WORKING BORDER COLLIE SHEEP DOGS
Sabine sent a photo of Leif, who will turn 1 on June 1, among the horses at her farm. The puppy who could not sit still here looks happy and composed on the farm. Little does he realize that Sabine is bringing him a little ball of fun, high-spirited 5 month old Taff, from a littler of 10 here.
Ticks reappeared with Tax Day 2026. In from a day out with the dogs, there was a nymph …very, very small… crawling on my wrist while eating dinner.
I recommend Bravecto for ticks and fleas, a 3 month (12 week) treatment that really works. The ticks I see on a dog taking Bravecto are already dead.
3 year old Gail joins Kristian on his sheep farm in Maine. Gail is one of the nicest and most talented dogs to leave the farm. She needed / wanted / deserved a one-on-one relationship with a kind human …and sheep.
Work began immediately for Gail …and she is just fine with that! The dog who always has a smile on her face has reason to smile.
10-April-2026. The dogs are enjoying snow-free fields again. Winter is over. We are waiting for spring to arrive. The 5-month-old pups are in heaven! It has been snow and cold since they were born on 25-October-2025.
…and my #1, Peter. I can never take too many photos of this dog.
In a country with a free press, new is whatever people deem it to be. I didn’t need this kind of ‘publicity’. However, for all its shortcomings of a ‘free press’, it better than the alternative. News of the Groundhog Day Missing Puppies from Thundering Paws Farm was the talk of the Vermont side of the Upper Valley. Only 2 months later did I see that the story hit the local newspaper. I was too busy trying to make sure the puppies didn’t escape …again. With 60 cm of snow on the fields, running down the 1/2 mile driveway to seek adventure was almost irresistible.
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March is still a cold month in Vermont. Temps down in the teens at night. After a long, cold winter, the fields are mostly clear of snow this last day of March 2026.
A friend of 9 months here on the farm left today with Sabine and Geoff to their horse farm in Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Sabine and Geoff lost their 13 month-old pup during a routine neutering operation this month. Devastated, they sought to rill and indescribable gap …and found Leif, one of the sweetest dogs I have ever bred.
Leif had never had never had a person of his own. Now he has found one…
