Poor guy! 
He is a big boy!
He is a big boy!
Buford T. Justice
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SageHill
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Oh Buford - we love ya' buddy. (whispering we need baby Bufords).
Mini Horses
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Ya know, he did a number on the window, too. Windex for 
He's a virgin for goodness sakes. It's all new to him. First experience needs to be a roomy at home! Then he'll get the idea.
Of course he was mad -- left somewhere strange, no mom, no sheep, no Sheba, no armadillos....inside a cage, with only unknown people -- that's a reason to be offended. Poor baby! 
He's a virgin for goodness sakes. It's all new to him. First experience needs to be a roomy at home! Then he'll get the idea.Of course he was mad -- left somewhere strange, no mom, no sheep, no Sheba, no armadillos....inside a cage, with only unknown people -- that's a reason to be offended. Poor baby!
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Baymule
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It’s 12:16 AM. Buford is happily howling with coyotes right now.
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Baymule
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Day 1
@Ridgetop and her husband arrived yesterday afternoon with Ozel. She is such a sweetie. She wanted lots of petting and attention. We sat outside until dusk and she got lots of petting. I put a leash on Buford to introduce them. He slowly approached and sniffed her back end. Ozel was offended at some stranger getting up in her lady parts, snarled and turned to bite him but was restrained by the leash. That was to be expected.
I kept Buford next to me for awhile while we visited, then took him to go play with Sheba. Later we put Ozel in my stock trailer with her blanket, food and water. I put Buford in the holding pen, so they would be together but not together.
I slept until just before 7, they are still asleep. Coffee is ready when they get up.
@Ridgetop and her husband arrived yesterday afternoon with Ozel. She is such a sweetie. She wanted lots of petting and attention. We sat outside until dusk and she got lots of petting. I put a leash on Buford to introduce them. He slowly approached and sniffed her back end. Ozel was offended at some stranger getting up in her lady parts, snarled and turned to bite him but was restrained by the leash. That was to be expected.
I kept Buford next to me for awhile while we visited, then took him to go play with Sheba. Later we put Ozel in my stock trailer with her blanket, food and water. I put Buford in the holding pen, so they would be together but not together.
I slept until just before 7, they are still asleep. Coffee is ready when they get up.
SageHill
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Hopefully Buford won't be an Obi --- Obi would get all ready to go and Lumen would spin, say nuh-uh honey buns and poor Obi would walk away. Obi is way too polite. (which is why we haven't had and Obi babies).
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Baymule
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Day 2
I snapped a leash on Buford and brought him out of the holding pen, @Ridgetop got Ozel out of the Honeymoon Suite. Ridgetop and I had leashes on both dogs and we sat in chairs. Buford sniffed Ozel after a little bit, and turned away. He wanted to go back to work and play with Sheba. Buford growled just a little, I corrected him and told him that was no way to treat a lady. Both of us petted our dogs, talked softly to them and just relaxed awhile. Nothing.
Ridgetop's husband said that when Buford growled, he was looking at him, not Ozel. So for the evening visit, he stayed inside. Ridgetop and I got the dogs and sat with them with one chair between us to give the dogs some rom. Buford sniffed Ozel and turned away. Ridgetop said there are dogs that are not interested until the female is in standing heat. She and Eric have discussed this and decided that in Turkey where they originate, the shepherds must have selected for male dogs that didn't go all crazy at the first smell of a female being in heat. That would be 3 weeks of both dogs not working. That made sense to me because my own Great Pyrenees male laid at the gate where my female was on the other side of the fence, desperate to get to her, but held back by a very effective fence with hot wire. He was worthless for weeks.
Buford just looked at me, clearly saying, "what are we doing here, I wanna go back to my sheep." Ridgetop petted Ozel, and she stretched out in the grass, blissfully relaxed. Ridgetop stroked Ozel, she is an attention hound and loves attention. Buford approached Ozel 5 or 6 times, each time sniffing longer. Ozel raised her head up once, then flopped back down because Mom was petting her. We stayed out with them until it was getting dark and put them up. Ozel had been reluctant to get in the trailer and had to be lifted up in the trailer. This time she just hopped up all on her own so she is getting more comfortable with being here.
We called Eric and gave him a progress report. He was pleased and said they are getting to know one another. With 2 young dogs that neither one has ever been bred, it takes a little bit for them to figure it out. For them to "know" each other and be relaxed when together is a good thing.
I snapped a leash on Buford and brought him out of the holding pen, @Ridgetop got Ozel out of the Honeymoon Suite. Ridgetop and I had leashes on both dogs and we sat in chairs. Buford sniffed Ozel after a little bit, and turned away. He wanted to go back to work and play with Sheba. Buford growled just a little, I corrected him and told him that was no way to treat a lady. Both of us petted our dogs, talked softly to them and just relaxed awhile. Nothing.
Ridgetop's husband said that when Buford growled, he was looking at him, not Ozel. So for the evening visit, he stayed inside. Ridgetop and I got the dogs and sat with them with one chair between us to give the dogs some rom. Buford sniffed Ozel and turned away. Ridgetop said there are dogs that are not interested until the female is in standing heat. She and Eric have discussed this and decided that in Turkey where they originate, the shepherds must have selected for male dogs that didn't go all crazy at the first smell of a female being in heat. That would be 3 weeks of both dogs not working. That made sense to me because my own Great Pyrenees male laid at the gate where my female was on the other side of the fence, desperate to get to her, but held back by a very effective fence with hot wire. He was worthless for weeks.
Buford just looked at me, clearly saying, "what are we doing here, I wanna go back to my sheep." Ridgetop petted Ozel, and she stretched out in the grass, blissfully relaxed. Ridgetop stroked Ozel, she is an attention hound and loves attention. Buford approached Ozel 5 or 6 times, each time sniffing longer. Ozel raised her head up once, then flopped back down because Mom was petting her. We stayed out with them until it was getting dark and put them up. Ozel had been reluctant to get in the trailer and had to be lifted up in the trailer. This time she just hopped up all on her own so she is getting more comfortable with being here.
We called Eric and gave him a progress report. He was pleased and said they are getting to know one another. With 2 young dogs that neither one has ever been bred, it takes a little bit for them to figure it out. For them to "know" each other and be relaxed when together is a good thing.
Good to hear it it's progressing.
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Ah - the selection of dogs that don't go bonkers --- makes TOTAL sense!!! People don't believe me when I say I can have my dogs together except for a few days. Of course it's supervised, but no one is crazy. I've heard so many stories of dogs eating and digging through walls and doors. Yup -- good working dogs know when it's time, others don't.
I do remember before the progesterone testing took over, we'd ship bitches to the stud when they came in season. Thinking out loud -- could that have been so they'd all be comfy when the time was right??
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