look whos new at my house

meet Benton aka Ben. took a little road trip and brought home a new male Maremma lgd to go with my Katie who is in charge of the goats, sheep and chickens around here. she needed a little help so i recruited him. as you can see above, Kate isn't real sure if she is comfortable with him in her goat yard but they have gotten use to each other so all is well for now.

How sweet!
How old is he he looks awfully young.

Very handsome fella you got there.

Sweet!

Very alert! He looks like he's up for the challenge. Go Ben!

So cute!

thanks guys, he's a cutie and very smart. i think he is going to do fine. Southern he is 10 weeks old. i would have liked it if he was a couple of weeks older but what is is. the pic's are of the first night he was here and he was pretty apprehensive about everything. he was raised with sheep and the goats were kinda scary. he was so glad when the sheep showed up to check him out, finally something he knew. and the ducks and the chickens were all around too. a lot for a pup to take in at one time. and the pig and the cow. he still isn't sure about the steer but is ok with everything else. and he has decided kate isn't going to eat him so all is well with his puppy world. there have been several sightings of a black panther around here as well as the normal mountain lions, black bears, red wolves, coyotes, bobcats and other things that want to eat my critters and i just felt it would best if Katie has some help. we'll see how things work out.

He is adorable.

What a cutie! Katie will be glad to have him.

thought i would give youall an update on ben. he's growing like a weed and has found his big dog voice he saw the steer coming out of the woods at dark30 the other night and was convinced it was a booger, did his big dog bark and charging till he figured out who it was then he was kind of embarrassed but i was proud of him anyway.