beauty, chickens, death
Chicken Glorious

Above are Henrietta’s feathers. She’s a Red-laced Wyandotte, and I didn’t realize how beautiful she was going to be until she grew up. We brought her, Maple and Harriet home in the back of our bike cart, three pullets in …

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