by Jim Vincent | 7 Jan 2018 | cosi
The most important thing to remember when training a dog is they are a pack animal. They need to be in a pack: for survival, for food, for companionship, for a mate; for everything. From Cosi’s point of view, you are part of her pack. A pack has a leader, and if...
by Jim Vincent | 1 Nov 2017 | Uncategorized
Wednesday A day of slashing. Two paddocks done. It generated a lot of clippings on the tractor itself, and I had to clear the road where it dropped. Four tractor bucketsfull carried to the bonfire. All in all, a very satisfying day. The sick bird died. Pretty sad day....
by Jim Vincent | 31 Oct 2017 | Cobaw
Tuesday Day started with heavy work – taking the wattle I knocked over to the bonfire. With some coaching from Jon, I attached a chain to the base of the downed tree and ran it to the other chains at the top of the slasher. The tree came along easily and no adventure....
by Jim Vincent | 30 Oct 2017 | Cobaw
Monday Cold! When we woke up, it was 4 degrees (39 degrees F). And misty. It would rain off and on all day. And it wouldn’t get sunny until about 5.00 pm. It was cold and miserable, but the sheep had to be put out for food, water and other needs, so we put them...
by Jim Vincent | 29 Oct 2017 | Cobaw
Sunday A day of rest. Almost … After a quiet breakfast, we went to Melbourne to run a few errands. Shelly drove the whole way. Did a great job. She did say she was exhausted at the end. Driving comes easily to her, but having cars pass on the right, entering...
