big brown horse
Hoof In Mouth
Today is such a good day because I finally let my chickens out in the morning with my LGD together at the same time! Everything worked out without a hitch! Normally the chickens and ducks stay in their run until about 3:00. My dog keeps the yard secure until then and then comes in for a nap. The chickens get to get out from 3:00 until dusk, then we do the switch again.
I just didn't trust her not to harm them without a fence between them...until today!
She said, "I tried to tell you mom!!" in the look she gave me this morning when she camly lingered amongst the birds.
This dog has had a loooooong way to go since the day I picked her up from the St. Bernard rescue folks in TX. She was a 10 month old pup that was skin and bones. She was dumped off at a "high-kill shelter" near the gulf coast.
It took her about 1 year to finally bond with us but in the mean time she ran away, drug us down and across the yard, chewed up everything even the deck, got kicked out of 3 different dog parks b/c she was aggressive...the list goes on and on. We almost had to return her after 11 months of giving her our all. (If you knew us, you would know we NEVER give up either!!) Then one day something in her switched, like night and day.
She has found her calling in life when we moved up here onto 5 acres. She let us know that she is loveable, but not a pet...she is a yard protector and that is that. A no frills, (now proven) genuine LGD!!!! I couldn't be happier!!!
Photos are next! ETA photo:
(Her name is Kate as in Kate Moss b/c she was a tall bag of bones when we got her.)
I just didn't trust her not to harm them without a fence between them...until today!
She said, "I tried to tell you mom!!" in the look she gave me this morning when she camly lingered amongst the birds.
This dog has had a loooooong way to go since the day I picked her up from the St. Bernard rescue folks in TX. She was a 10 month old pup that was skin and bones. She was dumped off at a "high-kill shelter" near the gulf coast.
It took her about 1 year to finally bond with us but in the mean time she ran away, drug us down and across the yard, chewed up everything even the deck, got kicked out of 3 different dog parks b/c she was aggressive...the list goes on and on. We almost had to return her after 11 months of giving her our all. (If you knew us, you would know we NEVER give up either!!) Then one day something in her switched, like night and day.
She has found her calling in life when we moved up here onto 5 acres. She let us know that she is loveable, but not a pet...she is a yard protector and that is that. A no frills, (now proven) genuine LGD!!!! I couldn't be happier!!!
Photos are next! ETA photo:
I'm looking forward to seeing pics of Kate at work... 
