Bleh

Let's just say, senioritis has kicked in. But since I'm a senior (by credits) but a third-year student and not graduating (just merrily skipping away), I think I have "I'm-outta-here"-itis. I have no motivation to write an epic, or put together a presentation on the role of Christian values in world literature of the western hemisphere (so basically, it's not world lit, right?). And I particularly don't want to give my speech on pet actors tomorrow, or put together a paper on a bacteria whose identity is so far eluding me. Let's not talk about annotating base pairs 52,000-58,000 of fosmid 12 of the long arm of the third chromosome of Drosophila erecta. (It's fruit fly, and no, I'm not sure why I care to annotate its genome).

So I have been looking up agility equipment plans. I want to get our current equipment up and working, and then start on some new. I have found a fantastic site:

http://www.instantagility.com/

It has great instructions for making good-quality agility equipment on the cheap. A lot of it isn't exaclty regulation, but for home use, I think it's great. I think it's best to expose your dogs to lots of sizes, shapes, and colors anyway.

And if all goes right and we welcome Moxie to our home (SHHHHHHH... it's a secret!!! More on that later!), we are going to need a lot of doggie stuff (like we don't have a ton already!).

I worked with Nike last weekend, and I swear, she's ready to walk into an obedience ring and score a 198/200.

(this is an old pic of her creeking)

 She has definitely sharpened up in her old age (just kidding, she's only four!). I worked a tiny bit on rally and she's smoking hot there, too. I'd like to get Gonzo into doing something he loves, but he is a mess. More on him later. Agility may be his best bet.

So I am NOT going to K-state's open house this weekend... I have to work! I am looking forward to working (read: MONEY), but I wanted to go to Manhattan or Teri's rabbit/poultry show. Phooey.

And on the home front: We are acquiring another goat, another commercial doe, and this time it's my fault. If you know me and my herd well, you know I ALWAYS push to move our herd towards the Fullblood side.


 A tiny side-trail to edjemacate you on goats:

For Boers... there are different "levels" of purebred-ness.

Fullblood South African (abreviated FB SA): Absolutely 100% Boer, all ancestors came directly to America from South Africa with no detours.

Fullblood: Absolutely 100% Boer, but ancestors may be from Australia or New Zealand or Canada.

Purebred: Anthing 96% or higher. So these could have other breeds in them a few generations back.

Percentage: Anything 50% or higher.

Commercial: Some amount of Boer but no proof (basically, not registered.)


So, back on track: I like the FB SA goats. FB at minimum. Buuuuutttttttt.....

A long time ago when I was free with no worries or responsibilities and we had dairy goats, I had a lovely wonderful crazy fantastic doe named Tammie. Tammie KNEW she was special; she was delivered by c-section and was a pretty nice doe to boot. Then her udder was torn up as a first freshener and we did surgeries and blahblahblah... unfortunately Tammie died after her second kidding. She only ever had buck kids, but one of them was named Brett. Brett and Belle (out of our dear doe, Annabelle) had a bouncy baby girl named Adelle. I kept Adelle for about a year but had to sell her when we cut back on our goats. But I always wanted her back, because she was a Tammie granddaughter and to my knowledge the only one.

Unfortuantely Adelle passed away last year. BUT-- she has a daughter who just happens to be half Boer. So guess who wheedled and whined to get her.

Her name is Ginger and she just kidded, but isn't doing so great. The Goatherdess Mother loaded up the GoatMobile and went to get her. Hopefully we can bring her around!

Well I suppose it's time to gather my dog jump instructions and my materials concerning Christianity in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and go study some more.