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Comments (13)I took our puppy to the vet today because he didn't want to eat, he threw up, and his #2 was starting to look less solid. They did a test on his sample I brought in, and told me he has a disease called Coccidia. The woman at the reception desk said that now that our puppy has done #2 in our yard, that Coccidia is in our yard FOREVER. She said to immediately pour an abundant amount of bleach water on EVERY spot he has done #2 on. That would mean spraying that all around our Forsythias! She said if I don't, he will continue to reinfect himself. She said the organism will easily survive the winter outside. I called the breeder, because we had a 10 day health guarantee and well, we paid a large amount of money for our dog. I'm just stunned he's sick! The breeder was saying that woman at the vet is an idiot, that organism is everywhere, in every lawn in America because it's in mud puddles and bird droppings, and she even said voles have it. She said if I pour bleach on my lawn I will kill everything on it including everything I've planted. The she said if you want, I can give you your money back and I can take the dog back. What? Is she crazy? This is a member of our family now, not some business transaction. I told her no way! She offered to pay for the vet visit and the Albon. If I dilute the bleach enough will it still kill my lawn? I don't know who or what to believe right now. I appreciate everyone's responses so much. I know Crate training is an appropriate way to train. My sister did it with her Bischon. But hearing him whine and cry and paw at the cage made me (and dh) feel like we were imprisoning him after taking him away from his family of 9 brothers and sisters. Our dd was crying and saying get him out mom, he's so sad, look at him. We have trained him already. He now paws at the door with his little paw when he needs to relieve himself outside. We had another day today of no accidents. Dh definitely doesn't want the dog sleeping with us in our Queen bed when he's full grown. I just figured when he got too big we'd move him to his own bed next to us on the floor. We are excited to train him to become the great dog I know he is, but since he's so sick right now, we're backburning doing any training until he's well again. This post was edited by ilovemytrees on Tue, Oct 14, 14 at 1:46...See MoreCreating A Homestead Daylily 101
Comments (10)Thanks for all of the positive comments..You are all way to gracious as I'm really not a writer..I always have all of this stuff in my head but I hate to write or type so it never gets down on paper too often..I suppose one of these days I'll write some sort of memory type book before mine(Memory) has diminished to the point where it's all fuzzy..It's funny, this little thing we call life..How when your young you wish it would hurry up and as you start reaching into middle age, you wish nothing more that it would slow down..LOL..I feel in my heart where I differ from the "franchise" is that I would do it anyway whether I made another dollar from it or not..I really do enjoy it..I do not like the business aspect of it that much as far as the filling of orders and dealing with habitual complainers. But that's part of it and it goes with the territory...I do not want to be known as someone who just introdused a pretty face or another mauve with a eye and matching edge...LOL..Not slamming them..Just think that the eye and edge thing has run amuck..I would love to see even bigger full forms up to 10" or so on statuesque plants in the 4-6 foot range..That would be a worthy path I feel..Instead of clogging up the 24-30 inch height range with more of the same..(we still hybridize full forms btw) I just got off the phone with Brian Mahieu earlier tonight telling him how excited I was to see such good plants in our intro's...Plants, not just a face...As I have filled hundreds of orders this spring it has become evident that both Brian and myself have taken the right path in selecting for the plant before the bloom. Details such as mature clumps that just fall apart instead of having to hack up woody type clusters of crowns..Things like beautiful cool mint green foliage that almost has a waxy look to it, and foliage of different colors of burgundy and purple and a few stable variegated ones as well...I loved digging a clump of Svenska today..The fans were spaced apart far enough to lay your fingers in between them on mature clumps..And then to discover this mint green foliage with burgundy pink edges on every leaf was a nice treat as well..I noticed a clump of a select seedling that was completely chartreuse in color..The only one in the field. Not sick or iron defficient, just a very healthy chartreuse...Can't wait to see it bloom..This is a few of the reasons I do this..To really try to get "plants" out there..I lopve trying to figure out why a cross isn't taking..I did probably 30-40 attempts with Scandinavian pollen on Brushed By Bluebirds with not one pod...on my last attempt I selfed BBB and it pulled the trigger and all 20 of my BBB pods with Scandinavia pollen took giving me 96 seeds..Things like that is why I do it...To try and get pods on plants that are pod infertile is a goal for me..I have had some luck doing everything from spraying different sprays to just pleading with the daylily Gods..LOL..Another thing Brain and me play around with is utilizing Tet. pollen via unreduced gametes..We have alot of luck with this and what better way to get Tet genes into your programs..I love good buds and branching..Someting I'm getting better at than when I started...I have some insanely branched and Budded seedlings with amazing increase and rhisomates growth like Kwanso that have come out of crosses like (Citrina X Linda)X (Galaxy Explosion X Hankow)X (Jungle Fowl X Thorhalla) X (Species X Species)..Once you get a line of breeding like that, you can then be assured of a total plant and then have an aweful lot of fun playing around with the blooms..I dont do it for recognition..I dont do it to conform to the standard..I dont go to shows, and don't have time to visit other gardens..I don't care about awards or ribbons..My fulfillment for this is rather simple and I am rewarded every morning I get to see the sunrise and watch all the Bluebirds we have, to watch our little pygmy goats and donkeys play..To have my faithful sidekick cat Mango come to me and love on me without judgement..and to be able to see that seedling bloom for the first time..And of course my family whom without my wife Laura, I would in no way be able to get it all done..My boys are a big help as well...I love all the people I have met..I love seeing peoples faces when they see a bloom that is speacial to there eye and then laugh when they leave with a yellow nose without telling them..I hope all of us who enjoy gardening and daylilies in particular can reflest like this from time to time and not forget why we do this...Antway, enough of my ramblings...Hope I didn't bore the heck out of ya..Later Taters...David....See Morebest dog door?
Comments (6)the first thing you must do is be sure you get the proper size. as you can see, unfortunately my first dog door was not quite big enough... since the dog door was not the proper size, swee' pea just figured out how to push on the door handle with her nose and let herself out the kitchen door... i finally decided to bite the bullet and have a proper dog dog door installed... both of my danes figured it out in very short order. of course, i am kidding about the first picture. that was the dog door my corgis used when they were alive. :) the door i had installed in the wall, i found here... http://www.moorepet-petdoors.com/Large-Breed-Dog-Doors-s/435.htm?gclid=CPHyyIvX7aoCFUjt7Qod9gIHOA they were absolutely wonderful to work with, very helpful and the wall door is amazing! it was right around $500, every penny well worth it. the one i chose, at their recommendation, has two flaps, about 6" apart. the double flap is more energy efficient. there are plenty of magnets to hold the flaps closed. there is, of course, also a locking panel that can be slid in for when you want to keep your dog in and boogie men out. ;)...See MoreNeed dog fencing layout tips for homestead
Comments (12)I think the best answer to what kind of fence to use would be that which goes with the aesthetic of the house and property. If it is an ultramodern dwelling, a picket fence or split rail would look ugly and out of place but both would work in a country setting and might even enhance the look. A coated wire can be stapled to a split rail that would keep the animals in while not blocking the view beyond. Similarly, a planting of trees and shrubs could hide a simple wire fence. Animals are contained but fence becomes invisible. A picket fence would be a pretty backdrop to a cottage garden border as viewed from the outside in. Personally, I wouldn't want to block my view with a 6 foot privacy fence. But it could be done and look great....See MoreRed_Robin
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