| Bessie (above right) is
the Lake Douglas Ranch mascot. She is also the Ranch's Quality
Assurance Cow. She's responsible for many areas around the
Ranch, and is quite busy most of the time trying to ride herd on
Cowboy Luke and Cowboy Dan. |
The Ranch's horses
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| Ace - Cowboy Luke's horse. Ace is
a Walker x Paso Fino cross, and he's about 15 year's old. |
Another shot of Ace. He's
the sweetest horse we have here at the Ranch, and one of the
smoothest riding as well. |
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| Thunder - Cowboy Dan's horse.
Thunder is a Morgan x Quarter Horse mix and a 1200 pound
sweetheart. He's the largest horse in the group. |
Thunder - looking for treats -
but then again, he's always looking for treats. "What's
that your holding? Is that a treat?" |
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Beauty - Miss
Kitty's horse.
Beauty is a Morgan. She's also Thunder's Mom. She
likes to keep to herself, though she's a very nice ride,
and can be very sweet when the other horses aren't watching. |
The Ranch's Brangus Herd
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| Herd C in the grove |
Herd C enjoying dinner |
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| Not all of them will come up yet |
Walking all over dinner |
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| "Baby Red" - our red Brangus
baby |
No. 2 checking to see if the
camera is a snack |
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| No. 7 - will you look at that
hairdo! |
Trying some citrus- and still not
sure |
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| This was taken when "Little
Brown" still had her brown baby fur. She's solid black now |
Portrait of Baby Red, with her
Mom in the background |
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| No. 7 and the baby bull - waiting
behind the fence. These two were the last to warm up to us |
No. 21 and Baby Red moving in |
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| No. 21 making sure
the camera isn't dangerous For additional pictures of the cows
you can click HERE to visit them on
their own page.
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The Ranch's home based livestock
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Camo - not so sure about this
camera in her face. |
Spot - playing "cat and mouse" |
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| Camo (left) and Spot (right) joined the
Ranch in late 2001. They came to the Ranch as 4 month old kittens, and have been
tearing up the place ever since. They especially love helping
to "break in" the new place. It took almost a year to get
the dogs and the cats sharing
the living spaces of the Ranch, but now they've got the place to
themselves - until the next puppies come along. |
Boo
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| Boo passed away on
July 4th, 2007. He was our 14 year old Yellow Lab, having
joined Cowboy Dan in August, 1995 after being rescued from the
Lee County Humane Society as a two year old. Boo had been with the Ranch since
it's inception. He enjoyed back
scratches, tummy and ear rubs, or any other kind of constant
attention. Boo settled into the routine at the new Ranch quite
well - running around chasing cows, swimming in the livestock pond,
and generally trying to track as much dirt back into the house as
possible. |
Elsa and Lucy
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| Elsa was Lucy's sister, and our favorite fuzzy German
Shepard. She had been with the Ranch since it's opening and had a
special talent for finding weak places in fences. Often if she
couldn't find a weak spot she'd make one!
She passed away on May 3, 1999 at eight years of age. |
Lucy passed away on July 5th, 2002 after
a sudden illness. She was the Ranch's favorite German Shepherd,
and was 11 year old. She had been with the Ranch since it's opening.
She enjoyed barking for no apparent reason, and riding in the back of
the truck. |
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| We still miss Boo, Elsa, and Lucy
terribly and we've found a beautiful spot for them at the Ranch. |
