What did you do today?

[Nanno]

Today is Phil's birthday and I got him an authentic bosun's whistle like they have in the navy. I want our goats to learn its sound and come running when they hear it. It carries much further than our voices and has a very distinct sound, so I think they should be able to hear it from most corners of our property. I'll look forward to seeing Phil test it over the next few weeks. If we can train them to come reliably to the whistle at home, it will prove very useful on the trail should we ever somehow become separated from our boys.

I also got him a Dog Dazer from Northwest. We probably won't have a chance to use it till summer when we start hiking, but I'm interested to see how effective it is.