The oldest ranch dog, Nya, turned 14 on Valentine’s Day. Despite her Border Collie and Austalian Sheperd genetics, she is completely useless for anything related to cattle. She’s quite scared of them actually.
So maybe she is a fierce protector of her home and humans?
Nope, she would help a would-be thief or kidnapper if they had treats.
She isn’t useful, but she is a very good girl. She got extra ear rubs for her golden birthday and it looks like she needs another upgrade in her food. As she gets older,
I’ve had to buy better dog foods to help her keep enough weight on. It will be a sad day when we have to dig her final resting spot on the ranch.
Do any of you have a dog (or another pet) that has lived longer than expected? Let me know in the comments!
Corn Flakes
Newcomers shine, Nebraska softball rallies past No. 1 Texas Tech
Alexis Jensen has been thrown into the fire time and time again to start her freshman season for the No. 8 Nebraska Cornhusker softball team.
Nebraska softball, Frahm, shut out UCF 6-0
No. 13 Nebraska softball (5-4) holds UCF (7-3) scoreless for its second shutout of the season. The Huskers danced past the Knights 6-0, boosted by a great game for Jordy (Bahl) Frahm.
Husker softball falls to No. 3 Tennessee 4-1
The No. 11 Nebraska softball team logged only one hit and lost to the No. 3 Tennessee Volunteers, 4-1, on Friday afternoon in Clearwater, Fla.
Nebraska baseball opens season with run-rule win over UConn
Nebraska baseball began the 2026 season with a dream start, traveling out west to the MLB Desert Invitational and pummeling UConn 12-2.
Strong start for Jasa, two out hitting, power Nebraska baseball to a 2-0 start and win over Northeastern
Nebraska’s offense was clutch when it mattered for the second consecutive night and Husker pitching bowed up to deliver the first 2-0 start for the Big Red since 2018 with a 7-4 win over Northeastern on Saturday night in Arizona.
Nebraska basketball picks up 68-49 win over Northwestern
Nebraska pulled away in the second half, scoring 40 points after entering halftime up 28-27.
(From Inside NU- Northwestern’s SB Nation site) Rapid Reaction: Northwestern collapses in the second half and loses to Nebraska 68-49
In a tale that’s become all too common for the Wildcats, Northwestern stayed competitive with No. 7 Nebraska until the Cornhuskers were finally able to find themselves in the latter parts of the second-half, beating the ‘Cats 68-49.
Nebraska spring position preview: Running backs
Eight days from now, the Big Red will start spring practices with nearly all of next year’s roster in place.
Sports!
USA defeats Germany, earns bye to Olympic men’s hockey quarterfinals
MILAN — The USA played its most complete game of the preliminary round and earned itself an easier path to a medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Norway cross-country star Klaebo sets winter olympic records with 9th gold medal
TESERO, Italy (AP) — A wave to the crowd, a glide across the line — and a moment of Winter Olympic history.
Mikaela Shiffrin still looking for first medal after 11th in giant slalom
MILAN — Mikaela Shiffrin’s Olympic woes continue. Dominant everywhere else on earth and on the calendar, Shiffrin can’t seem to figure out how to get on the podium during the two weeks of the Olympics.
Tyler Reddick wins Daytona 500 in car owned by Michael Jordan
Reddick, in a Toyota for 23XI Racing, led only one lap on Sunday: the one to the checkered flag for the team owned by the NBA Hall of Famer and three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin.
The widening Olympic curling controversy and allegations of cheating
The Canadian men’s and women’s teams, as well as the British men’s team, have been accused of the same infraction: double-touching the curling stone after it is released.
Then There’s This
We still don’t know why curling stones move the way they do
For a sport that dates from the 1500s, it’s surprising to learn that we’ve still not worked out how curling works.
Crime fighting llamas catch thief by surrounding him in a field until the cops arrived
The crook was fleeing the scene after stealing from a woman in Derbyshire, England, and he decided to squeeze through a fence onto farmland belonging to Heidi Price and Graham Oliver.
Olympic athletes promised fresh stock of condoms on Valentine’s Day after village runs short
“We can confirm that condom supplies in the Olympic Villages were temporarily depleted due to higher-than-anticipated demand,” the Italian organizing committee said in a statement Saturday. “Additional supplies are being delivered and will be distributed across all villages between today and Monday.”
Prosthetic leg returned to owner after months adrift
A woman whose prosthetic leg was swept out to sea 10 months ago has been reunited with the limb after it washed up on a beach in East Yorkshire.
