{"id":4406,"date":"2025-01-05T18:31:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T18:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/?p=4406"},"modified":"2025-01-08T16:06:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T16:06:32","slug":"nico-thrives-on-the-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/05\/nico-thrives-on-the-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Nico Thrives on the Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Young Nico was the runt of the Gail x Jimmy litter. He contracted a terrible gastrointestinal disorder, stopped gaining weight and was in excruciating pain &#8230;all the while being picked on by the bigger pups. He was a wisp of a thing who grew more vulnerable every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Somehow, Nico recovered enough with the aid of dewormers and metronidazole to stabilize him. But he needed to be away pronto to a place where he would get dedicated love and care. In stepped Lucy &amp; Jim, empty-nester grandparents with a micro-dairy in Massachusetts. They were JUST what little Nico needed: <em><strong>love and care in abundance<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"399\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Nico-by-the-Barn-Doro.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Nico-by-the-Barn-Doro.jpeg 399w, https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Nico-by-the-Barn-Doro-229x300.jpeg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Nico at the barn door<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Nico with his blue eyes and winsome nature has thrived at the Herb Hill Micro Dairy. He is a shining example of the wonders humans can work with dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nico is healthy and incredibly happy following the geese and chickens around. Lucy is going to begin his sheep herding training shortly &#8230;something I never thought he would be healthy enough to do. Lucy believed in Nico and her optimism was not misplaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"144\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 176 \/ 144;\" width=\"176\" controls src=\"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mail-Attachment.3gp\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Nico and <em>his<\/em> geese and chickens<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Just look at that form! Nico looks so engaged in Lucy&#8217;s video. He&#8217;ll be full-on ready for sheep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All the 2024 pups from Thundering Paws Farm placed so far are immensely fortunate to have found superb new homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>THANK YOU TO ALL THE 2024 NEW OWNERS WHO HAVE MADE HAPPY TRANSITIONS FOR YOUR PUPS TO THEIR NEW LIVES !! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0c21b12d055dd8d9b0ad575342df0b02\"><strong><em>&#8230;a special thank you to Bridget &amp; Galen and Lucy &amp; Jim for taking the least and most vulnerable among the pups and giving them lives they might not have dreamt of elsewhere<\/em> <em>&#8211;whatever the cost.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Young Nico was the runt of the Gail x Jimmy litter. He contracted a terrible gastrointestinal disorder, stopped gaining weight and was in excruciating pain &#8230;all the while being picked on by the bigger pups. He was a wisp of a thing who grew more vulnerable every day. Somehow, Nico recovered enough with the aid<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/05\/nico-thrives-on-the-farm\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Nico Thrives on the Farm&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4406"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4432,"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4406\/revisions\/4432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}