I have decided that Ben has a personal vendetta against skunks. Don't get me wrong - they are not wanted at the farm - they eat eggs and chickens and can spread rabies. However, I surely wish that Ben (our Great Pyrenees) would learn to dispatch of them without getting sprayed straight on. We couldn't find Ben last night (at about midnight) so we went looking for him in the Kabota. He was so accommodating that he ran up to us and jumped in the front. Unfortunately he had just had his latest run in with a black and white beauty. Needless to say, we had a late night shower and scrub down before going to bed.
This little calf was born last week. If you look closely you can see that there is a fence between the calf and its mom. It had rolled under the fence and was inside the water tank area and couldn't get back to the right side. Marvin and I found it there and it was a little dehydrated and hungry. He helped it back under the fence and to its feet. The next picture shows several other heifers running up to it to make sure all was well. It is amazing to me to see how they all take care of each other. We can learn a lot from cattle.
“Sometimes when you get in a fight with a skunk, you can't tell who started it.”
Lloyd Doggett
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