This is Thumper. He is a mixed mastiff and great dane.
He's very friendly and very loving. I visited him Thanksgiving Day with Amy; she had to medicate one of the goats on the farm. Linda, the owner, owns Simply Southern Alpacas. She has alpacas, llamas, goats and 4 dogs; Thumper, 2 jack russells and 1 which is a bloodhound and something else. You should hear that one bark. There will be several pictures of the llamas and alpacas to follow. I had never seen either before and was very impressed. The alpacas had very distinctive faces, especially the lighter ones and they actually looked like they had make-up on. Amy managed to catch one of the younger ones so I could feel the wool; it was very dense and very soft.
I really enjoyed my weekend here in Albemarle. I had a lot of new adventures and saw lots of new things. I went on a visit to rejoice in the miracle of birth - a baby donkey. Sadly, when we got there, the foal was partially delivered and dead. Amy tried her best to extract the foal and this was done by attaching a chain to the delivered foot and pulling; reallly pulling. She really has a lot of upper body strength. But, the foal was huge and the try wasn't successful. Eventually, the stress was too much for the mother and she died also. It was very hard to see the struggle the donkey was having and the effort Amy was making to save her life.
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