Angeliki Manouselis
Overrun with beasties
I brought my trained LGD "Indie" home a month ago, she is almost 2 years old. She is an absolute sweetheart, she is great with the goats, chickens, ducks, plays with my farm dog in the evenings and at some points during the day, who is also her age, she is protective, she barked a lot at night when she first got here, and I was happy with that, I hadn't lost any birds... until this week! I've lost 5 ducks in the past 10 days, so I locked the rest of the ducks up, I don't know what is getting in the pasture but I am guessing it might be a raccoon, possibly a bobcat because I haven't seen any signs of struggle, just completely missing birds... Just for some more background info, I only have 1 acre, but my dads land is next to mine and he has 6 acres, but we have been keeping our fence that divides our property closed so that Indie stays near the goats and birds at night.
I haven't heard her barking much at night, and she won't stay in the pasture where all the animals are, but she knows how to get in and out (I put a bungee cord on the gate so she can go in and out until I figure out how to keep her in there at night, as she is a great digger and very persistent about not being locked up) Indie had a litter of puppies at her previous home, and they were 10 weeks old when I went to pick her up. She is still not spayed but I plan on getting it done very soon. My question is would the possibility of her about to be in heat affect how she is not doing her job? Do dogs get tired and lethargic like we do as women? Lol I just don't know. I just checked on her and she is just laying out in the yard looking like she's asleep, (it's 1am) and my truck is in between her and the pasture, she it's not like she is even paying attention to where the animals are. Does she not have a drive to protect her new stock because she isn't bonded with them yet? I don't know what to do. Should I get guinnea fowl to have an alarm system? Lol. I just bought motion sensor solar lights to put out in the pasture tomorrow too...
I haven't heard her barking much at night, and she won't stay in the pasture where all the animals are, but she knows how to get in and out (I put a bungee cord on the gate so she can go in and out until I figure out how to keep her in there at night, as she is a great digger and very persistent about not being locked up) Indie had a litter of puppies at her previous home, and they were 10 weeks old when I went to pick her up. She is still not spayed but I plan on getting it done very soon. My question is would the possibility of her about to be in heat affect how she is not doing her job? Do dogs get tired and lethargic like we do as women? Lol I just don't know. I just checked on her and she is just laying out in the yard looking like she's asleep, (it's 1am) and my truck is in between her and the pasture, she it's not like she is even paying attention to where the animals are. Does she not have a drive to protect her new stock because she isn't bonded with them yet? I don't know what to do. Should I get guinnea fowl to have an alarm system? Lol. I just bought motion sensor solar lights to put out in the pasture tomorrow too...