Dexter cows and calves

Dexter cows and calves
Showing posts with label Our new puppies and their 8 month old siblings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Our new puppies and their 8 month old siblings. Show all posts

Sunday, October 7, 2007

LGD PUPPIES











Livestock Guardian Dogs !!!! We have PUPPIES! We have had many sheep losses the last few years. The mountains and wilderness areas that surround our valley are home to mountain lions (cougars), bears, coyotes and soon to be wolves. Bobbi, my neighbor across the road, has lost 4 feeder calves this summer to lions. The kill sights are bringing in black bears to scavenge. We tried an adopted Anatolian LGD but he killed and ate 2 lambs so he had to go. I just purchased 2- 7 week old puppies. They are a Maremma X Great Pyrenees blend. They are tiny, little fluff balls. Are they going to grow up and take on a 135 pound mountain lion?? Their mom and dad did! Mom got torn pretty bad but the goats they were guarding were unharmed

Our puppies will soon look like these 8 month old siblings.

I love my sheep!

I love my sheep!
My sheep love me :-)))