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Buford T. Justice Baymule’s LGD
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ninnymary
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Bay! I just found this thread and didn't know you had another puppy! I thought he looked just like your other one and having read prior post I see that they all have part of Anatolian in them.
How many more dogs do you plan to have? Why did you get another one? Was it to balance the personalities of the other two?
Mary
How many more dogs do you plan to have? Why did you get another one? Was it to balance the personalities of the other two?
Mary
Carol Dee
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Oh dear! Sis has had 4 GPS all of them very docile and loveable. But Smart to a fault
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baymule
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Today Buford was with the ewes and lambs unsupervised. Well…… not by me, but Sentry and Sheba were with him. Buford kept trying to mingle with the flock, the ewes kept running him off. By the end of the day, he could walk through them and hang out with the lambs.
And Sheba! She tries to be grumpy, chewing on his head and growling, she’s so funny. She has a playmate! They run and play and have a great time.
Buford did great today. It was cold, windy, I got a cold, so I stayed in and took my medicine like a good girl. Bored to death,
Buford sits for his pan of food. He’s so cute.
I went to feed the horse. I heard the puppy screaming for his life and Sentry mauling him. Sentry and Sheba have an agreement. Sentry eats his food, then lays down and waits for Sheba. She sometimes doesn’t eat it all and she walks away. Then Sentry finishes it. Obviously Buford tried to finish Sheba’s food and he learned a tough lesson. He was sitting in a corner, chastised. Sheba was standing next to him, like she was trying to comfort him. Poor little guy. He messes up and gets his head tore off.
No bite marks, just the fear and respect scared into him. He’s learning his place in the pack. It’s like a dog’s set of laws and customs. There is order in the pack
And Sheba! She tries to be grumpy, chewing on his head and growling, she’s so funny. She has a playmate! They run and play and have a great time.
Buford did great today. It was cold, windy, I got a cold, so I stayed in and took my medicine like a good girl. Bored to death,
Buford sits for his pan of food. He’s so cute.
I went to feed the horse. I heard the puppy screaming for his life and Sentry mauling him. Sentry and Sheba have an agreement. Sentry eats his food, then lays down and waits for Sheba. She sometimes doesn’t eat it all and she walks away. Then Sentry finishes it. Obviously Buford tried to finish Sheba’s food and he learned a tough lesson. He was sitting in a corner, chastised. Sheba was standing next to him, like she was trying to comfort him. Poor little guy. He messes up and gets his head tore off.
No bite marks, just the fear and respect scared into him. He’s learning his place in the pack. It’s like a dog’s set of laws and customs. There is order in the pack
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baymule
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There can only be one leader of the pack. It is decided—it’s you!We might get a GPI can be the leader but my husband is a softie
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baymule
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In about a year to 18 months, I’ll get another Anatolian, female. I did have 4 LGDs. Paris was 13 years old, got down in her back and could barely get around. I put her down. Trip was 7, had cancer and I had him put down. Both were Great Pyrenees.
That left Sentry and Sheba. I got Cooper, another ram. Trip was going to be Cooper’s guardian, but Trip was gone. The third morning after I brought Cooper home from Tennessee, there were coyotes howling right behind his pen. I moved him that day to the front yard. Carson, my big black Great Dane/Labrador cross had to step in as guardian. Not a LGD, but he has a deep, loud bark and that’s all I need him to do. Then I gave Cooper 8 ewes, so I have 9 sheep in the front yard. Yeah, I’m nuts.
Poor Carson just didn’t know what he was supposed to do!
So I’m down 2 LGDs. Sheep flocks are constantly in a state of change. I wean lambs, they need a guardian. I separate the ewe lambs from the ram lambs. Sometimes the ram is taken out of the flock, the girls, need a rest, ya know. I have to cover them all with LGDs.
Sentry and Sheba will help train Buford. I’ll get another puppy when Buford is trained. Two males generally don’t get along. They do now because Buford is a puppy. Later I’ll have to separate them.
That’s a long answer, but you asked!
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baymule
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Carson is asleep on his bath towel in the floor right now. When I go to bed, he goes outside. He has his bed on the porch. He is helping out and he likes to bark with the Anatolians.
meadow
Deeply Rooted
That face!!Today Buford was with the ewes and lambs unsupervised. Well…… not by me, but Sentry and Sheba were with him. Buford kept trying to mingle with the flock, the ewes kept running him off. By the end of the day, he could walk through them and hang out with the lambs.
And Sheba! She tries to be grumpy, chewing on his head and growling, she’s so funny. She has a playmate! They run and play and have a great time.
Buford did great today. It was cold, windy, I got a cold, so I stayed in and took my medicine like a good girl. Bored to death,
Buford sits for his pan of food. He’s so cute.
(sigh. I sure do miss the emoties)
ninnymary
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Oh so you do still Carson. So now you have 4 dogs. That's if I followed your story correctly, haha.
Mary
Mary
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baymule
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Yes, 4 dogs, 3 are LGDs.
