A Sense of Doubt blog post #2709 - A Reprint of a Reprint: SATCHEL DOES CHICKENS

A Sense of Doubt blog post #2709 - A Reprint of a Reprint: SATCHEL DOES CHICKENS

I rarely reprint what I have already reprinted.

But in honor of her tenth birthday and because I will probably post about Satchel a lot over the next few weeks, here, once again, is "Satchel Does Chickens."

Thanks for tuning in.

Blog Vacation Two 2022 - Vacation II Post #145

I took a "Blog Vacation" in 2021 from August 31st to October 14th. I did not stop posting daily; I just put the blog in a low power rotation and mostly kept it off social media. Like that vacation, for this second blog vacation now in 2022, I am alternating between reprints, shares with little to no commentary, and THAT ONE THING, which is an image from the folder with a few thoughts scribbled along with it. I am alternating these three modes as long as the vacation lasts (not sure how long), pre-publishing the posts, and not always pushing them to social media.

Here's the collected Blog Vacation I from 2021:

Saturday, October 16, 2021

A Sense of Doubt blog post #2433 - BLOG VACATION 2021 COLLECTED

First Reprint originally published on:

Sunday, July 15, 2018

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #1099 - Satchel Does Chickens - Hey Mom reprint

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #1099 - Satchel Does Chickens - Hey Mom reprint

Hi Mom,

Back to a reprint, chosen somewhat at random.

I went with this one because I am sure Satchel misses "doing chickens" because we do not have chickens in our new home in Woodland, WA.

Here's the reprint without much preamble by me, but with two extra photos.

via Liesel - 1804.17

from - http://sensedoubt.blogspot.com/2015/11/hey-mom-talking-to-my-mother-131.html

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #131 - Satchel does chickens

Hi Mom,

Time again to have a puppy on this blog.

Knowing Satchel as I do, this is a great picture of her as she is telling me: "Dad, it's time to do chickens."

"Doing chickens" means that she gets in to the side yard, which is currently closed to her. In the morning, we let the chickens out sometime between 8 and 10 a.m.

Satchel runs full tilt to the gate to the side yard and then sprints for the back fence, checking all her spots. She has not responsibility in the morning when we let the chickens out of the coop to roam, and she has more time to explore and sniff her spots if I have to change their water and/or food.

At night, we put the chickens away. Sometimes, we time it right, and the chickens are already in the hen house. But if they are still in the yard, Satchel gets to wrangle them, shooing them back to the coop.

Recently, some chickens did not wish to be shooed, hunkering down in bushes next to the fence far from the coop. There was a terrifying ordeal of many minutes attempting to herd the chickens. I feared that Satchel intended to grab one in her jaws and carry it like a bad puppy to the coop. In the end, I carried one chicken back.

Satchel is a very good puppy. She does not try to hurt the chickens, though if she gets into the side yard during the middle of the day, she will chase them back to the coop anyway.

One thing that makes her extra excited is that she gets a treat each time her returns from the side yard both in letting out the chickens and putting them back in the coop, which is partly why her is so excited. This is how we talk about her. We just use "her" for everything.

Have someone give you a kiss, and tell you that I love you.

Talk to you tomorrow, Mom.
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Reflect and connect.
Have someone give you a kiss, and tell you that I love you, Mom.
I miss you so very much, Mom.
Talk to you tomorrow, Mom.
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Satchel - caring for Dad when he's ill - 1803.03

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- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I plan to continue Hey Mom posts at least twice per week but will continue to post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.