I’ve gone through a lightning flash version of our family history, but I have some other very important members to introduce. They will be showing up with funny stories often in the blog and I can’t forget to introduce them: OUR DOGS!!
Our first few furry friends are Maggie, Gunner and Fergie. They’ve been in our family since they were puppies and I can’t imagine my husband without them. As I mentioned in an earlier blog, he used to travel most weekends, with boys in tow, to traveling dog trial competitions. Now don’t get these confused with dog competitions like The Best in Show type… Nope! These are Bird Dog Trials! Our dogs are amazingly fast and efficient runners and finders, and Maggie has been awarded many times in their trials. I’ve even competed a couple of times! It was so fun and my husband enjoyed seeing me try something new!
We’ve had many dogs throughout our married life but these are our German Wirehaired Pointers, a breed that was traditionally and continues to be bread as a hunting companion. They are so smart, energetic, and always excited to be looking for birds. This is just another reason the farm is so amazing, as now, my husband can work with them while we are all there together on the farm, rather than needing to leave the city for the weekend alone or with the boys.
I’ll write all about our experiences and some funny moments we’ve had with them, but first, I have to talk about our newer addition to the family: GEORGIA! She’s our little French Bulldog! Rhett was actually looking at a horse and ended up buying a puppy. He was so in love with her and wanted to get her out of the terrible environment she was living in. Rhett wanted to surprise me for Mother’s Day and boy was I ever surprised! She is a funny little puppy and really the only tiny house dog we’ve ever had.
I read somewhere that French Bulldogs don’t originate from France – they are descendants of British bulldogs. British Bulldogs were originally bred for bull baiting until the sport was outlawed in 1835; dogs were trained to creep close to bulls then spring out to provoke them which explains so much about her. When we get to the farm on the weekends, she’s the first out of the car to go and check on the animals. I say check, but realistically, she just likes to run around and harras them all to get a rise out of them. She’s a kooky little gal and we laugh every time she goes out to meet up with Shaggy, our farm bull. He’s a cantankerous old bull and doesn’t know what to do around Georgia. She just runs around him and taunts him, he clearly does not like her teasing him.
Georgia may be adorable but she is a naughty puppy! One day my mom called me and told me that Georgia went potty on my new white couch. The boys were so worried that I would get mad and sell her so they had been trying frantically to get it clean. At first, I was upset but I remembered that the couch was supposedly stain resistant…
This sounds crazy but I was told all I needed was a little bleach and water pour in a squirt bottle, spray, and blot! I’ve never used bleach on my furniture and this was actually quite scary for me. However, I was assured that it wouldn’t hurt the fabric. The boys struggled trying to get the stain out scrubbing with soap and water – bless their hearts for trying so hard!! When I got home from work, I took over and I couldn’t believe my eyes!! The stain disappeared!!
The moral of this story is that if you are going to buy a white couch and you happen to have lots of kids and animals make sure it’s stain resistant!! I bought mine from a cute little furniture boutique in Gardner Village called Down To Earth. I am so glad my furniture designer Ashley suggested it. If you are ever there make sure to ask for her. Honestly, now, I know there is no need to stress out when the kids are eating Chick-Fil-A in the front room!
Georgia may be naughty, but she has brought so much happiness into our home. The boys are so good at taking care of her and making sure she is fed and comfortable. She is so smart and it’s amazing to see the boys teaching her all kinds of tricks. She can walk on her hind legs and when she runs down the hall, she gets going so fast that she can’t stop and slides on her tummy!!
Growing up I didn’t have a pet but look at me now, I live in a zoo with more animals then I can count on two hands! ❤️
