Only good thing was I didn't want to be my mothers favorite. The price was way too high!:)
Man I get the chills just looking at this 10 week old German Shepherd. He is perfect in structure and moves with grace and ease. I plan on showing him in Dog shows here in the DR and maybe finishing him and getting him his Dominican Republic Championship in the show ring. I have enquired but don't know if they have obedience trials here which he will be better suited for since I plan on training him to be a working dog.
Here he is at ease after we have hung out for a hour or so. At first he can't get enough of us and demands attention. Today I bought a brush for him and went back late afternoon to brush him. He looked like he go sprayed by a porcupine he had so much crap all over him. I got most of it out but I need to do this every day in order to get and keep him real spiffy.
When he saw Maria he was beside himself and couldn't give her enough greetings. That is the puppy in him and that is why he is at the finca now when I didn't plan to bring him up until he was a bit older. He refused to be left alone in the Condo and cried like a little baby. I also needed a break with my sprained ankle which was difficult handling a puppy with such a sore foot.
So my gentleman farm country home is starting to come completely together. I have a German Shepherd to herd my goats and sheep. I have 21 goats and now 3 sheep with many pregnant. By the end of the year I should be over 30 animals. My crops are doing great and I eat off the finca every day. Today I brought back ochra, tomatoes, yuca, peanuts and squash. This is what life is all about. One day I will be living on the finca and probably only venture off when I need something.
This is a picture of my little big guy with 3 other 2 other gals and one boy who are at least 6-8 months old. He is as big as these guys and the one to his left is pregnant. This is the largest fasted growing goat I have seen.
I love the differences in color on all these guys. They are all individuals and distintive.
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Hasta Pronto!
I have had sheep for about 2 years and now have the first baby. When I first got the mother she was very little and the male I bought at the same time died 2 months after he was at the farm and I didn't get a new guy until I moved to the new finca.
I was expecting 2 but only had one. Worse than that he is a boy and not a girl to reproduce. I will have to go out and buy a couple of more gals to increase my flock. Hopefully I have enough mothers between the sheep and the goats to have babies every month. I know I have at least 5 goats pregnant now so hopefully we will be in babies all the time now.
This is Maria or Mary(a) with the baby. You can see other small goats in the background.
My ankle is repairing from a sprain and I am now without cast, portable cast, ace bandage, crutches and cane. It still hurts after a few minutes and swells but it is getting better and better every day.
I know you don't know much about peanuts and either did I till I had them growing on my old finca that I sold but the peanuts grow under ground. You rip up the whole plant and pull the peanuts from the roots. You can roast them or eat them raw which is the way I like them. 
He is everything I want in a Dog with the exception that he is a boy and I like gals better. No problem though it will work out perfectly and I will train him up and he will be a sight when people see him work.
I was having a great time with them but some of my buddies called for a Motorcycle ride which I couldn't turn down. We were up in the mountains going down a goat trail when it was real rutted from heavy rains. I was going only about 2 miles an hour and I couldn't negotiate the ruts and dropped the bike. Ended up spraining my ankle last Sunday and Monday ended up at a clinic for xrays. I stayed with the ride until it started swelling and then begged off to ice it.
The next picture is Maria and I holding the two babies. I don't know why I ended up with the black booted one this time:)
This is a picture of the two of them on the ground. Real cuties and the two of them are colors I haven't had on the farm and I have never seen these colors before.
Man this is fun. I love raising goats and it is so much fun just feeding these guys you wouldn't believe it. I supplement their food with tops of Yuca which they love. Must be full of vitamins and other good stuff because they go crazy for it.
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Hasta Pronto!
Melvin is 6 now and a great kid. I bought him a want that turned many colors. Kind of looked like a weapon from the space movies. We had Cotton Candy and other junk and had a great time.
I got a call from my numero uno sister who was in the clinic in Puerto Plata and I went to pick her up. Hell she still looks lovely. She is going to kill me for posting this one:) 
Another BEAUTY and I also got the best shot of the two of them. I hope you all are starting to get it! LOL
Here is a beauty solo without my buddy Patrick who by this point probably hates me but I hate to ruin a shot of a beautiful woman:)
No I want to name this shot Beautys and the beast. That is Ted in the middle the evening bartender at Brittania most nights. However I don't know why I consider myself lucky when I just have the gals in the pictures.
There is also another BEAUTIFUL bartender/waitress Eva who I don't have a picture of but I will. I was there tonight but without my camera unfortunately.
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2 beers for 99 peso happy hour and a food special for 99 pesos every night. I had Pasta bolonesa tonight along with 2 Bohemias for 198 Pesos. Can't beat that with a stick and I get to look at beautiful women! Who has it better than me?
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Hasta Pronto!
Well all the people are moved and they bulldozed it as it was happening so no squatters got there first.
It was a horrible place but the people that lived there miss it and don't like the new slum that was built for them. I will go to the new place and take pictures and post them here. It is very tight and crowded albeit NEW. 
We ended up having typical Dominican food at a restaurant that we have been to many times before and it was a great meal so it turned out ok anyway.
Afterwards we all went back to my house to go to sleep. It is fun having both gals over instead of just one. More fun when they are drunk but not this night!
They are so pretty and love to get their pictures taken. I try to always have my camera with me!
Not even a beer to their names and they are having the times of their lives!
Besides the wall in the front he built a office just off the kitchen which I didn't even see while I was there this time. I have only seen it unfinished.
These are musicians he had playing for most of the day. They were cool and people enjoyed them. Even some dancing!
All this terrace area is brand new and a lot more I didn't photograph. I will have to stop back and take more pictures to post.
This is herman with the pigs head. Hell that was just about all that was left after everyone devoured the rest of the guy.
It was a great party and Herman did a fabulous job on the design and finish of the addition of Villa Macau. Anyone who gets to stay there will thoroughly enjoy themselves. Contact me for reservations. Up to 5 bedrooms, a pool, lovely gardens and grounds and everything you would want in a luxury villa rental in the Caribbean.
Hasta Pronto!
This is a picture of Maria I took at Doug and Lindas house. The house in the background is 18000 sq ft and it is two doors down from where I am going to build my new home. Mine of course is going to be a little smaller:)
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This shot is of the next door neighbor where I am going to build. You can actually see where I have cleared to build my barn which will start this month. Also you can see where the house is going to be which is to right and just below the house in a clearing.
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This picture is of Hermans house from Dougs Driveway. You can see the new gazebo front left and not much else that is new except some terrace from this angle.
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When we walked into the house the doggies had already had their way with the toilet paper and the house was full of it:) It was a riot and Doug didn't even flinch so he must be used to it. I would hate to pay his Toilet paper bill every month!
We were sitting outside and through the window they had this big painting and I didn't know if it was painted on the wall or not it was so big. Had to actually go in to make sure it wasn't.
Below is their lap pool with a bumpout so others can be in the pool while someone is swimming laps. This is the type of pool I built in Cabrera in the bigger house. I don't know if I had mentioned this to them when they were talking about building their house but it is the same in principal as what I built.
This is the toilet paper monster. He has a taste for the absurd:)
They have a very nice home and it will be looking at my home when I finally get to building it. I can see my next door neighbors house from their pool deck and my property where my barn is going and where my house is going. I have a building up but it was hidden by the trees.
Hasta Pronto!
Goats and Sheep don't like the rain and I haven't had shelter for them before but now they have some from the rain. It is 5 meters by 5 meters which is about 16x16 and I am willing to bet that during a heavy rain all of them will be under this.
Herbert, come back soon! 
The next one is a Willy's that he rode around in. He was the chief of the Armed Forces.
This was the boss's Caddy with me standing next to it. I know you will hardly notice the car with such a handsome and distinguished gentleman standing next to it:)
Doug Hicks took this shot. I am not usually in my photos because I am the picture taker so here is a rare view of me!
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We had a great day and Doug was a pleasure to ride with. He is a great rider and that made it a pleasure. We did a trip that would have taken me with the rest of the guys 3 days to do.
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Doug use to be a Professional Hockey player and was said to be the reason Bobby Orr retired (joke out of dougs mouth). Doug was his last defense partner if my memory serves me right. Doug is still a athelete and does everything I can't do anymore and probably couldnt do it back then either:)
I look forward to my next trip with him.
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Hasta pronto!
This is the view from the balcony where we ate lunch. I had a decent salad and a Ice COLD beer which was great after a half day HARD motorcycle ride. This day it was just Doug and I and it was better that way because we did a whole day affair and most of the other guys crap out in half a day. Usually from the bruising:)
We started the trip at Pedro Garcia which is where I ended a trip another day with Will. We were close to cresting a mountain and a dark cloud came over and Will crapped out on me because he said he had a bald tire and didn't want to go down the hill in the rain or when it was wet. I told him I was going to hate myself for turning back because I needed to see the other side of that mountain. We were at a very high elevation and I needed to see what was just around the next corner but alas, I didn't because Will appled out. This time we went over the top and it was well worth the trip.
This is a picture coming back down the other side of the mountain. Man this is such a cool country, I plan on seeing every freakin inch of it before I die.
This was on the other side right near the top of the mountain. Look at all those pine trees! Talk about elevation. We drove around every nook and cranny and we eventually got back to the road called the touristica which runs from Montellano to Santiago where we headed for lunch.
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After lunch we went to the highway and took that to the airport and returned via the Moca - Sabeneta road which is another mountain pass similar to the touristica.
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We stopped at the river in Jamao El Norte and I showed Doug where the mountain population in that area goes swimming and drinking and otherwise spending their Sunday. He never knew it existed.
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We ended taking the El Choco Road from that road back to Sosua and of course stopped at the farm to see the goats and sheep. I also got to show Doug the construction since he has last been there and I think he also enjoyed that.
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Hasta Pronto!
This gal below is Rosy and she is a bit camera shy. Took like 20 shots to get one good one.
She works mornings and afternoons along with her sister who I didn't happen to capture to computer today but I will.
She looks good going also:) Bet you never noticed!
He has already threatened to buy a bike on his return and get back in the saddle! Great guy, lots of fun and will be missed! BYE FRED!
We dried everything out but had to turn off all electric to the complex when this happened. Very dangerous.
