Boone’s life isn’t too complicated. He spends the day with me …well actually he spends every minute with me unless he is choosing to play LGD in the back yard to the chickens, rabbits and Mister the horse. He’s also been quite effective in telling us if ranch dogs have snuck out in the middle of...
Sounds like you are doing awesome! It gets frustrating sometimes as learning isn’t linear but a well trained dog is a joy to partner with! Much respect! I believe a hound would be much tougher to train than an LGD breed! 😂
Livestock Guardian Breeds (this thread should have been titled BS my ASDSD/LGD)are, by necessity, independent thinkers that do not rely on humans to do their jobs. In general they possess neither food nor toy drive, and spend more time than most in a high spot napping, saving energy and...
Thread title is short for Boone Snyder, my Anatolian Shepherd Dog Service Dog.
He joined the family last Jan at 3 months old with the intent of protecting my chickens, ducks, rabbits and the sheep I was planning to acquire, but finances being what they are, and my newest habit of falling over...
So, my cheap little Amazon greenhouse is holding up really well through high winds and yukky weather. Using 3 cattle panels wired to tposts for the frame made it fairly stout and its against my garden fence on 2 sides so that helps protect the cover. The only resident is my big rosemary plant...
My significant other finally, after a lot of begging, bought the metal sheeting to repair the roof of my shed, that was used for lambing, containing bottle babies of various species, a hospital area for various species, storage for my stuff, a place to keep my feed and meds dry, etc. We got the...
One of Cody’s (my son) clients, Joe Rogan. He bow hunts for elk about every year here
Most people have no idea these beasts exist down in S California, over the Grapevine