After Shi Lei was done, little Kandi and the others couldn't wait to sit on the swing, and the other children who didn't grab it were watching Shi Lei make a new swing. During the whole process, they were all very serious about helping, some were responsible for handing tools, some were holding screws, and some were helping to lift wooden planks.

Of course, Shi Lei did not stop the trembling movements and childish help of the children, because they were also enjoying the joy of labor, so that they could also realize that they could only gain by doing it themselves, so that they would also cherish the fruits of their labor.

After Shi Lei is all done, the children will have swings to play with. And Garcia also came to take care of the children, so Shi Lei went back to the stable and took the flying boy and a few racing horses out for a run and activities. Garcia was arranged to stay at the corral today, and it just so happened that two of these bear children belonged to his family.

Every day, Hanks arranges a few cowboys to clean up the manure on the corral side, to ensure that the corrals are basically clean when the livestock return to the corral, and to repair the pens damaged by the animals at any time, and to check for signs of wild animals, especially carnivorous animals, which pose a threat to the livestock on the ranch.

However, there is always no shortage of wild animals in the pasture, because the area of the ranch is too large, and the surrounding area is only surrounded by a few circles of wire, and the protective effect is very weak, and animals like squirrels, hares, foxes, raccoons and the like are very small in size, and the fence is useless for them, and they really come and go freely.

There are even various types of deer mixed in from time to time in the ranch, and you can't do much about them because there is no deer hunting season in California. And now ordinary animals can't be beaten casually, many animals can only rely on the dogs of the ranch to drive away, especially at night, cowboys have to count on the dogs.

What cowboys can do is prevent carnivores such as coyotes from threatening the livestock on the ranch, especially newborn calves and lambs, and larger foxes can cause harm to them, so cowboys have been working a little more lately.

Luckily, the livestock cubs can now go out with their mothers, the wild animals are less of a threat, the corrals have to prevent foxes and the like from sitting in their nests, and Hanks and the others have to be ready to deal with sneaking coyotes and the like.

According to Hanks, there have been cases of coyotes attacking cattle and sheep on this side of the ranch in the pasture, because the stone ranch is originally located in a mountainous area, which is where coyotes are densely distributed and active, and the California side has strict gun control and more strict hunting requirements, so it encourages their atmosphere.

As they grow in boldness, attacks on domestic animals and even humans happen from time to time. Especially in the summer, when natural disasters such as wildfires are likely to occur, these predators will attack livestock more brazenly.

Hanks felt that appropriate measures should be taken to at least ensure that large predators could no longer enter the ranch to attack, especially since it would not happen that a cougar like Hairball had entered the ranch and killed the animal before being discovered, which was too dangerous, even for a cowboy with a weapon.

And the construction provided by Hanks is that either the all-wooden fence is enclosed, the entire ranch is enclosed, and if it is made denser, it can block large wild animals, but there is a lot of uncertainty, some animals can get in, some can jump in, and they have to repair the fence from time to time, according to this requirement to build, the cost of materials alone will be millions, not including the cost of additional labor, and it will definitely take a long time to use cowboys to do it.

Or, the fence is reinforced on the basis of the existing wooden stakes and barbed wire, and then introduce more dogs, if they can reach the level of the existing dogs, as long as they do not encounter a large number of wolves to engage in night attacks, the problem is not big, and at the same time, you can let the furball divide the pasture as their own territory, and from time to time to patrol a circle, which can also play a good deterrent role.

Of course, in either case, consider arranging for cowboys to carry guns to patrol the fence along the edge of the ranch every day, to maintain the fence and to check for dangerous wildlife entering the ranch at any time. And these cowboys must have a lot of experience dealing with wild animals, and their marksmanship must be passable.

Comparing these two situations, what else does Shi Lei have to think about, of course, he chooses the second option. The first one is expensive, and the effect is not obvious, because it is said that coyotes can also drill or jump over, so what is the use of a wooden fence. The second kind of Shi Lei doesn't matter if he finds a lot of dogs, because he can ensure that every dog is the best.

Since it's okay today, just go to the animal shelter and adopt dozens of his dogs back, this time I have to find some female dogs and a few male dogs who have not been neutered, so that the ranch can breed dogs on its own.

Shi Lei did it when he thought about it, saying that since he came to the ranch, Shi Lei, who used to have a heavy procrastination, has become an out-and-out man of action.

Shi Lei drove the pickup truck and went all the way to the shelter. I came to the animal shelter in Los Angeles with a familiar road, and this time I went straight to the canine area.

Well, this bit is good, this Stafford is also good, yo, this Newpoliton is a bit fierce, this Rottweina is also quite powerful, what are these ones? Bandaogo? I guess so. These two German pastors are good, but they are a little thin. Uh, these two cute goods, such two red-haired huskies are even willing to throw them, are their heads caught by the door panel?

Just walked all the way and read the words, Shi Lei quickly chose the dog he wanted. Basically, they are all kinds of pitbulls or pit bull skewers, and a few male and female dogs with fertility were specially selected, as well as a large white bear dog specially prepared for Laura, which looks like the so-called snow mastiff, of course, it is a tiger mastiff type. Shi Lei also picked a huge Mastiff for himself.

In the end, there were 30 dogs at the registration office, and the volunteers who helped the registry office were very surprised, as if they were happy that so many dogs were adopted? However, he asked Shi Lei with some hesitation, does he have enough space to raise these dogs? What are they used for? It was a volunteer who went to the stone ranch to answer her questions.

However, this volunteer still said that he would go to the stone ranch to inspect the living and working environment of the dogs, and he also had to pay a return visit to the situation of the last batch of dogs. In short, this expedition should be considered a two-way street, so that the dogs can find owners who like them.

Shi Lei's adopted dogs, just the adoption fee is a lot, especially the big white bear dog, the cost is several times that of other dogs, it is said that there is a family just moved, so it has to be fostered in the shelter, Shi Lei went later, maybe it was adopted by others.

Such a beautiful purebred famous dog must be very popular with everyone. Of course, Mastiff is also a bit more expensive than other dogs.

After completing the adoption procedures, two of the volunteers drove a trailer containing animals to the ranch with Shi Lei for a field trip.

After arriving at the ranch, the two volunteers took the questionnaire and record book very conscientiously to carefully inspect the environment of the ranch and the barn that Shi Lei had vacated as a kennel.

Oh, by the way, there are 7 large barns in the stone pasture, because of the unique weather advantage here, there is no shortage of pasture in all seasons, so the green storage material generally does not need to be stored, only some concentrate feed and Shi Lei imported herbs and maifan stone granules from China, so that there are several barns are empty, and occasionally there is a function of acting as a sundries warehouse.

There is definitely enough space for the new dogs and the original X1 to X10 for a total of 40 dogs.

After the two volunteers determined that the conditions of the ranch were suitable and that the previous batch of dogs were well integrated into their respective jobs and achieved unanimous praise, they ended the investigation with satisfaction and unloaded all the newly selected dogs from Shi Lei into the renovated barn.

When Shi Lei sent off the two volunteers from the animal shelter and returned to the barn, he saw the little radish heads lying on their stomachs and looking at the new dogs curiously.

This is not good, these dogs Shi Lei have not been reformed yet, and several dogs have been abandoned because they are a little indifferent or aggressive. Although Shi Lei has attached a wide collar of Kevlar material with reflective strips to each dog, and has also tied a chain.

Fortunately, there were a lot more made when it was customized, although Shi Lei took a few of the chains to make swings, but there were still a lot of leftovers, after all, this thing sometimes breaks, and it is better to have more spare.

Shi Lei had to quickly find a way to divert the attention of the bear children again. Hurry up and start brainstorming, there are still things in the pasture, there are fishing rods and a lot of fishing line, and when I was making a swing, I saw that there were still bamboo chips and wrapping paper left over from the old barn in the barn that was used as a warehouse.

If you think so...... Go fishing, uh, will the bear children be fished away, Shi Lei is afraid that he will not be able to save the little ones who have been pulled into the water one after another, because there is no shortage of fish in the river and artificial lake in the ranch, otherwise why would there be so many raccoons who love to eat fish to settle in the ranch.

If it weren't for the hairballs and the seventh and eighth masters, those koi in the pond in Shi Lei's backyard would have been fished out by raccoons. I really don't know how these koi fish survived from their previous owners to the present, maybe they were big at the time.

Ahem, back to the point, the answer, of course, is kites. Kites originated in China, and Chinese kites have a long history. The earliest kites were not made of paper, but of wood.

Legend has it that the first kite was made of "Luban", called "wooden kite", and the inventor of the wooden kite in the "Han Feizi" record is not Luban but Mozi Mo Zhai. In the late Tang Dynasty, people added whistles to paper kites, and their chirping was like a zither and a piano, so it was called "kite" or "organ".

Later, in England, kites were first used as one of the devices of aeronautics. In the 20s of the 20th century, kites were a common propaganda tactic, and during World War II, the British used kites to monitor the activities of German submarines. In the 40s of the 20th century, the British Navy also used kites to be deployed on destroyers as a device to defend against air attacks.

As for the specific method of kites, I think everyone is familiar with them, which is nothing more than making a skeleton out of bamboo, pasting it with paper, and then tying it with a fishing line, and a kite is considered to be ready.

Shi Lei used the knife he carried with him to split the bamboo, cut the paper, and then let a group of bear children show their own drawing skills, use their imagination, and show their talents on the paper of the kite. Then Shi Lei took everyone to the grass in front of the main house and began to fly kites.

The grass is very well manicured and there are no big trees around, making it a great place for kite flying. And today's weather is beautiful, and the wind is also very suitable, Shi Lei took out his kite flying skills, and was the first to successfully fly his kite.

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