Sunday, January 16, 2011
Coyote and snow pictures # 2,
Another shot of our beautiful Mt Charleston
Our road, this is what I look at every day when I come home from work
low clouds in the foothills
Cici out for a walk
A pretty rock I found. Now here is the story behind it. Where I often walk my dogs there are usually no cars, but on that day there was a car coming up on one end, so I veered off and went a slightly different route, then they came my way again, so I was a bit p.......d off that I couldn't have a walk without these people driving around disturbing my walk, so as I was walking across the desert to avoid the car, I came across this rock. It calmed my anger about the people disturbing our walk, I wouldn't have found this rock if I didn't have to take a hike through this part of the desert because of those people.
On another walk with Nanuk and Ayla I spotted this coyote. It was actually pretty close, maybe 80 feet from us when I first noticed it. The only reason the dogs didn't notice was that I actually stopped walking before I even noticed the coyote and the dogs looked at me to figure out why I stopped, in that moment the coyote popped out of the bushes and headed away from us, I tried to keep the dogs focused on me because I wanted to take a picture of the coyote and didn't want the dogs to go crazy, but by the time I got the camera ready to shot it had already moved way out and at that point the dogs saw it too.
Here is another shot of wild canine. A couple months ago I was driving and saw some coyotes running across the street, I drove to where I saw them to get a closer look when I noticed it was two coyotes chasing a rabbit. As I came closer the rabbit ran across the street right in front of me. Another car came from the other direction, the coyotes stopped to let the car go by (pretty smart), then ran across the road to continue their chase, of course the rabbit was nowhere to be seen. The coyotes stopped and looked my way. That look said it all "those darn cars cost us our breakfast".
Ayla and Nanuk observing the coyote
they were standing there for about 5 minutes watching, I couldn't see the coyote anymore, I have no idea if they still saw it or where just keeping an eye on where they last saw it
Ayla
Ayla, almost 5 1/2 years old, time goes by too fast
Nanuk, drooling
chicken in the snow
these were some more pics in the snow, taken the same day as the other snow pictures right after New Year. Prince and Sammie playing
Sam wrinkles her nose, the lip curls slightly
more nose wrinkling and lip curling from Sammie as Prince is pushing her buttons
now her hackles are up, she is ready to pretend she is mad
she gives him the look
and there is sweet little Sammie looking like she is mad
Prince loves to run
Sam running
there they go on a wild chase
interestingly, Sammie doesn't even eat half as much as Prince does and has a tendency to put on weight, while Prince is always really skinny, he always gets to eat as much as he wants, on Sam I have to restrict it.
happy Princey, I love to see him so happy running around
Sammie girl,
close up of the ticking on her muzzle
Prince
Prince is ready to play
looking regal in the snow
Princey boy
Another shot of our beautiful Mt Charleston
Our road, this is what I look at every day when I come home from work
low clouds in the foothills
Cici out for a walk
A pretty rock I found. Now here is the story behind it. Where I often walk my dogs there are usually no cars, but on that day there was a car coming up on one end, so I veered off and went a slightly different route, then they came my way again, so I was a bit p.......d off that I couldn't have a walk without these people driving around disturbing my walk, so as I was walking across the desert to avoid the car, I came across this rock. It calmed my anger about the people disturbing our walk, I wouldn't have found this rock if I didn't have to take a hike through this part of the desert because of those people.
On another walk with Nanuk and Ayla I spotted this coyote. It was actually pretty close, maybe 80 feet from us when I first noticed it. The only reason the dogs didn't notice was that I actually stopped walking before I even noticed the coyote and the dogs looked at me to figure out why I stopped, in that moment the coyote popped out of the bushes and headed away from us, I tried to keep the dogs focused on me because I wanted to take a picture of the coyote and didn't want the dogs to go crazy, but by the time I got the camera ready to shot it had already moved way out and at that point the dogs saw it too.
Here is another shot of wild canine. A couple months ago I was driving and saw some coyotes running across the street, I drove to where I saw them to get a closer look when I noticed it was two coyotes chasing a rabbit. As I came closer the rabbit ran across the street right in front of me. Another car came from the other direction, the coyotes stopped to let the car go by (pretty smart), then ran across the road to continue their chase, of course the rabbit was nowhere to be seen. The coyotes stopped and looked my way. That look said it all "those darn cars cost us our breakfast".
Ayla and Nanuk observing the coyote
they were standing there for about 5 minutes watching, I couldn't see the coyote anymore, I have no idea if they still saw it or where just keeping an eye on where they last saw it
Ayla
Ayla, almost 5 1/2 years old, time goes by too fast
Nanuk, drooling
chicken in the snow
these were some more pics in the snow, taken the same day as the other snow pictures right after New Year. Prince and Sammie playing
Sam wrinkles her nose, the lip curls slightly
more nose wrinkling and lip curling from Sammie as Prince is pushing her buttons
now her hackles are up, she is ready to pretend she is mad
she gives him the look
and there is sweet little Sammie looking like she is mad
Prince loves to run
Sam running
there they go on a wild chase
interestingly, Sammie doesn't even eat half as much as Prince does and has a tendency to put on weight, while Prince is always really skinny, he always gets to eat as much as he wants, on Sam I have to restrict it.
happy Princey, I love to see him so happy running around
Sammie girl,
close up of the ticking on her muzzle
Prince
Prince is ready to play
looking regal in the snow
Princey boy
Sunday, January 09, 2011
Snow in the Valley,
In the afternoon after New Years day clouds started moving in and then it started to snow. By 9 at night the ground was covered. Nanuk was so happy he had to roll around in it
Teddy coming out of the dark as it snows
this is what it looked like before I went to bed
we all had fun in the snow that night
Well Whitney stayed inside on her high spot where she sleeps every night
the goats stayed out of the snow and sat in their warm and dry straw
this what it looked like when we woke up, it was still snowing too
Ayla running towards me
still running with the ears flapping
got several good shots of Cici running too
here the two of them had a little standoff
Nanuk is really the peacemaker, he saw the standoff and he started the "hey let's play" action
Nanuk was very happy in the snow
Nothing like a Great Pyrenees in the snow, just looks so pretty
he likes eating snow
the chickens were not thrilled
My 2 Golden Laced Wyandottes didn't seem to mind the snow as much as the others
it was fun to have some snow for once
Enya in all her glory
Teddy headshot
Teddy had a really thick coat, it's really easy care, impossible to brush or comb, it's best left alone. Only at shedding time I am able to brush out some of it.
Another headshot of Teddy
Kobi was just running and running in the snow, must have felt like home to him, he came from the cold North
I was happy to see him having so much fun in the snow
Enya and Kobi
isn't he cute? Thankfully he is a little dog, because he likes to run up full speed and then slam into me.
he was barking furiously at the noise from snow falling off the bushes
Souzie looked at the snow with dismay, she did not go outside
Cici
This is Leydi, she grew up in Florida, so I am sure the only snow she has ever seen were the few times here in our valley. This was funny because she ran out of the house
but when Ayla came running straight at her Leydi turned direction, perfect calming signal
Leydi thinking of some mischief
Ayla and Leydi playing
And then Leydi got the zoomies and took of running like a puppy
she did several laps around the place when she was in zoomie mode
Ayla peaking out from the ditch
then she went underground
just a little bit of the tail is visible
gone
then she heard somebody barking and came out to see what was going on
and here she jumps into action, note the muddy paws
Ayla way ahead of Nanuk, they were running after a raven who dared flying overhead
Nanuk seems very pleased with himself to have run off the raven
he loves to eat snow
those pics were taken before the snow, this is Cici
Nanuk running off another raven, he actually responds to "birdie" and if I point in the direction of the bird he responds to that too
Cici was a bit cranky here and Nanuk tries to get her to play. He has done that a lot with Simba in the past, when she was trying to attack him, he would just act like a playful puppy and she would leave him alone.
Ayla and Cici
Cici is filling out nicely
Full speed
the two of them playing, Cici is the master of play bows
they both love a good wrestling game
Nanuk digging at the cave site
trying to get into the tunnel from the top of the hill
picture of the chickens having a party at the muddy puddle. I don't know what it is about chickens, I have 4 clean water containers sitting out at all times, two of them are heated so the water is never freezing cold, but when I empty out a bucket they all come running to drink the dirty muddy water like it's a special treat. I try my best to avoid creating puddles, but this just doesn't make sense that they are so crazy about drinking dirty water.
Enya out for a walk
Enya
another one of Enya looking into the distance
Teddy, he loves going for walks and he is so sweet and walks very well with me
something got his attention
In the afternoon after New Years day clouds started moving in and then it started to snow. By 9 at night the ground was covered. Nanuk was so happy he had to roll around in it
Teddy coming out of the dark as it snows
this is what it looked like before I went to bed
we all had fun in the snow that night
Well Whitney stayed inside on her high spot where she sleeps every night
the goats stayed out of the snow and sat in their warm and dry straw
this what it looked like when we woke up, it was still snowing too
Ayla running towards me
still running with the ears flapping
got several good shots of Cici running too
here the two of them had a little standoff
Nanuk is really the peacemaker, he saw the standoff and he started the "hey let's play" action
Nanuk was very happy in the snow
Nothing like a Great Pyrenees in the snow, just looks so pretty
he likes eating snow
the chickens were not thrilled
My 2 Golden Laced Wyandottes didn't seem to mind the snow as much as the others
it was fun to have some snow for once
Enya in all her glory
Teddy headshot
Teddy had a really thick coat, it's really easy care, impossible to brush or comb, it's best left alone. Only at shedding time I am able to brush out some of it.
Another headshot of Teddy
Kobi was just running and running in the snow, must have felt like home to him, he came from the cold North
I was happy to see him having so much fun in the snow
Enya and Kobi
isn't he cute? Thankfully he is a little dog, because he likes to run up full speed and then slam into me. 
he was barking furiously at the noise from snow falling off the bushes
Souzie looked at the snow with dismay, she did not go outside
Cici
This is Leydi, she grew up in Florida, so I am sure the only snow she has ever seen were the few times here in our valley. This was funny because she ran out of the house
but when Ayla came running straight at her Leydi turned direction, perfect calming signal
Leydi thinking of some mischief
Ayla and Leydi playing
And then Leydi got the zoomies and took of running like a puppy
she did several laps around the place when she was in zoomie mode
Ayla peaking out from the ditch
then she went underground
just a little bit of the tail is visible
gone
then she heard somebody barking and came out to see what was going on
and here she jumps into action, note the muddy paws
Ayla way ahead of Nanuk, they were running after a raven who dared flying overhead
Nanuk seems very pleased with himself to have run off the raven
he loves to eat snow
those pics were taken before the snow, this is Cici
Nanuk running off another raven, he actually responds to "birdie" and if I point in the direction of the bird he responds to that too
Cici was a bit cranky here and Nanuk tries to get her to play. He has done that a lot with Simba in the past, when she was trying to attack him, he would just act like a playful puppy and she would leave him alone.
Ayla and Cici
Cici is filling out nicely
Full speed
the two of them playing, Cici is the master of play bows
they both love a good wrestling game
Nanuk digging at the cave site
trying to get into the tunnel from the top of the hill
picture of the chickens having a party at the muddy puddle. I don't know what it is about chickens, I have 4 clean water containers sitting out at all times, two of them are heated so the water is never freezing cold, but when I empty out a bucket they all come running to drink the dirty muddy water like it's a special treat. I try my best to avoid creating puddles, but this just doesn't make sense that they are so crazy about drinking dirty water.
Enya out for a walk
Enya
another one of Enya looking into the distance
Teddy, he loves going for walks and he is so sweet and walks very well with me
something got his attention 