Sunday, February 8, 2009

Show preparations

We have taken a booth at the Better Living Home Show in Halifax Feb 13-15 and are busy preparing displays for the booth.

We have new product in, priced and ready to go, although there is so much more to think about right down to pins for the displays. I have a new appreciation for the vendors that regularly attend these shows as it sure takes a lot of planning.

We hope to do well, ideally we will sell all of the inventory on hand and take additional orders for duvets and pillows.

Weaning part 2

It's been 2 weeks since the separation and all is going well. The cria have become quite docile around us and we are concentrating on handling them and teaching halter tolerance. The next lesson will be learning to lead.

Coco Blanca insists on making her way into the pasture where her mother is. Being the tallest of the cria it is easy for her to get over the fence. She is also the "ring leader" because once she is over the fence, some of the others tend to follow.

Toblerone also likes to get in with his mom, and his humming has quite an urgent quality when we shoo him back to his own pasture.

The moms are enjoying the break from nursing babies and show little interest in them when they do hop the fence.

Cats and dogs

We had some excitement in the barn last week with the dogs and a cat. We were working away and surprised one of the barn cats. The cat lept up and took off like a shot, right into the path of 2 surprised and excited dogs.

The dogs were on the cat, shaking him and basically wiping the floor with the poor thing. Fortunately I was able to intervene in a hurry and save the cat.

Now whenever we are in the barn, that particular cat stays up in the rafters and watches with a wary eye.