Stray Cats - Loss of our Bernese Mountain Dog, Atlas

yeah you're lucky a m run through yeah I love you too a little bit of a Jerk It's when you turn your back on [Music] him Mark here my wife Tera and happy New Year from the 10 Acre Woods I love you so is uh now New Year's Eve the morning of New Year's Eve uh and we are uh heading out to the barn to feed uh so uh moving on with the uh the cat incident the catastrophe that has happened on our farm here um so those of you uh who haven't watched us we have nine rescued black cats inside the house uh and in the past uh couple days uh we have uh live trapped two other cat that aren't black that aren't black so the one of them has gone off to Ram's rural animal Management Services uh the country pound I guess you could say uh and the other one is still in uh in our barn so uh we're just waiting for them to pick up uh so it has been a uh quite a an eventful uh on the on the cat front where is Billy no oh here comes Levi and Meadow Trucking along there's the ponies morning Levi come on Meadow how are we this morning fluffy yes got your winter coat on I see what's Meadow doing I filled Philly yeah there he is I knew he there yeah he's like did somebody call my name I filled his it with hay yesterday I knew it was going to be colder last night oh in the building yeah he's like I don't even need to leave yeah got food food service delivered I I can see he's still got tons in yeah yeah no he's got a bunch in there he's like yeah no I I don't want to get my tootsies cold so with these cats too we're we've always had lots of cats but it's it's getting to a point where it's like daily a new cat there is speculation as to whether or not they're being dumped which we don't think they are because there's no Trails we have cameras as you guys know uh there's no tracks no trails and I don't leave so I'm here 90% of the time if there's any car or anything like that I'm on it like right away and looking and of course the cameras catch it and whatnot so we don't think they're being dumped ah ah ah ah yeah somebody thinks something's funny I believe there's a colony somewhere that is just overgrown and uh they're starting to spread out for for more territory yeah as winter approaches yeah and it's a nice winter so they can go further like so and we've got all Bush behind us we do have some uh old uh dump sites that are not maintained or you know that are perfect for cat colonies in in in the area so I'm I'm tending to believe that rout uh because Billy there's no Trails good morning morning bud hi happy New Year do you care no he says it's just another day it's another day another day waiting for spring just like Mom right good morning [Laughter] [Laughter] a how happy they are oh now they have something to dig in and I know uh daxon is looking forward to coming out in the spring so yes John loves you Fernando Johnny's all yours come get him it's like that that high school like like like I'm going to get you like I love you too a little bit of a drk it's when you turn your back on him yeah says come give me a hug no no no no no John want a hug Fernando oh hug John what I got that's it it's my finger good think I'm wearing [Laughter] Ms [Music] okay good morning yeah she's uh well we're calling it a sheep um she is uh not as freaked out as the last one but the last one was vocal eh but she is uh she appears to be scared of course that uh that is normal doesn't know what's going on yes no we'll take care of you little one [Music] yeah [Music] what honk good morning Littles good morning Happy New Year oh what's all honking about greetings well it's not spring it's not spring yet boys although your tails are looking good yeah yeah honking away oh it's that one okay so right now Jabba's got a uh bad eye so he you'd really have to be off to the side yeah cuz he to focus com in oh Paca really need two eyes hasn't based him at all no it's not too bad other than he can't yeah he's a little more [Music] cautious a little more [Music] cautious oh where's Jasper going yeah so it's this uh this his right eye but uh he seems to be uh he seems to be doing good he's just um he's just a little cautious in walking around because of course he can't see as well out of that one eye uh we had uh something similar uh Blackie the goat I think it was last year um had uh had the same kind of issue um poly spor ey drops um you know cleaning it out uh and then it eventually went away and she was fine and we anticip at the same thing with uh Java uh he likely just got something in his eye uh maybe a little piece of hay that got in underneath the eyelid and created a little bit of an infection so I heard you talk about eyes yeah yeah no I was just comparing it to Blacky last year there's two different things I use polysporin which is an antibiotic and then this is uh this is what we had when uh Marley had inverted eyelids okay and uh antibio swelling so it's like a steroid like a I believe um but it really worked well for his eye when he had the inverted ey swell up right so hey boys oh there they go there's the guinea powel [Music] up wrong way Java he says no there's something over here I [Music] want oh we got back up there you go they don't B with one eye no no all right princess come on Piper yeah way you [Music] [Applause] go okay melons for everyone Somebody went through water last night look at this alls I hear is pey munching away morning Sheldon yeah you just stick to your hay Charlie oh it's so quiet all we hear is munching Turbo's just doing the hay this morning too Jasper is it Jasper that Jasper is the one that drinks out of there isn't it yeah yeah he prefers the uh the pig water he thinks it's not the pig water of course he thinks it's he thinks it's alpaca water yeah it's my own private Bowl give it a little taste make sure it's good yeah all right dig in a little further which is weird because height wise he should like the other Bowl better well yeah it's a little higher up now they've each got their own little quirks the pigs are too busy getting the good stuff oh plenty for everyone right Jasper morning Coco good morning hi okay kids that's it for uh 2023 y another year gone by and Piper made it know yeah yeah I know they're doing pretty good did you give Charlie his uh yeah okay I missed that yeah he she doesn't know it's immediate that's why he's uh he's quiet Onyx is doing really well she's really jumped up in sizes his last year was touch and go with her but she's definitely her wool like I mean that's how you assess how healthy an animal is by the growth of their wool if you look at tank she's old well so's turbo but yeah Tink is uh Tink is looking her age yeah a little sparse on the Wool Wool production is out you can see George has a nice even coat on him the young the young kid yeah and so yeah Onyx looks pretty good I'll have some black wool yeah hi onx yeah no she is pretty fluffy sweeti hi how's my girl hey kiss it hey hey how's my girl my black sheep hey yeah looks good I'll set up for our newest uh [Music] guest we fine you're fine yeah I know you're fine turn around good look at that turn around more comfy environment you're good good girl I think you're a girl there you go yeah it's actually smaller than I thought oh boy I know there you go get all [Music] cozy oh food yeah you're lucky a mous run through yeah yeah I know tera's new project doing some some some cro crocheting crocheting it looks a little funky right now we'll see how it turns out yeah she was kind of uh it's quite big I looking at it thinking what not really looking like the photo but well I think the ears cover up a lot yeah it's my first crocheted animal so we'll see we'll see how that goes this brought like when this goes on like this attaches right yeah so it'll broaden the yeah we'll see what it looks like in the end we'll see her uh her holiday project I have to learn something new all the time so crocheting I knit and I felt now it's crochet so yeah she wants to get more into felting yeah I want to I'll I'll go I'll do this one and then go back to do some felting yeah so so our cat update uh well starting with uh our regulars anara how are you doing hi yeah and uh I think everybody's oh you're bringing the treats out oh hi Ria treat time is it treat time oh action come here kitty cats are jumping Koda yeah you're so quiet come on you GNA have some treats are you going to have some treats come on yeah the dogs will try to get them too oh do it up on the table that's a good idea Lucifer come on good job riaa oh who's there NY yeah NYX she needs to be lifted up because she's special oh what's funny is there's only five here wait till the other ones get released Yeah Tuesday they come out of the room is Tuesday going to be the day yeah Tuesday they're off past their medical quarantine yeah so they had been fixed so two weeks of downtime you want up here yeah two weeks of recovery missing uh tier of course tier tier's always missing tear is always missing hey so yeah and uh well I guess we updated them on the other C so we're up to nine nine inside nine of these Critters our clutter our clutter of our clutter of cats right yeah right and what's really cool is like they're on this yes they're on this table this is their tables they don't go on the kitchen counters they're not allowed on the kitchen counters they know that R you want to put Ria here I don't let me yeah come get some treat come here she doesn't she kind of like her mom where she doesn't like to be picked up yeah hey look at the size of Lucifer E when you see him with everybody else what I can always tell when I almost trip over him cuz he's so weighty little tips too I don't know if we've told you before but cat treats are expensive but if you buy the other cat food yeah just a different cat food a different cat food than your cats eat these ones look like little fishies and little Tuna heads and little mouse heads so it's something different so they enjoy them yeah and you'll save on the pocket book um now I was just talking to somebody this morning cuz we just did a great big cat post with the cats that we caught outside um we also use wood p shavings or wood pellets for litter and it's nice because it's not clay doesn't uh get into their system it's wood pellets it's all biodegradable and um and light and light less smell it can just be thrown into the garden um and uh I think we change it with nine cats we have two litter boxes once a week once a week we uh change that out there is a towel in front of this one up here because anara likes to pee on furniture or Fabric and probably needs to be changed no it's not too bad um so in this towel in front gets changed daily and uh those that choose to not go in the litter box but go on Fabric or furniture will go on that towel instead of the couches yeah and it stopped anara from peeing on the couch yes yeah which is which is awesome yeah Lucifer likes his just wait till the next ones come me the the two little ones should we'll see what we'll see how things go but when you think about it uh Ria was fair like she wasn't hands on is a shy girl and look at her now and tier well Mark comp pet pet him oh he's sitting over there doing go give a he's in this teddy bear is he yeah he's in the teddy bear his favorite spot yeah yeah he likes to hide he [Music] chear now will he let me yeah here [Music] what's that he's like you're watching me yeah oh there you go the one thing I would like to add that got to keep my eyes open for is uh like some sort of brush that they can walk through a walk through brush yeah a little cat wash what like the the cow brush yeah like a yeah like a car wash like oh there we go oh just D Dy three BRS yeah you that's all I have good stuff yeah yeah he likes his he likes his teddy bear that was one of Tara's other projects that was last Christmas wasn't it two I want to say two years ago yeah yeah hi tear he likes it those big wide eyes favorite spot all right the other three cats yeah Toby you're not allowed you're curious but you're not allowed two hiding in there are they I don't know where Aros is I couldn't find them this morning oh okay probably all right so let's see what we have then we have that looks like zorya in there uh no this is um Aurora hi Aurora how are you doing uh zoria is in here hi girl hi switched kennels since this morning hi there you go how are you doing this one here is uh is coming around nicely although she's she's resting hey yeah really fuzzy and then arrows see a black MK under there arrows is the boy hi bud hi look at those eyes hey just wondering what's going on what are these humans hey so yeah so uh I think it was Tuesday Tara was saying that we would um let them out and see where they go I imagine uh arrows and Aurora will probably disappear just like tier did but I'm sure they'll make friends and kind of work into our clutter hey yeah so this week we did lose somebody uh it was expected um what was it it was in the last year um Atlas our bernes mountain dog um was showing signs of um M apathy yeah uh degenerative mpathy which is something common in bernes um they usually live to I six to eight years um before they uh before the gene starts to show itself and uh starts by um uh paralyzing the back legs uh so he was to a point where he was starting to drag his legs on the back end um then it goes into full paralyzing in the back end then moves to the front and then system shut down so Atlas was n and a half years old uh so he did get a good life uh so he came in Christmas of 2014 so so we made the decision uh he was uh it was getting to a point where his legs the back end wasn't strong enough to hold up and he was doing like the splits and cross-legged and was losing in control of his back end and one of the worst things that can happen is he can break the hip joints and uh we wanted him to go while he was still still happy and and not feel that pain and he he loved that trip to he was right there the trip to the vet Tiana and I took him in and uh right there looking out he enjoyed his ride I mean he's a farm dog he doesn't go for car rides so uh he quite thoroughly enjoyed the car ride and uh true if if those that knew Atlas he was big and dumb big and dumb through and through giant puy yeah and uh so when we when they administered the sleep sleep aid this that uh puts him to sleep those that know Atlas as well also know he he farts pretty uh intensely and it just stinks and uh so as they were putting him down he let out a he filled the room filled the room and then of course they they put him to sleep and uh it it it was is it was a hard one um they're all hard but some of them hit home a little more and uh dogs my my Atlas was was my dog and uh I've had three dogs in my life bear Max and Atlas and uh they are the hardest of losses that I feel the uh my first dog bear was one that uh got me through a lot in my teenage years so yeah so from all of us here at the 10 Acre Woods uh we'd like to wish you all the best in 2024 in the new year uh and uh we'll see you in the next video spring is on the way yes the days are getting longer tera's counting take care have a wonderful week and we'll see you in the next one [Music] bye-bye [Music] [Music] oh