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He is acting like he's being affectionate when he bites our feet, which is what confuses me.

The people I got him from said he was good with goats, and he is. But he seems bored and starts screaming as soon as he hears anyone open a door or window in the house. I'm hoping that's just bc he's new and isn't used to us here, and it will get better. Or not, it doesn't bother me, but my...

Our LGD is actually the only dog my husband has actually ever liked! LOL. So at least we have that going. I'll get another eventually... I've been making my boys go out and play with him daily. It's hard on school days. The amount of homework they give these days is unbelievable.

There's a big difference between letting the dog be part of your pack/family and babying them. By that, I meant she talked baby talk, let him jump on her, and basically treated him like a human toddler. Not good. He won't play with me. He won't even leave the pasture to come into the yard to...

He is definitely going through some sort of stage. I have a very dominant personality with dogs, and they tend to listen to me even if they don't know me. He's been weird lately, not as submissive as usual, though definitely not acting dominant. I do have a shock collar from when we had a...

We have a Pyrenees Karakachan mix. I think he will be 2 in January, so 22 months old. I've seen him try to play with the young goats before, but he never got too rough while I was watching. We got him in June from a women that kept him with poultry, sheep and goats. He's fine with our poultry...

Yes that does sound possible. I'll look into that. Thanks!

Cat and rabbits (6 weeks old) were at her house, but the goats were housed at the big barn/pasture half a mile away. And the goats were rotated weekly in a portable electric pen, 3 rolls of fencing, so not a small area either for 2 adult goats and about 10 weaning age kids. I actually suspect...

This isn't exactly happening to me, but since we traded babies for a month, it does affect me. I traded goat kids with a friend to wean them when they were old enough. They suddenly started going downhill, one died, and I brought them all home. The other three have died since then--within 2...

He ate everything I gave him last night and this morning. I fed him twice this evening b/c I found out that he won't eat while I'm watching him and he let the goats have his dinner. I was back in the house and looked out and saw that as soon as I went in, he went back to his bowl, so I went back...

Here's my husband's St Francis picture. lol

He's not snarling! That's what he does when he gets excited! He wags his tail like crazy, does a little dance and has that big scary grin the whole time! I have a good friend here who has a purebred Karakachan about the same age, and he does the same thing, so I was thankfully used to the...