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Category Archives: Dogs
Our rescue dog Benji and feral cat Ginger – love at first sight! And Bread and Butter Pudding!
Benji is our rescue dog – we have had him for about 6 months now – and he is beloved of the whole family. Ginger is a feral cat – or at least she was – now she and Benji … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Dogs, Family, Little farm products, Recipes
Tagged Bread and Butter Pudding Little Farm Style
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Amazing crop of tomatoes this year – pears too -some of our animals passed while a new animal joins the family – sweet rescue
After our beloved Central Asian Shepherd puppy of 1.5 years Smokey, died suddenly in her sleep a month ago we have been searching through rescue places for another rescue who could get along with our three cats. We found one … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Dogs, Family, Fruit, Gluten Free, Jams, Raising Children, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged cooking with kids, crops, dogs, farming, fruit, goats, jams, pear butter, pears, rescues, tomatoes, urban farming
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New Addition to The Little Farm – Bella the cow!
We are so excited to add to our menagerie – Bella the miniature cow. Here she is in all her glory with Farmer Clive who bought her at an auction. It is not easy to find a mini cow and … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Cows, Dogs, Family, Goats, Little farm products
Tagged Bulls, Cheese from Cow's milk, Dexter, family, Goats cheese, grandkids, Little farm, Miniature Cows, Zebu
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Such fun with our goat babies this year!
We have been bottle feeding three goat kids this year – and they are now so tame that they follow us around like puppies! Such fun for the grandkids! And us too! Also three new baby kittens – no more … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Dogs, Family, Goats, Raising Children
Tagged Cooking with Grandma, cooking with kids, family, Goat kids, having fun at home, raising children, raising goats, urban farming
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A recent brunch for Committee of 200 Scholars at The Little Farm
The event was the visit of Israel C200 Scholar Sarai Duek to The Little Farm – and our Los Angeles based C200 Scholars rallied around her. C200 member Renee Pepys Lowe joined me as we celebrated these amazing young women. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Dogs, Little farm products, Live Events, Philanthropy, Women's Topics
Tagged Committee of 200, scholars, women in stem, women of ambition
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Labor day fun with the grandkids and grandnieces and grandnephews!
Nothing better than family and fun in the jacuzzi on Labor day at The Little Farm. And our dog Smokey trained with the children before – she was so great – calm and really smart – we are thinking that … Continue reading
Back to our Central Asian Shepherd again – took her in the car – not much room in the back~
Our puppy (now about 110 lbs) is quite a car full. Here she is in the back of my car with our son – not much room for either of them! Of course once we got to the park she … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Dogs, Family
Tagged animals, Central Asian Shepherd, companionship, dogs, family, Keeping healthy, large dogs, love of dogs, man's best friend
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A Central Asian Shepherd Dog – called Ovcharka – huge but so so sweet
According to Wikipedia: This is an ancient breed from the regions of Central Asia. It is not the result of artificial selection: the native breed called alabai historically common among Central Asian peoples. Used by shepherds, as well as to … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Dogs, Family
Tagged animals, Central Asian Shepherd, children, family, farming, grandparents, guard dogs, guarding livestock, Little farm, livestock, Ovcharka, shepherd dogs, sweet dogs
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Family Retreat 2016 – Such Fun – How Blessed We Are!
We had our annual family retreat at Palm Springs – so much fun – it was HOT HOT HOT (reached 130 degrees one day – felt like Egypt in summer – yes, we were there one August) but we still … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Dogs, Family, Raising Children
Tagged cousins, family week, fun with children, grandparents, love, parents, Raising kids, siblings
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A new puppy – Central Asian Shepherd – to help protect our livestock from coyotes
On the Little Farm we have lost 8 cats over the past year to coyotes. Cats are essential on the farm as they keep the mice and rats away. They also scare off squirrels – all vermin that dig into … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Dogs
Tagged Central Asian Shepherd Dogs, chores, coyotes, dogs, farm, female dogs, goats, milking, predators, protectors against predators, Rescue
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Kids and Dogs – what could be a better combination! And a tribute to our USPS Mail lady Bonnie! We love her!
Our new rescue dog Goldie is adorable – and happy – smiles all the time – but has the nasty habit of peeing in the living room. We have tried everything – and she still does it. I think she … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Dogs
Tagged grandkids, Happy Dogs, Mail Lady, rescue dogs, smiling dogs, USPS
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Tough Workouts….
My husband and dog both worked out with our trainer Mike – and were both pretty pooped after it. Guess what happened? They both fell asleep on the floor of the gym. So cute. The white mark on Goldie’s leg … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Dogs, Family
Tagged fences, Little farm, rescue dogs, stitches, trainer, training, Vets, working out
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Who said Dogs do not smile? Our new rescue does!
Dogs smile. No doubt in my mind. Just take a look at our grandsons with Goldie our new rescue. Is she a happy dog or what? We are still enjoying the cold weather – and hoping for more rain!! WHOHOO! … Continue reading
Saying hello to a new rescue dog – Goldie – an American Staffordshire Terrier/Pointer mix – so grateful to be free of a kennel in which she spent her entire 6 years….free at last!
We are so excited to have a new member of the family – we found her in a crate ( too small for her) at Pet Smart a few Sundays ago – and a more grateful intelligent dog we have … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Dogs, Family, Philanthropy, Raising Children
Tagged dogs, family, kennels, loving animals, loving dogs, loyalty of animals, raising children, rescue dogs, senior dogs
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