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http://m.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29514920 I found this floating around on FB and thought I'd share :-)

Looks like we are going to have to clear the land ourselves.... Thanks for all the advice :-)

This was very helpful, thank you for sharing your LGD and Farm Dog schedules. Your comment have me a much better idea of what the day to day role of a LGD should look like. *Total noob*

It makes sense that goats would be smart enough to not eat the stuff that's bad for them. I'm still concerned that maybe we'd get a stupid goat and then feel bad forever because it ate the English ivy and died. :-/ I REALLY don't want to clear all this land with machines.

Poor guy!

Unfortunately the majority of the back acre is covered in English ivy/poison ivy all mixed up together

We have been looking at the possibility of a Bernese Mountain Dig for an LGD. Is there any possibility that this animal would be a good family pet as well or do we need to separate working pets from family pets?

Oh no! The fact that goats can't handle the English ivy as well as the poison ivy means we have to manually or mechanically clear the property :-(

We don't have the funds for a full fence for the section of yard we need a goat to hang out in so Hubs was thinking we could get a goat and put it out on a lead with a collar on the goat and a collar on a tree or something. Is this a fesable plan?

What to do with two acres?

We just bought two acres last fall and the entirety of the back acre is covered in woods and poison ivy as well as disgusting amounts of english ivy that the previous owners let run rampant. We are looking at getting a couple of goats and our youngest daughter has been asking for a donkey since...

is there a list of Herd Guardian Dogs that are also good family dogs?

We just bought two acres last fall and the entirety of the back acre is covered in woods and poison ivy as well as disgusting amounts of english ivy that the previous owners let run rampant. We are looking at getting a couple of goats and our budget is pretty tight. I'm looking for some advice...

Hey! We just bought two acres last fall so it's not much of a farm and certainly doesn't qualify yet in either food production or animal inhabitants but we're working on it!

We are looking at getting a couple of goats and my question is, which is better as a herd guardian, donkeys, mini donkeys, or llamas?