TonTon, our darling Border Collie is fine. The growth under his chin, big enough to fit in my cupped hand, is a cyst. Possibly the result of a heamotoma or maybe something else, the Doc said. However he has antibiotics for the next ten days in the hopes of it going back down or popping (ick). All will be well.
What do you think Daisy is looking at.
Marcel the Happy. He was out walking about with me while I was working on the barn and Daisy rushed from door to door trying to intercept it. She mooed and called and whispered to him. Her eyes were absolutely fixed on the lamb her ears spinning on her head listening for him. 
She sent her long giraffe tongue out to taste him as he danced by.
Then she took to glaring at me as though I was keeping her baby from her. Then every time the lamb baaa-ed. Mama would Baa back from the middle pen.. 
..and Daisy would bellow. I’m here I’m here. Come out. Don’t listen to those naked sheep. I am here!
I held the lamb up for Daisy to sniff properly so she would see that he was not a calf he was a little sheep but oh no, she licked him all over and nuzzled him, making little gentle grunts in her throat and tried to draw him out of my arms and into hers. She was quite overwhelmed and not a little bit confused.
Time you got a baby of your own Daisy. Soon darling. Soon.
And wee Marcel the Happy lamb just continued on, trotting about with his BooNanny, sniffing at stuff and chewing on sticks and doing what dogs do on a lazy afternoon.
Deeply relieved that TonTon is going to alright.
Like you I was thrilled by all the comments yesterday. Wonderful to see where you hail from. What a great Fellowship you are.
Have a lovely day.
Your friend on the farmy
celi
ps. I am putting a wee syndicate together and we are buying a kunekune gilt. She is gold and black and very small. At the end of this month if all goes well, we will drive across the state to pick her up. Then in the Autumn after I come back from New Zealand we will choose a little boar. And after a while we will breed Kunekune. It seems absolutely right. They are such dear wee NZ pigs. Big Beautiful Sheila will have lots of company and I will sell the piglets as an income to help support the farm. They make marvellous pets and are selling like hotcakes all over the country. It is a step out of my comfort zone to make an investment like this but I feel right about it on many levels.
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82 responses to “All Is Well”
Mama has such a beautiful face, and expressive eyes…. and has passed her good genes along to Marcel it seems. So pleased about Ton Ton… it reminds me of what it’s like to have furry-ones who can’t tell us the matter, in words, anyway.
Great news – big hug for Ton Ton.
I’m so glad Ton is okay!
What wonderful news! And Marcel and Daisy, too cute. So glad he is doing so well!
Love surely is in the air!! Have never heard of a cow wanting to mother a lambie . . . wish we could know what animals think 🙂 ! Have to laugh at Marcel the Happy tho’ – all legs!!! Add my voice to those saying ‘whew’ re Ton and can’t wait for the farmy to become a nursery . . . just as long as winter has departed for good!!!
Very thankful about Ton. How exciting for you, raising Kune Kunes! What fun that’ll be, I will have to settle for just a single barrow. I adored raising the few foals I have but can’t make a habit of it, I would never sell a one and be over run with them. I’m afraid the same would happen with the cute little pigs!
I hope you get your barrow soon Sherry, then we can swap Kune stories!
So happy Ton will be fine. Marcel sounds like he is having a fine time dancing around the barn & causing the Mama & Daisy to both be claiming him as their own. Silly Daisy – did she think she might have given birth to the Worlds’ strangest looking calf? Her hormones & mother instincts must be in hyper-drive by now. her calf will be here any day now;
I sure you will love your Kune Kune. I have followed Bev Franklin’s blog Bee Haven Acres & she owns two of the most delightful girl Kune Kunes named Ginger & Mary Ann. If you think Shelia has remarkable personality, these have even more. The sweetest piggy’s ever. They are such lovers of human contact and are highly social as well as clean & tidy in their toileting. Oh! They absolutely love tummy rubs and will flop at your feet begging for a nice belly rub. What fun you will have they will be.
Joining the collective whoosh release of held breath over our Ton.
I love the Kunekune idea and would happily donate toward the purchase of a breeding bunch… Living vicariously as I do 🙂
Also, are there hedgehogs in the US? I know they are popular as pets in the UK… perhaps if we are going to breed little pigs we could go the whole hog – so to speak
So relieved to hear about my TonTon!
So glad to hear the good news about TonTon. 🙂
So glad that Ton is Ok. And a visit to NZ is pending! Hurray.
Yes October and then January. My sons weddings! Isn’t it marvellous.. c
It pays to get behind in reading, I didn’t have to wait long for an answer about Ton! Glad it’s good news. Marcel is so sweet, everyone wants to claim him.