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Pets at Cedar Lane A farm wouldn't be complete without a variety of pets and Cedar Lane is home for several. We have a brand new pup! A beautiful English Shepherd has joined our farm to help protect and herd the livestock. He was brought home as a young pup to be trained in general farm duties by us and our old dog, Shadow (can you tell he is positively thrilled with his job?). We named him Rustler, as he will be responsible to "rustle up" the cows when needed. He was bred by Statzer Hollow Farm in Ohio from a long line of purebred English Shepherd working dogs.
In the summer of 2009, we bought Bo and Daisy, lab/basset/collie mixes from the local pound. Bo is the black one, Daisy is brown. They are just adorable and we are having fun training them to be helpful companions. Daisy decided that town life better suited her style and has moved to a friends house to live a life of leisure, turns out she is scared of cows and pigs. Bo remains on our farm to help with general dog duties and as a future hunting dog.
Shadow is a Golden Retriever/Great Pyrenees mix
who was rescued by a friend from the pound and we fell in love with his sweet
face about 9 years ago. Anna is a black Labrador Retriever who was
donated to the farm a couple years ago. She is super friendly and loves
everyone and everything. She greets visitors with a big doggy smile! Anna
passed away in the summer of 2009. We miss her friendly face. Skip is our Jack Russell Terrier and he thinks
he is the biggest dog on the farm!
Every barn needs cats and we have several of
them! Our calico has made sure to populate the barn over the past 7 years
and is now a grandma! Amos and Andy are the pygmy goats who live here
and keep the barnyard patrolled. They are pictured here as kids and are
now about twice this size. We got them about 8 years ago, they provide general entertainment and wreak havoc
on occasion. Amos passed away in 2009, but Andy is doing fine and likes to
hang out with the cows and pigs. We have a colorful rooster who moved in one day about 5 years ago and runs the barnyard, even the goats obey him. We call him Rudy, he is the reason we have all the chickens now, he was so fun to have around. But he has passed on to the big coop in the sky in the winter of 2008.
We also have a pond full of pets and enjoy
seeing them up close on occasion as well as the glimpes of the herons who live
here and grace us with their presence.
Cedar Lane Farm is home to deer, fox, coyotes, wild turkeys, quail and pheasant along with forest creatures like skunks, racoons, opposums and squirrels. We enjoy seeing the wildlife around the farm and appreciate being able to spend our lives here with them. Thanks for visiting our pet page! |
