Friday, January 4, 2013

Our New Addition and Venison Stock


This is our newest little (for now) addition. He's a great pyrenees pup we got to be a livestock guardian dog (LGD). With the investment I have in the goats, I cannot bear the thought of losing one to a coyote.

The little guy is in a stall in the barn tonight. I made the mistake of going to check on him about 8:30 and he cried the whole time I walked back to the house. Note to self- that was a mistake.

I hope he settles in okay. This is the first night away from his mama and he's pretty much on his own. I did a supervised introduction with the goats and Kat still managed to give him a good head butt. I know that will go on until he learns his place in the herd, but he's still so small, I don't want them to hurt him.


I have also been working on all this venison stock. I have 21 quarts of it canned so far and one more batch to go.



My mom's harvest gold pressure canner.


And don't forget the deer jerky!





2 comments:

  1. Puppy is so cute! Wow! All that stock! So great to have.

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  2. I'm dieing missing you right now! Catching up on your blog :) Deer Jerky is my all time FAV!! Way to go on all the venison stock!

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