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LOL, yea, I know what he looks like! He is out in the kennel. He is just as quiet as can be until he sees somebody. Then he bawls his fool head off. i put one of my little nannies with him, so he wouldnt be alone. Everyone has been over to meet him, and the dog is laying outside the kennel door...

we had the zebera and it wasnt good for us all. We have a rather large pasture though.

I am outside fayetteville.

I personally found with sweet feed it made them like 3 year olds- if they thought the candy was coming, they would not eat anything else. I switched to a goat chow/all stock feed mixture. No sweet feed for anybody on our farm.

Yup. This is us. I could not have said it better myself. Something amazing I saw last saturday. The man came in the driveway to get the goats we were culling, the goats were at the pond, the dog was WAYYYY over in the field. He saw the unfamiliar truck come in, started barking up a storm. The...

I was once in a pickle with newborn twins, nothing open but the dollar store. I bought 2 quick bottles from there. The goats are long gone, I still have a bottle. They all work to a certain degree.

Oh Dianne, I am so glad to see this! My Boss has been maturing nicely too. We actually got rid of what I believe was the "problem" goat- she just egged him on all the time. She would fight him for his food, harass him, generally was a not nice goat. So, I re-homed her. I found Boss yesterday...

OOOHHH, He needs to come home to Mama! I fixed his yard up for him last week, culled the herd, kept him 6 pretty little girls to work with. Any pictures lately?

Oh My! I stopped wearing jewlry to the barn a while ago, mostly cause I get it caught in the chicken wire. Dang- did you TELL your husband?

You really need to do some research before you plant things. There are plants and grasses that are poisonioius to goats. Some only poisinous at different times of the growing year. Do be careful before you do a bunch of planting. Google plants poisinous to goats. Right of the top of my head I...

Might take a sample to the vet just to be sure, but yea, I would worm them.

My first thought would be the baby isn't going to like that taste and go off the milk. I am confused- does the baby nurse on demand or are you confining them apart?

I'm gonna jump in on the worming thing. Many years ago I took a certification class for raising goats by the Ag Dept. They taught us to LOOK at the goat. Pull the bottom eyelid down, check the gums, tounge. (sp?). Basically, all these things should be pink. If they are white, you quite possibly...

MY incredibly intelligent, perfectly behaved and reasonable GP just chased a group of army helicopters across his field. Do those fool soldier not KNOW the airspace above that field belongs to Boss??????? Yea, gotta love the LGD.

I simply think it is temperment. The GP book I bought before I got the dog says that poultry and the GP is a hit and miss. Some are ok, some are not. I find that in all the dog breeds. My GP is fine with the poultry, and they come in his kennel and literally walk all over him. My boy was barn...

YEAH!!!

What he said. You have to know what you want to do with them in the future. I sell a few here and there, but we keep the herd for brush removal and upkeep on the farm- without them it gets too overgrown too fast. I dont show or sell to the highest bidder, so papers and percentage mean not so...

I was very hesitant about the LGDs too, and when the hubby wanted one years ago I would not allow it becuase we have kids. Now I have a GP who was a year old in January, and I LOVE him. Not aggresive at all. But he does let you know when someone is around. I did put him in the kennel the other...

Last time my GP got a goat, hubby threatened to shoot him. Then I had to explain to my husband if he shot my dog, i would have to shoot him. It is frustrating, but I am with you. I will do what I need to do, but that dog is staying here. When he matures, he will be wonderful. And by the way...

There are a number of breeds- do a search for livestock guardian dogs. I have a Great Pyrness, but there are many.