
The Spring schedule starts at 6AM... feed the house dogs, then go out to feed the kennel dogs.
As the morning light comes earlier we adjust the feeding earlier.
After feeding, each of the pens is cleaned, and as I clean, the dogs get free runs... they can run outside the pen up and down the trail as long as they don't take off. Most are pretty good about it, but a rabbit running through is a lure.
After all of the dogs are run and the pens are clean, I clean each water bucket and then add clean water. Then I haul the buckets of waste back to our pit. Each day I scoop more straw out of the pens and it is used to cover the winter waste pile. I'll add lime as soon as I have most of the straw out, but that takes a long time... each pen has straw and each house has straw.
Midday I take the house dogs for a long walk and check the trails. I usually check the game cameras at the same time to see how many photos we've captured. Today there were six on one camera and I replaced the memory stick on the other, but the 6 volt battery had died... short life.
By 4 PM , it's time for a snack, either ice cubes made of salmon or each a dog biscuit and fresh water. Then it's another walk with dogs, or more raking or sometimes a 30 mile trip for groceries.
This photo is a view of some of the pens from the valley. Last year the cougar was roaming in this area so we cut a lot of brush. I hauled a bit of it today. I wanted the dogs to have a clear view and not have a predator able to sneak up on them.
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