We received a call from the Florida Great Pyrenees Club & Rescue back in 2013 to see if we would take in an emergency foster of a one-year old female Pyr. She was an owner surrender and the circumstances around her forfeiture were a bit murky. We quickly discovered she had not been acclimated to riding in a car, wasn't socialized around other dogs, and was critically panicked over small spaces. She could not be left alone in a room with a closed door as we discovered when she had shredded the inside of one of our beautiful carved wooden doors! With love, consistency and clear discipline through the years, Miss Daisy has mellowed out a bit and has become much better around other dogs ... for the most part. :) She still has a couple in our pack she doesn't like and will give the ugliest looks in their direction, but we love her bunches! Feel free to share your birthday wishes for Miss Daisy!
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When we bought this 13-acre farm in August 2018, we had no idea of anything tortoise! Well, since we noticed deep holes scattered around our paddocks, Bill investigated. Turns out we have a few Florida Gopher Tortoises who have made GGF their home.
Tortoise facts:
Comment below if you are a "tortoise lover"! Another day of celebration! Just like last week when we celebrated Koda’s rescue from the slaughter truck, today we say “yay!” for Gloria.
She was in the same group of horses as Koda (see the poster below), and SEVEN years ago, Gloria came home to our farm. She was estimated to be about three years old at the time, so today we say, “Happy 10th birthday, Gloria!” Seven (7) years ago today, we rescued "Angelina" from a horrible fate that thousands of horses meet every week: the slaughter truck. You will see "Angelina" and "Swanky Prize" on the rescue poster; we saved both of them but sadly couldn't take any more. We renamed Angelina to "Miakoda" which comes from Native American languages and means "the power of the moon" or the "moon is powerful." We often call her Koda for short, and she was estimated to be about 3-years old at the time. When she came to us, she was so traumatized from the trip from Nevada to our farm, and no telling what else, and was so distrusting of humans, it took me over a year to get her to trust me enough where I could touch her, and that had to be with a bucket of grain and me on the opposite side of the fence. The picture of Koda taking food from my hand was HUGE and took well over a year of patience for this to happen. She would bolt to the other side of the farm if you approached her. Eventually, when she was ready, I got her to load on to a trailer (a trailer full of love!) and she began to allow me to groom her. She was awesome for the two vets and stood quietly when they needed to give her a shot. Koda is still a little wary of everything but she has allowed other people around her and maybe ... just maybe ... she has learned that humans aren't that bad. We consider this Koda's BIRTHDAY! Happy 10th birthday, Koda! |
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