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Sweet! I finally got to see Jim's guard dogs.
I've actually thought about PM'ing you about them, JC.
What breed and how many do you have? In another video that came up after your other one was over, I thought I counted 5?
Do they live with the sheep all of the time? Do they come home to eat and head back out to do their jobs again?
Those types of working dogs fascinate me, that is why I ask. 8 at the moment. The original ones were Great Pyrenees and the stud dog was Anatolian Sheppard. We got a batch of pups and sold a few of them. They were 50 50 GP and AS. Then....one of the pups got bred by her brother....and we got three more. They are good dogs. They are with the sheep 24/7. We keep a sheep proof dog feeder out in the pasture for them. Sometimes some of them leave to chase something off...or they will come home to make a patrol. One or two might stay if there are sheep and lambs at home. They are pretty incredible animals and it has been fun learning about them. Very cool. We don't have any working dogs around here anymore just house pets but they are good alarm dogs. A possum can't walk across the back yard at night without they let us know. Are y’all Pards now? Thank goodness. Sheesh The worst Boomers flee CA to Idaho then snowbird in Tejas.
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. The govt took half of each signing bonus. That would be illegal. bonuses are taxed @ 20%.. The bonus he told me about was 90,000. He said he got to keep 45,000. I will have to ask him next time i see him how it turned out. You may need to factor in all that is withheld from that 90K. Social Security, Medicare, State Taxes, Insurance, etc. But it sounds about right that half of 90K would go in his pocket, all things considered.
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From memory when I was an employee and earned bonuses they were taxed much higher than regular wages.
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8 at the moment.
The original ones were Great Pyrenees and the stud dog was Anatolian Sheppard.
We got a batch of pups and sold a few of them. They were 50 50 GP and AS.
Then....one of the pups got bred by her brother....and we got three more.
They are good dogs.
They are with the sheep 24/7. We keep a sheep proof dog feeder out in the pasture for them.
Sometimes some of them leave to chase something off...or they will come home to make a patrol.
One or two might stay if there are sheep and lambs at home.
They are pretty incredible animals and it has been fun learning about them. Jim, that's an interesting mix. Did you purposefully breed the first GP and AS? If so, what gave you the idea? Is it a common combo for such work?
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From memory when I was an employee and earned bonuses they were taxed much higher than regular wages. Seem to remember the same....................
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I think that’s because in the month that you were paid the bonus, that huge pay check was seen as a paycheck that someone in a higher tax bracket would get.
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8 at the moment.
The original ones were Great Pyrenees and the stud dog was Anatolian Sheppard.
We got a batch of pups and sold a few of them. They were 50 50 GP and AS.
Then....one of the pups got bred by her brother....and we got three more.
They are good dogs.
They are with the sheep 24/7. We keep a sheep proof dog feeder out in the pasture for them.
Sometimes some of them leave to chase something off...or they will come home to make a patrol.
One or two might stay if there are sheep and lambs at home.
They are pretty incredible animals and it has been fun learning about them. Jim, that's an interesting mix. Did you purposefully breed the first GP and AS? If so, what gave you the idea? Is it a common combo for such work? Our first dog was a Pyrenees/Kangal cross. He was fixed though. The Anatolian we got next was intact. Next came the two GP bitch pups. We were more or less trying to find enough dogs to do the job at that time. The cross came about out of necessity really...but we were excited because Anatolians are a little more aggressive than GPs usually. Anatolians also tend to post up outside the sheep on a high spot and watch. Even working the perimeter...where as GP are in the herd all the time. We figured it would be a good cross...and it was.
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I think that’s because in the month that you were paid the bonus, that huge pay check was seen as a paycheck that someone in a higher tax bracket would get. This^^^^
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Get out there and work on some fences, Conrad. Nobody gives a fugk the ground is frozen. My uncle drank a sodie pop and ate planter’s peanuts in two big gulps every Friday and Saturday. You are a POS .gov dole paraprecipient.
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I think that’s because in the month that you were paid the bonus, that huge pay check was seen as a paycheck that someone in a higher tax bracket would get. Makes some sense!
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I think that’s because in the month that you were paid the bonus, that huge pay check was seen as a paycheck that someone in a higher tax bracket would get. This^^^^ Yep. That's how it was when I received my annual STIP bonus from my employer.
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From memory when I was an employee and earned bonuses they were taxed much higher than regular wages. Seem to remember the same.................... Yea man, they treatee that chit like a “windfall” my longevity used to chopped a terrible whack right out of the gate
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It's amazing how people get uppity about having livestock hit....especially when they are a nuisance and a repeat offender. I once got 8 out of about 12 fancy pond ducks that would come across the road to feed in our field. It was foggy and I was in a hurry. Total carnage. Undercarriage of my pickup had enough feathers stuck to it to fill a pillow.
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Get out there and work on some fences, Conrad. Nobody gives a fugk the ground is frozen. My uncle drank a sodie pop and ate planter’s peanuts in two big gulps every Friday and Saturday. You are a POS .gov dole paraprecipient. Fences hell....we never close the gate! I think a dog led them down the road.. We fed em extra so I think they should stay.
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8 at the moment.
The original ones were Great Pyrenees and the stud dog was Anatolian Sheppard.
We got a batch of pups and sold a few of them. They were 50 50 GP and AS.
Then....one of the pups got bred by her brother....and we got three more.
They are good dogs.
They are with the sheep 24/7. We keep a sheep proof dog feeder out in the pasture for them.
Sometimes some of them leave to chase something off...or they will come home to make a patrol.
One or two might stay if there are sheep and lambs at home.
They are pretty incredible animals and it has been fun learning about them. Jim, that's an interesting mix. Did you purposefully breed the first GP and AS? If so, what gave you the idea? Is it a common combo for such work? Our first dog was a Pyrenees/Kangal cross. He was fixed though. The Anatolian we got next was intact. Next came the two GP bitch pups. We were more or less trying to find enough dogs to do the job at that time. The cross came about out of necessity really...but we were excited because Anatolians are a little more aggressive than GPs usually. Anatolians also tend to post up outside the sheep on a high spot and watch. Even working the perimeter...where as GP are in the herd all the time. We figured it would be a good cross...and it was. That's really cool.
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Nap time. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/Vv6shVYt/20240321-144817.jpg)
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Nap time. 👍👍👍
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Nap time. Richard has received 17,000 dollars in entitlements, And still can’t afford Jeans with knees. WTF.
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From memory when I was an employee and earned bonuses they were taxed much higher than regular wages. Seem to remember the same.................... Yea man, they treatee that chit like a “windfall” my longevity used to chopped a terrible whack right out of the gate Our bonus’s ( twice a year) are taxed at 41 percent, counting all deductions, It’s a painful hit, If it did indeed push me into a temporary higher tax bracket, then you would think I still wouldn’t be getting hammered at the end of year, But I am,,,, makes no sense. It never fugging ends…..
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Booms be thankful that there are still a few slaves willing to do what it takes to keep this country rolling along.
Blackshart, you pooped your pants, again....
I just did some quick math.
Our 'household' spending is around $500 per day so far this year. $40k/80 days into '24. That is called working for your welfare and reinvesting all your cheese back into America. Your household? You, your wife in a dwelling? Or the farming operation, the buis. a diff. That's not including any work related expenses, just household chit, it's crazy!
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