Awesome dogs / Crazy pets Thread
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Biker1mike
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Fell asleep watching hockey with the old guy on a lazy Saturday afternoon.
Not sure who has it better.
Not sure who has it better.
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Trying to boil second batch of the season but my wood pile keeps disappearing…
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How many taps do you do? I used to do about 30. Target was 3-5 gallons.
Geddy still likes the woodfire, just from a different vantage point. Just a couple minutes ago, after playing outside.
I have 18 taps out here close to my house (walking distance)…each week seem to get different amount weather depending…2 weeks ago about 25 gallons sap in a week….this week I was somewhere between 12-15 gallons sap. Very small scale, just trying learn and understand what we like/dislike before shelling out to much….our other place has a large stand of sugar maples, but we can’t handle the sugaring so far away…so we are trying to learn now, if that makes sense.
my pup is fascinated with the fire pit…the older one won’t go near a fire or stove.
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My taps were yard trees and nearby also. Could run most everything via tubing to a 30 gallon container. Sometimes full in a day.
Boiled in garage over propane camp stove and turkey fryer burner. Went through a lot of propane.....
Neighbor now taps most of the place, ~150 taps. He says one of his better locations in his 1,000 tap operation.
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Yep, I do too! He started at a young age…You don't have dogs....you have woodchucks!
That’s sounds awesome…well we are very small scale, and actually 95% black walnut sap (last year was our first try)…our other place has lots of sugar maples but we can’t be there to do the syrup (while still working our day jobs) so we are learning at home getting ready for what comes after day jobs. It’s great dogs get to come along and help out so all is good. I’d like to get to a point as you described in your note…except with wood fire.My taps were yard trees and nearby also. Could run most everything via tubing to a 30 gallon container. Sometimes full in a day.
Boiled in garage over propane camp stove and turkey fryer burner. Went through a lot of propane.....
Neighbor now taps most of the place, ~150 taps. He says one of his better locations in his 1,000 tap operation.
Yeah, i sort of don’t know much about dogs but I can tell you here in the last week or so he (the pup)has figured out what ‘it’s’ for….and I can tell you he is lucky to be alive…his current hobby is trying to put it where it doesn’t belong on the older female…that and running for his life but he hasn’t learned…it’s hard for some of usYou don't have dogs....you have woodchucks!
….he finally wore himself out and what I do know is a sleeping puppy is a well behaved puppy…took all day but he finally collapsed yesterday.Attachments
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Oh, my mistake/assumption... we're Maple Country here.
Heard of birch and walnut syrups, but never knew anyone that did them.
As I recall, sap is "thin" for sugar content, and have to be careful of burning the sap/syrup.
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Plenty of maple places near us I just happen to have a stand of black walnuts…by taste I don’t believe most would notice…the walnut has a little more nutty aroma on the raw syrup, but I’ve tried blindfolded and on a pancake it’s not distinguishable. It’s tasty and I am learning the process.
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He’s starting to look grown up.
8+ months old. Guessing about 70 pounds.
Now this is a sweetheart after what she’s been through.
Truly an Awesome Dog!
Our kids in Philly are dog-sitting a Rescue female pit bull that was used as a “bait dog” in dog fights. Part of her jaw is damaged due to that.
My wife met her last week. Real sweetie.
People that do that should have their……well I’ll keep the rest to myself….
8+ months old. Guessing about 70 pounds.
Now this is a sweetheart after what she’s been through.
Truly an Awesome Dog!
Our kids in Philly are dog-sitting a Rescue female pit bull that was used as a “bait dog” in dog fights. Part of her jaw is damaged due to that.
My wife met her last week. Real sweetie.
People that do that should have their……well I’ll keep the rest to myself….
Handsome boy you have there RCW but feel real bad for that little girl but at least she's in good hands now. I've always said I like animals more then humans and seeing something like that does nothing to change my mind. F@#king cowards!!!!He’s starting to look grown up.
8+ months old. Guessing about 70 pounds.
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Now this is a sweetheart after what she’s been through.
Truly an Awesome Dog!
Our kids in Philly are dog-sitting a Rescue female pit bull that was used as a “bait dog” in dog fights. Part of her jaw is damaged due to that.
My wife met her last week. Real sweetie.
People that do that should have their……well I’ll keep the rest to myself….
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Yeah bear, one at a time, our kids have fostered, adopted or temporarily cared for a quite a few dogs. All pits, and all having bad histories due to idiot owners.
None have had any bad behaviors despite their poor upbringing.
I’m not a fan of Pit Bulls by any stretch. Product of my former job.
That said, the girls and boys they’ve had have all been very sweet.
You're talking to a retired letter carrier my friend and even the times I was
attacked by dogs which wasn't really that often I never once blamed the dog, the owners on the other hand
well thats a different story. Who knows, maybe one day I'll be able to take in a rescue but right now the
pain of losing my little buddy, well I don't think I could go through that again any time soon. Give the kids
a pat and a scratch for me my friend.
“Looks like you are not going to be able to finish that all by yourself…we are here to help”.
