12/11/2025
Y'all, I am as mad as a stepped on cat!
I am not a homesteader. I have just over an acre of land. I have a garden and lots of dog day pens.
I do not own livestock. I do not claim to be a farmer.
Here is the thing. I grew up on a working farm. Today it would be called self sustainable or a homestead. We just called it home. My parents were farmers. My grandparents were farmers and sharecroppers My husband's parents were farmers. His grandparents were sharecroppers.
We have a history. Oh, and I actually went to college and studied agricultural business. Got the paper to prove it.
Why am I mad, I know, long story longer.
I follow a few homesteader folks. Some of them reinvent the wheel. They share "New Ideas", I learned from my grandparents years ago. I have no issues with that. My grandparents were amazing people who could stretch a dollar. They used EVERYTHING until it was unuseable.
Here is why I am STEAMING!!
One homesteader posted things she would have never done knowing what she knows now. Lots of stuff I don't agree with. But, whatever, most of them hurt no one but herself and her family.
The last one. She would not SPAY AND NEUTER HER DOGS!!!
I flipped my lid! Lost it. Unfollowed. We have given up everything these last three years since adoptions have stopped, Parvo has run wild, and yes, we have several reported cases of RABIES in our area. We are dying here!!
SPAY AND NEUTER YOUR PETS!!
I know there are breed protective breeders. I am not talking about them. I am talking about someone who decided to let their male dogs run the neighborhood breeding females. I am talking about people who "keep their females up". Let me tell y'all, where there is a will, there is a dang hound dog and a Chihuahua that CANNOT be stopped.
Don't even get me started on, "I want her to have at least one litter so she can be a mother." Well, I hope she doesn't eat them!
My parents have had that farm for 55 years. They have dogs who have jobs. Important jobs. Guard dogs. Herd dogs. These dogs do what they do well AND THEY ARE NEUTERED AND SPAYED.
If you don't think you need to spay and neuter your dog, go to your dang local shelter. Have a look. Pit mixes (I paid a lot for my pit at the flea market, I need to make my money back).
Chihuahua mixes (I can sell their puppies. No one will put their small dogs in a shelter).
Labs (He might be a great duck dog, I might want to sell his puppies). Y'all, he is gonna eat your sofa while he lays on it!
These are the top three dog breeds euthanized in shelters every single day.
STOP IT!!
My Mom's dog, Dog (Daddy was a John Wayne fan). Is an amazing dog. I swear if that dog could fix the fence after he put the cows back in, my mom would never have to leave the Polaris. He is neutered. He can focus on his job, not impregnating all of the dogs in Maury County.
Don't even get me started on primethras (Google and I don't know how to spell this) and testicular cancer!
Can y'all just give us a minute to catch our breath.
Layla was one of 9 owner surrendered dogs. She and one other had three babies each after we pulled them from the shelter.
JUST STOP IT AND GIVE US A BREAK!!
