Keep those dogs warm this record setting cold winter

K2's last project before the end of his winter break from law school was to ensure the dogs had warm shelter before winter got even worse than it has already. He moved the two big dog houses from the front porch into the barn, and rigged heat lamps.

The dogs thought he was just there to play.

He had to push them off to be able to wiggle out after finishing first house.

After finishing the second house, he laid there for a few minutes and said it was really warm. Daisy the young shepherd actually tried crawling in with him after this shot. Mom came out to admire the finished job. Later this night I found our big shepherd Dandy laying on her exposed pillow on the front porch. She has such an incredible coat of hair, she would be uncomfortable under a lamp, so the next day, we moved her house, which is insulated, back to the front porch. There is also another heat lamp hanging in front of the house in barn in case they just want to lay under it on the carpet. They are now ready for a bad winter. Since this particular night, it has gotten down to zero or below several times, once to -18. This morning it was -2 at sun up.

Here it is January and the geese are still headed south for the winter. Wait a minute! That's not south. They are flying west?

Okay, that's better. They turned south over our pasture, and now headed in the correct direction.