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I Smell a Rat

June 4, 2016chrissyb 4 Comments

I’d been wondering for a few weeks what happened to the lavender essential oil I usually have in the tack shed (it’s a soothing addition to the stuff I use to keep the ponies’ tails pretty). Well, my question was answered when I found this lying on… Continue Reading →

ponies, rats

The King is Dead —

January 22, 2016chrissyb 16 Comments

— caught last Wednesday in the DOC approved rat trap. Skip scrolling down if you’d rather not see slightly mangled rat. I’ll add some spacers to help out. Do you want to look down there, or not? Are you sure? Really, really sure?… Continue Reading →

dogs, rats, vermin

Cat and Mouse

December 21, 2015chrissyb 2 Comments

Not to be outdone by the old dog in the vermin reduction stakes Kitty-Pop has been running a parallel operation from her base amongst the tack shed hay-bales. Yesterday she was spotted on the driveway with her mark. If you’re sensitive to the sight of… Continue Reading →

kitty-pop, rats, vermin

Patience Rewarded

December 7, 2015chrissyb 4 Comments

It worked! There is one less rat under the chicken house, and this old girl is the reason. See, it’s true, good things do run into the mouths of dogs who wait. I was going to post a photo of the dead rat, but on… Continue Reading →

chickens, dogs, rats

The old dog’s project

November 7, 2015chrissyb 1 Comment

In the usual way of things here on the farmlet the dogs will be hanging out wherever we are. They run alongside as we walk with the ponies through the Seven Acre Wood, look for forgotten bones while we weed out thistles… Continue Reading →

chickens, dogs, rats

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