The four kittens left are wilder than ever. As though the lightness of their numbers has lightened their thoughts.
I almost caught Godot in flight. We are getting closer to that perfect image. His wings are so glorious.
This is a very long away shot of Godot raising his tail. His unfinished tail. A promise.
Yesterday was so warm and so still I brought the tractor over and started cleaning out a corner of the barn. Where there are animals there is manure. 
The kunekune were out walking about. I lost Tane at one point and send TonTon out to find him. Not sure if he would be able to put the name to the new pig. But wonderfully Ton looked at Tima, kind of nodded and then raced off and found Tane in one of the vegetable gardens. He knows they have different names. And recognises them. Isn’t that amazing?
The dogs and I were working over at the West barn in the afternoon.
I decided to shift them to a new field, with this warm weather the grass is looking green again.
Ton and I had begun to walk around to the new fields when we heard a great dog scream and in a flash Boo had leapt back up into the truck. As a rule he leaps the top wire of the electric fence, soaring up and over with ease. But I guess he misstepped this time and the electric fence got its own back.
Boo stood in a silent fury,on the truck bed glaring back at the fence. The whole time Ton and I worked Boo sat. Refusing to budge lest the fence bite him again.
Poor BooBoo.
Of course The moment he hit the deck of the truck Ton brought me a stick. Boo hates to let Ton play. So Ton dropped the stick at my feet and sat. He won’t be back for a while, he smiled. He got a fright. Ton snorted.
Today, after I take Marmalade to the vet, TonTon and I will do the draw for the childrens picture book. I have a plan.
I hope you have a lovely day.
Your friend on the farmy,
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
45 responses to “BooBoo gets a shock”
Oh poor boy – rotten fence got him good!
Your Ton is such a great dog, and like his breed can understand so much more than we humans give them credit for.
Love the kitten photo’s and Godot is looking so Christmassy with his tail up, could almost put lights on him and stand him on a pedestal for a great Christmas decoration!
I agree about Godot. His tail looks like the glow the 3 wisemen followed. The picture is so appropriate for this season!
Poor Boo, Marmalade in for a shock of her own today. Sending healing thoughts her way. I just love Queenies woolly faced Bobby. I have always thought TonTon is an amazing dog. 🙂 Laura
Aw, poor Boo! I hope it doesn’t permanently dampen his spirits! Kittens are gorgeous in the photos, and Ton is a wonder dog!
Oh poor Boo. Bet he will never do that again. I am going to miss our kitties when they are head off to their new loving forever homes.
Have a beautiful and happy day C.
🙂 Mandy xo
Beautiful header shot – I love the colours. Poor Boo. I once got nipped on my inside thigh by an electric fence – I sympathise with him!. Kittens – does Boo miss those that have gone to their new homes. Such innocent wee faces and they get up to so much mischieve. I’m glad Ton has been chosed to pull the draw. He’s really very smart, isn’t he. Godot is beautiful already, he’ll be stunning when he has a fully-grown tail. Nature can be cruel and hard to us humans, but it is can also be incredibly beautiful. Could you use your header shots in something? Sometimes the colours or form are great, and they’re usually v evocative of time and place. I was thinking of something fund-raising, of course. And, no, I’m not trying to load you up with more to do… Hope your day is a good one. Now to write for work… inspiration lacking!
That’s hilarious – Poor Boo! Godot’s tail looks amazing 😉
Aww, poor BooBoo. I bet he’ll be extra cautious about jumping over the fence from now on!
And yes, it is amazing that Ton can recognize different names. I was reading a really interesting NPR article (How Dogs Understand What We Say) about a study that has shown that dogs can understand quite a lot from the human speech stream. For one of my undergrad degree classes, I studied how children begin to segment the speech stream and acquire language, but the canine study is a whole new linguistic area and it’s fascinating!
Poor BooBoo! I hit the fence more often than I like to admit. That smarts for a while.
Our English shepherd is a herder but she’s also become an excellent tracker. My husband will disappear into the woods (we are surrounded by hundreds of thousands of acres of forest). When she realizes he’s gone she’ll put her nose to the ground and find him. It doesn’t matter if it’s on snow, he’s on snowshoes and the path he’s taken is well beaten, she can pick up that scent in a flash. Aren’t dogs wonderful!
Poor Boo, that was a most unkind thing to do to such a lovely kind gentle dog….
Poor little Boo. I hope he is ok and not too frightened of the fence now. Ton is a very smart dog, I love when they understand, and communicate. Beautiful pic of Godot.
Oh my dog is barking at me right now, warning me of impending danger, of the construction 2 blocks away!
Poor Boo. But he will just have to jump higher!!! 🙂
Oh clever Tonton! He is amazing. Poor Boo: that’ll larn ‘im! I love the Godot pictures. You’re getting closer!
Love,
ViV x
Well, the fence did its job of reminding animals where the barriers are… He’ll be lifting his feet higher another time. All the same, it was a nasty shock for poor Boo. I’m totally in love with that photo of Godot displaying. He looks like a frozen white firework, or a burst of frost on the window. The incomplete tail feathers just add to the spiky illusion. One day soon, you’re going to catch him doing his angel impression…
Boo gets a boo boo. Poor thing. Godot’s tail is the perfect Christmas star! I love it. I’d like to put him on top of my Christmas tree…and those wings! Gorgeous!!
Poor boo! And ton is super intelligent Godots tail is fantastic, what a great picture. Have a lovely day x