To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] RE: Orchard Dogs
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 11:44:41 -0700
> Subject: [NAFEX] RE: Orchard Dogs
>
> So, a question I have to the group is: What type of dog is a good
> orchard
> dog?
I once met a Schipperke, a small dog origionally kept on working canal
barges in Belgium, which kept 5 acres gopher-free. I've been on many
homesteads where such a dog would be considered an invaluable asset. I
fondly remember Glen Mill's Home Orchard Society gopher education display
which included the lower section of a ten-year old dwarf apple which looked
as if it had been stuck in a giant pencil sharpener root-end first.
Anyway, size isn't everything, dog!
-Rick
in Oregon, pruning today.
Re: [NAFEX] RE: Orchard Dogs,
Rick Valley, 02/04/2004