Cabinwood Farm Blog

Summer’s first Puppy Match!, originally uploaded by cabinwoodfarm.

Today Summer the Afghan Hound made her debut at her first puppy match at the Youngstown All Breed training Club! We never had any intentions of showing her due to all her challenges just to grow and stay alive but she has done so well we thought we’d see how she got along at the match.

We were so impressed with how relaxed she was and how well she presented herself even though she has not had any practice at being a show dog! An Afghan Hound did take Best in Show there today but alas, Summer wasn’t the big winner although she did take Best of breed in her Senior Puppy class! Way to go Summer and thanks to Ms Pat Ray, our favorite dog lady who handled her!

Now these are some CUTE little boys!

Originally uploaded by cabinwoodfarm

Here are our 2009 weanling boys Higgins, Shadow and Stryker! All three of these boys are so sweet and looking very good. Just like everyone else, they REALLY want spring to come soon since they are now outside of the big barn and into their own jack house and exercise area. Higgins and Shadow are still on our for sale page and looking for some nice homes either together as a pair or alone. Neither of these boys are actually pet quality but because of space restrictions here at Cabinwood, we are always forced to sell good looking boys for less.

If you’d be interested in either or both of these little guys…..give us a call. You won’t be sorry!

Signs of spring are hard to come by these days but a sure way to tell it’s on the way is to take a look at the wood pile on the front porch! The pile is down to two rows and going fast as the temperatures go up to 40 degrees some days but then dip down to the teens at night!! One day it is pouring down rain and the next (like today) has snow squalls with flakes as big as quarters!

Our birthing barn is currently full with four jennets due between now and the end of April and once again… love is in the air at Cabinwood as we now have four breeding jacks all with new girls for spring frolics!! Two of our boys (Painter and Joker) are just beginning their breeding careers and we are hoping that the pairings we’ve selected result in some exciting new foals this time next year!!

We’ll let everyone know as soon as our first foals arrive!!!

Here are some very nice donkeys for sale that will help support the Walking With Donkeys Sanctuary in Crete.  http://www.walkwithdonkeys.com/index.html

BEAUTIFUL KNITTED DONKEYS FOR SALE!!!

http://www.walkwithdonkeys.com/our-shop.html

February at Cabinwood Farm is the shortest and yet longest month of the year! The weather can be brutal in both temperature and snowfall or sometimes it is mild but it is always one thing…dreary and it’s hard to get through! Winter seems to never end and spring still seems so far away. Today we post 2 neat things that are going on here at Cabinwood.

 One is our Afghan puppy Summer and the other is our donkey jennet Hauenstein’s Black Satin Gypsy. After months of not knowing if this puppy would survive, Summer is now 6 months old and growing into a real beauty! She was given a clean bill of health by the vet and we were told to continue doing for her whatever it is we’ve been doing. All of us, including our Sheltie Sasha shown playing with Summer above, just love this puppy!

The second good thing is we believe that Gypsy is in foal by our herdsire Red Sierra for this spring! Gypsy has never been able to conceive and carry a foal before so although she has not been officially tested for pregnancy, we are very hopeful that she can have a healthy foal sometime in April!!!

Hopefully, too, February will go fast and be mild in both snows and temperatures this year! We need some green grass and warm breezes for our new foals that are coming soon!

It’s been snowing and snowing here at Cabinwood! Despite the bad weather and cold temperatures, the dogs and donkeys always seem to get through it easier then us people! Sure hope the days go fast and spring comes early!!!

Sasha and Summer

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There’s too much snow for the donkeys to be out running around in but that didn’t stop Sasha the Sheltie and Summer the Afghan puppy from getting some exercise and doing a little dog wrestling!

For more pictures of the dogs in the snow you can look on Summer’s Flickr page set!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cabinwoodfarm/sets/72157622440469823/

Snow day!

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The new year is starting off with the usual cold temeratures and lots of snow here in NEOhio! Temps dropped into the single digits last night and we must have about a foot of powdery snow on the ground with it still coming down strong! While out this morning I took some pictures and got this one of our jack Furball Acres Joker’s Wild. Joker and several of the other boys and girls were out running around with the snow up over their knees!

Here are some more pictures of our snowy morning!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cabinwoodfarm/sets/72157623004217441/

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM ALL OF US AT CABINWOOD FARM !!

           ENJOY THE SEASON!

Two of our little fellows, Rockwell and Jeffrey, might not have been happy to load and leave their home at Cabinwood Farm, but they eventually hopped in the van and my friend Cynthia and I headed for New York yesterday to deliver them to their new family for Christmas. We know they will all have a wonderful HeeHaw Christmas this year!

Thank you Shiloh and Joe for purchasing our little boys!