July 1975
·
Pete, John, fed sheep > rode hay meadow to
show Tom Wagner where to mow, he rode Cricket, J rode Blaze, Pete rode
Charleston > took line trap to “Mac”
·
Walked up on hill with Jim to bring sheep down
> drove Pete to Rock Springs 11:15 to 2 am
·
Took boys down to grind corn > helped
rake/stack hay > Doug Odell took Lockwood home
·
Boo gave blood for transfusion > drove house pasture sheep back thru
gate, herded sheep up thru drift fence, Pat, Kanga, Dave Crippen, Jessica >
Pete to Pomeroy > Kanga gave blood for transfusion > helped unload
truckload of hay, took bales off elevator
·
Pat, Pete, Dave Crippen, younger brother,
brought in hay > Blennerhassett KC, helped steward > Jessica 1st
place, Open A, HS Toy Trophy, HS dog from Ohio, won run-off > showed Puff in
group > put hay in sheep shed, herded sheep down to bottom
·
Put sheep back in pasture, patched water gap
> Pat, Dave Crippen worked hay > Joyce Nelson, Bethany stopped in, got 3
white ducks, picked up rabbits from Wright’s for Jessica
·
Put ducks up behind barn > trimmed Angel’s
feet > Pete, Dave Crippen mowed hay > dewormed my sheep, Hamps, drench,
shots
·
Took pictures of Pat, new motorcycle,
cornflowers > worked Jim on ducks > put gates on sheep shed > rode
Blaze, drove Western ewes/lambs out of hay meadow, put up gate signs, 2 sponges
·
Herded sheep down to sign bottom with Jim,
herded ducks with Jim > Doug Odell worked on sheep shed (manure)
·
Herded sheep from sign pasture > Church, Good
Shepherd, many compliments on Mother’s pink knitted coat > herded sheep down
into clover bottom, got soaked in storm
·
John Hanson here > borrowed Dave Crippen’s
truck to take Pat’s motorcycle in
·
Picked up Dottie’s crate
·
12:15 am left for Illinois, Goodsil Self Clinic,
Holiday Inn
·
Moved to Starlite Motel, Goodsil Self Clinic – 4
days
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Pat got Bess’ puppies from under porch >
built chicken wire puppy pen, mixed puppy chow in blender > picked up Pat at
Jan’s after raking hay > Catherine Foster here
·
“Apple” in clover bottom herded some Western
ewes down to hospital for research project > put up electric fence, battery
dead, put Apple in pond pasture > herded my sheep down to hospital pasture,
put up wire to keep sheep out of grass pasture
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Pete back from Charleston, 6 am > more sheep
to hospital for research project > Pete shot 1 lamb, necropsy > 4H
·
Worked Jim, Bess, Puff > Chuck Shields
delivered car, I took him home
·
Took dog trap behind shed above hay meadow,
baited it > Cole Duffy here about bees > 4H > called J at Laird’s
about rabbits
·
Sorted off, treated lame Western ewes > Aggie
called > Doug Odell shoveled at barn > put my sheep down in Clinic
pasture
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Pete, Pat hay > drove Western ewes back to
hay meadow, checked dog traps, worked dogs
·
Retreated ewe’s feet > Abbott’s birthday >
picked up Pat at Jan’s after raking > Pat painted crate, shot .22 pistol
> tracked Puff, Bev K’s, Jan C’s, looked at puppies
·
Pete, Pat hay > Mom/Dad came out, took Song,
picked up J at Laird’s, met Pete at Abdella’s for dinner
·
Thompson’s here to see puppies, John Hanson here
overnight, John/Pat chemistry experiment
· Used Jim to herd ducks over the pond > worked dogs > boys shot .22, bedded down barn sheds > put extra post, new battery for electric fence > stung by wasp on jaw just by walking past garage > SEOAV Burr Oak dinner, Pat and Sheila Theiss swam, played cards
August
·
Apple returned with cough > Catherine Foster
here, helped her run thru novice, utility exercises > rams out, put them in
with Jim
·
Up at 5 am to look for sheep, Pat rode Blaze,
Pete rode Sailor, I rode Cricket, herded a few to Jan’s barn, led Sailor back,
he bit my leg! Pete, Dave Crippen treated lame rams
·
Susan O’Leary’s BBQ parents’ meeting: Jackie,
Kay, Marilyn Wilson’s friend looked at puppies, walked thru hay meadow, checked
sheep, went back to party
·
Dave Crippen, Father, walked up creek bottoms,
etc. looking for sheep > Episcopal Church > Pete worked, baled hay, Meigs
> Pat, Tommy Hawk rode motorcycles, went water skiing > finally got some
rain ¼” > Katherine Foster practiced Chandelle, Chauncy, I took Bess > T.
Hawk here overnight
·
Rode Blaze, took .30 .30, herded sheep down to
clover meadow, herded Western ewes in hay meadow > 4H dog show
·
Rode Blaze, checked line fence by Nellie Beans
for illegal logging, checked salt feeders, sheep, etc., carried .30 .30 >
tracked Puff, tracked fairly well, rabbit distracted him, found Jackie in barn
(off lead) > Pete made 2 gal yogurt
·
Herded my sheep, Hamps down, sorted off, treated
lame, left in stall > rode Blaze briefly, herded 2 Western ewes, lamb out of
horse pasture > K. Foster brought Chauncey, Chandelle out for practice
session > herded 240 Western ewes, plus lambs down from hay meadow into
corral, rode Blaze, used Jim > turned them out into clover bottom
·
Sorted off lame, sickly sheep into stall, put
others back up in hay meadow > treated sheep, turned them out in clinic
pasture > Pat stayed overnight at Fair with Chadwell’s
·
Went to Fairgrounds, then Booths, then back to
Fairgrounds > Wooster Ag. Exp. Station – Carl Bradford, Border Collies (four)
lecture/demonstration > To Mansfield to see Gary/Aggie, dentist appt,
stopped at Lancaster
·
Church of the Good Shepherd, Pete usher, Pat
slept > each puppy in house in crate > gave puppies D-M vaccine > Pete
to Meigs County went after bulldozer > herded lame sheep in bottom into
corral > herded house pasture sheep down to clover meadow
·
Treated lame ewes, put them in hill paddock by
house > got stock tank for paddock > Pete dug hole for stock tank, filled
it > made lamb stew > rode Blaze, Pat rode motorcycle, put up gate signs,
met Jan on “Weeds” rode around trails
·
Herded sheep down from hay meadow, cut out maggoty
ewes
·
Went to Woolgrowers > lunch at Howard
Johnson’s > left J at Gary/Aggie’s to go to North Carolina > 4H, took
puppies
·
Took puppies over to Thompson’s for visit, took
Puff > put my sheep in pond pasture, herded a few down for treatment, rode
Blaze, herded sheep down from hay meadow for spraying, herded them back in dark
·
Picked up Cuckoo Clock, Russ not there > laid
track for Jake, tracked Puff (after Jan) took puppies on walk, checked dog trap
in hay meadow shed
·
Rode over Phillips pasture, back in dark, Pete
lost Boo by drift fence, found around 200 sheep bedded down
·
Pete looked for Boo at white gate > Church of
Good Shepherd > put some Western ewes into hay meadow, herded my sheep down
for spraying > Coen's bought chickens
·
Picked up J and Tina at 270-71 Ramada Inn >
Demonstration AKC at Parade of the Hills
·
Up at 4:30 am, difficult time > rode Blaze,
Tina rode Cricket, J Apple, P Sailor > brought 100 ewes plus 50 or so lambs
back from Phillips Place, cut out limpers, sprayed sheep, put them up in hay
meadow
·
Picked up Jan, took J, Tina, puppies to Jones’,
left “Kat” with Jackie, Puff tracked well
·
Pat, last day of basketball camp, J rode Pony
Club rally > shovel, forked manure out of horse shed, down to concrete level,
bedded down all three sheds > rode Blaze, Tina rode Cricket > checked dog
trap, rode thru meadow, put chain on gate beyond Negro Den, rode around trails
through 3 woods meadow, checked sheep
·
Went over to Phillips Place to help Gary/Aggie
find campsite > picked up Colleen Matthews, to Parade of the Hills, walked
Puff
·
Rode Blaze, Pete rode Sailor, lead Cricket over
to Gary/Aggie’s campsite, Aggie rode Cricket, doubled to fence, Tina rode
Blaze, I walked; Tina, Aggie walked back to camp > Pete, Pat to Church, Dolen’s;
Dottie, I rode home > Mr. Petrie here, worked dogs
·
Jan, Colleen, Pete, Pat, me, ate at Root’s,
Lancaster, stopped at Woolgrowers > State Fair Horse Show
·
Ran errands for Pete > rode Blaze, J rode
Apple, rounded up, moved W sheep down to clover meadow behind clinic barn
·
Cut limpers, etc., out of sheep, 375 ewes, 150
lambs
·
State Fair, Jessica/Song won Open B, met
Jan/David, Horse Show
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Episcopal Church, visited K Foster, looked at
kennel, visited Brad Harter’s kennel > Petrie’s here
September
·
Hot wired duck for Boo, wouldn’t touch it,
zapped Puff > worked Puff, Bess
·
Jim Thompson bought 3 ducks – Rouen, Cayuga, Blue
Swede > Picked up Pete at Russell’s, got trailer license > checked rams,
1 dead, many lame > Marilyn W. picked up puppy
·
Shoveled out horse shed, bedded down sheds with
straw > worked Bess, Puff > worked in Pete’s study
·
Doug Odell here for breakfast, picked up outdated
vet magazines > went after oxygen, took pups, Bess let pups play around barn
> hot wired rabbits, Kanga bit, Bess eyed, Puff stayed away > herded
ewes, lambs down from hay meadow, sorted off limpers, lambs, shipped semi load
of ewes! 188!
·
Shoveled out horse shed, bedded down all 3
sheds, only needed 1 bale straw > rode Blaze, snaffle bridle, checked hay
meadow, herded about 40 ewes, lambs from 1st and 2nd meadows into pasture > took Pat to Dr., nail
in foot at Hansons > herded sheep in thunderstorm into house paddock >
waited up for Pete after office meeting, emergency calls
·
Took Puff for run in pasture, rechecked maple
tree blown down into pond pasture > mule jumping contest, took puppies >
Pete, auction, got new manure spreader > rode Blaze, Pete rode Sailor,
nearly dark, rode thru meadows, looked at sheep
·
Rode Blaze, Pete rode Sailor, J rode Apple, rode
over to Brown’s, found dead lamb/ewe, dog bite > Pups, Ruffian, Floyd 3rd
DHL > helped Pete move sheep panels from Phillip’s barn to alleyway above
clinic barn
·
Worked on sheep chute > J and I brought 2 ½
rolls snow fence down from cliff pasture, took Puff > helped John work on
sheep chute
·
Finished sheep chute, gates, etc., put sheep
through formaldehyde, dewormed lambs > ewe #9 dead > got formaldehyde in
left eye > Pete, John hayed > Pat put hibachi together, grilled hot dogs
> put lock on walnut liquor cabinet > John here for dinner > J and I
put house pasture sheep thru troughs, into ram paddock, dewormed lambs >
rode Blaze, gathered Western ewes in from hay meadow, put in horse paddock
·
Put bunch of Western ewes, some lambs thru
troughs, dewormed lambs, put crippled ewe (bad back) #19 in stall > rode
Blaze, took Jim, got 10 ewes, 1 lamb from hay meadow woods > let Puff run
while I rode Blaze
·
Put hay trailer in barn, ran rest (11) Western
ewes thru troughs, put Western ewes, lambs (60 ewes total) thru white gates,
trailered rams from pasture, put them in alleyway > Pete, John unloaded hay
> one ram, broken hind leg > brought burros (pregnant!) back, trimmed
feet, dewormed, put them in hay meadow > Pete and J trimmed ram’s feet >
finished K. Foster’s book All About Obedience Training for Dogs, put
quotes in ATC book, wrote cards
·
Frank Johnson due at 7:30, showed up at noon,
shod Sailor, Apple, Blaze > tracked Puff in sign bottom, 2 gloves, let him
run
·
Rode thru Phillip’s place looking for sheep >
took down motorcycle signs thru bottom, gave Lolly and Persimmon sugar > ran
rams through formaldehyde < J babysat for Warmke’s
·
Rode Blaze, Pelham snaffle, watched motorcycles
go thru, rode thru sheep, gave burros sugar > put hot wire “gate” on garage
> put rams through trough > Pete cleaned guns
·
Rode Blaze, Pete rode Sailor, took Kanga, Jim,
checked sheep, rode round thru woods, cleaned out truck full of horse manure,
lets dogs run in paddock, took salt up to sheep in hay meadow, took Puff >
cleaned out part of garage looking for Pete’s bee equipment
·
Pete to Charleston > got 197 ewes, lambs,
back from Brown’s with Jim, Blaze; tied gate shut
·
Pete out on calls until 2:30 am
·
Rain all day > Thompson’s picked up crate
> Jim Hoon measured garage door
·
Cole Duffy checked queens > rode Blaze, J
rode Apple, checked for sponges, motorcycle trail, put signs in East gate into
Alice Brown’s – wired it up
·
Nathan D. here for weekend > herded my sheep,
Hamps into alleyway > brought in ewes from hay meadow to paddock, rode
Blaze, J helped me gather from woods, put my sheep through trough
·
Church of the Good Shepherd > put ewes thru
trough > rode Blaze, Pete rode Sailor, looked for sheep, rode thru woods,
put ewes up thru white gate, older Suffolk ewe #4 died
·
Pete cut Sailor’s stifles > moved rams to
front hill paddock, very rainy
·
High water, bus not running in Amesville area, J
went with us, went to Farm Science Review, too crowded, traffic jam, didn’t go
in, lunch at Bob Evans > Pete flew to Chicago to Cheyenne Wyoming >
stopped at pet shop, dropped drive shaft off > 1st ATC, took
Puff, puppies, J, Boo, Song
·
Pat no school, high water > I rode Blaze, J
rode Apple, Pat checked/fixed water gaps, herded sheep, Hamps into paddock,
herded Western ewes in, some at Brown’s, some on motorcycle club gate on ridge
> ran my sheep, Hamps, thru footbath
·
I rode Blaze, J rode Apple, looked for sheep,
got some back from Brown’s > let Puff run in hay meadow > Russ put
scabbards on saddles > ran Western ewes, lambs, 411 ewes, thru footbath,
herded up to 1st meadow, run rams thru footbath, fed them
·
Up at 5 am, took Puff, Jim, Floyd, to Mansfield
> Sheep Dog Trial, Burbank, sold Floyd to: George S., Burbank Ohio
·
Pete called from Wyoming > Episcopal Church
> stopped at Little Professor’s > put electric fences on side of cattle
guard to keep Bess in > rode Blaze, J rode Apple, looked for sheep, tracks
on Silva property; found 4 Western ewes, 1 Hamp, 3 lambs in pasture above
Jan’s, took 4x4 pickup > put salt, minerals up in hay meadow, dumped out
dead ram (broken leg), Western ewe, for buzzards
· Picked up part for 4-w drive Dodge, met Pete at airport
Please forgive typos, name or place misspellings; transcription from
vintage handwriting sometimes requires a magnifying glass and random
interpretation.
