Posts made in April 18th, 2012

Maremma Sheep Dogs Used in Australia to Protect Penguins

Posted by Alice on Apr 18, 2012 | 2 comments

Someone recently pointed out this project to me and it made me feel good about our choice to get our own wonderful Maremmas (and that picture is of one of our boys–aren’t they getting big?!). Speaking of Rainier and Olympus, the dogs did well on one of their regular walks amongst the chickens this morning. Rainier bypassed an egg without a word from me! As a side note, one of the perks of the job is giving those eggs that end up in the field instead of a nesting box to the pigs–the grunts and yolk running down the chin . . . And in other news, we had a great turnout of people wanting chickens and eggs last weekend. We sure enjoyed seeing everyone and...