Packed & Ready

So . . . We are all ready to head for Mongolia.  What a crazy thought.  Seems like this week has had un - ending lists, details and more lists and details.  But, I guess if we are not ready now we better just forget it.  We have people to watch our dogs, our house, move our water, cut our hay, etc. etc. etc.  Our son is SO excited, we are ready and excited and our bags are packed and ready to go.  I took one bag into the Vet today to weigh it - closest good scale.  Was the exact weight as my little luggage scale.  My bathroom scales are terrible.  Could be 20 pounds over or under and would never know it.  So the adventure continues! 

To add to the chaos of the week, we made an offer on a house that we both love, the location, farm ground, house, location, amount of acreage, did I mention location?  Anyway, we love it.  SO, we heard from the realtor that the sellers are seriously considering our offer.  That would be way too cool!  We would be very stoked to get this place.  By FAR our favorite place we have looked at so far!

All sold!

So  . . . . .  All our puppies are gone!  Well, except for the one that we kept.  Gobi.  Very cute!  And we gave Papa dog to an aquaintance who wanted a dog who would warn of animal outside invaders, but would be nice to the people.  As he has a fun friendly personality he definitly fit the bill.  And if we need more puppies, we know where he is.  :)  So now we are reading Basic Puppy Training.  Well . . . my son is as she is HIS dog.  He is having lots of fun with her and taking her with him around the ranch.  She sticks pretty close so that makes it fun to watch them play together.

So far the people who have the puppies are loving them!  They think they are so fun, cute, watchful and smart.  They have friendly little personalities but really for the most part are content being on the sidelines and watching everything.  One guy put his all in with the bummer lambs and thinks they are doing great and exactly what they are bred for.  That was wonderful news!

Current Pictures

Getting So big!

Looking for  a new home

Look at those Bankhar spots

Curly Curly Tails

These pups are ready for a new home.  We have 3 females left and one male. 

Current News

So . . . These pups are ready for new homes.  Mom has been weaning them this week as they now have Teeth!  They are so cute!  They play with each other a lot, and wrestle and play, but they sure still sleep a lot!  So drop me an email if you want one!  $300 each.  We also have the parents of these pups for sale.  We would love for them to go to a good home of someone with lots of space and stock to watch.  We love them, but would like them to have more to watch after. 

Mongolia



Mongolian Camel



The small Mongolian horses are Very tough!

An overloaded - stuck Truck

Some Gers we lived in for a while

Beautiful Countyside!

Mongolian Bankhar dogs with thier owners

A Gobi Oasis

The top of a Traditional Ger

Toglie (lets play in Mongolian) & Bars (Tiger - common Mongolian dog name!)

 When we got our two adults who are the parents of this litter - they were 6 months and 5 months old.  Toglie - our male, cam from Arkhangai province in Mongolia.  One of our friends had gotten him from a herder friend.  The Female, Bars, was bought in the Gobi desert by one of our Vet friends.  When he heard we were looking for a puppy, he sold her to us as he knew we would give her a great home.  They were both pretty cute when we got them and would play endlessly. 


Bars - mom - at 6 months old.  Very fluffy





Toglie at 6 months old

 


Bars at 8 months or so



Just after a bath!  He had found a skunk!




Playing pups at 6 months

 

More Pictures

A pile of puppies!

This dirt smells funny!

These pups are growing so quick!  They really are so cute!  It has been such a cool, rainy and windy spring here.  We are glad we built them such a warm house.  It is a big crate 4x8 or so with a roof over half of it and so they are protected but can get out in the sun if they want.  They love it.  They pile up in a big pile either in the warm sunshine or under their roof and sleep all the time.  They are starting to walk around more just in the last few days, so our weekend project is to get them into the larger run.   They sure gave me funny looks when I set them outside though today.  The dirt must smell funny!

 Mongolian Bankhar puppies!

Our puppies

I took a bunch of pictures of our puppies.  They were born March 12.  They wil be ready to go to thier new homes around the first of May.  They are so cute.  6 females and 1 male.  They all look quite a bit the same, with some differences and different markings.  Let me know if you are interested in one!  Mongolian Bankhars are called 4 eye dogs in Mongolian.  The story goes that the spots above thier eyes are their second eyes and that they never sleep, so even when the dog is sleeping they still have a pair of eyes watching.  Please enjoy these pictures!  As my introduction said, my family lived in Mongolia for several years and fell in love with these dogs.  They are now a rare dog even in Mongolia and really are great dogs, but not for everyone.  We imported the Mom and Dad as puppies after getting them from the deep countryside of Mongolia.  They have been a lot of fun!  Thanks for looking!