FergusonK's journal - Goodbye Java Jewel.

Aww! Congratulations!!

Got home from work. The drive was surprisingly easy. Pups were quiet and polite on the drive home. Took them straight to the goats. They REEK of buck... LOL they came out of the buck pasture. The goats had a "ohmygods what are those?!" moment and ran circles. The pups sighed, sniffed the entire paddock, peed and pooped, checked on us, and trotted behind the goats in a "why can't I love you?!" Mode. Realized the goats weren't having them and went to find a spot to lay down. We walked away and sat out of sight. After a few minutes the goats and pups finally checked each other out. Prudence butted Puff on the face, she snorted and walked away. Good girl! Pup wanted desperately to be against the goats. She followed them around as they stayed away for several minutes before finding herself content with laying just a few feet away.

Eventually Lilly made her way over (we fed the pups) and sniffed the bucket. Puff gave her a body shove but showed no aggression. Simply told Lilly that this was her food and she wasn't getting any. We did a perimeter check. Found two not so puppy proof spots he's going to fix in the morning.

At the moment they're alone together. Before we go to bed we are going to lock the pups up so they don't escape checking out the pen.

I'm really excited to finally have dogs out there that are more content with the pasture and goats. Dogs that don't stand at the door and beg to come in when they get hot or cold like our house dogs do.

The breeder starts their dogs with mature adults and slowly weans them away by a year old. These girls are still in training, but, they've had a heck of a good start. They know to sit before they get fed. They know come, and as they mature that may fade as they become independent.

Dad was HUGE. Looked like a small horse. Well over 140lbs. He's Pyr and Toli I think. Mom is a purebred Akbash, and a VERY goat bred dog. I know her "lines". A goat friend of mine has four generations of it.

All they need is a rabies and to be fixed, but they're not old enough for either yet. They were born almost on my birthday so it will be easy to keep up with. They came with a puppy package, enough food to transfer them to what we feed, and vetting records.

The odd thing is these were the only two puppies in the litter that didn't have a double dew claw. These girls have a single. Mom I think had single... I don't remember. Genetics!

I think Puff will be Maddy and Pup will be Connie.

Exciting

Sounds wonderful! So glad you found a pair!
On the rabies- LGD's can have rabies at 12 weeks. and they should, they are at very high risk because they are LGD's - outside and exposure...

lots of pics are going to be required

Southern, "Maddy' sounded the alarm this morning. Titan was to close to her goats. Connie pushed the goats back. Titan came over and introduced himself. The pups didn't seem to like that very much until the goats said it was OK.

Guess they'll teach each other.

These pups spent the night in a thunderstorms and lightning storms. Woke up to them in the goat pen again. Guess the divider didn't work.

AND THEY WERE DRY!

Goats seemed much more comfortable with their guardians this morning.

How old are they?
I am so happy for you!

They were born October 15th. Almost five months.


They're getting along fine now.






You can also see how FAT the goats are getting. Those babies are getting big!

The short haired one will be Maddie. The long haired one is Connie. I am her human. She has already claimed me... If I'm in the pasture she's sitting at my feet or near me. These pups are SMART. And they're eating tons. A feed scoop is what it took to fill then up this evening. Yesterday and this morning they only had half a scoop and were happy.

Aww!