IronCauldrenGrardens - Dogs who bark at Goats

[Mini Horses]

And you have small ones....mine are NOT. But what they go thru or under is simply amazing . Then mine also go over. A goat lives for "the other side".

 

[SageHill]

And here I was looking at your pics yesterday and thought - "Oh sooo cute, and they're little, should be easy peasy."
Ummmm yeah - looks like they are living up to being goats!! I've learned that reading the boards here.
Get Over All Things -- GOAT!

PS -- your dogs are trying to keep them IN the pen!! Just sayin' 'cuz you all know I'm the dog person.

 

[Baymule]

I love my SHEEP. Put them anywhere and they are happy. Very seldom have jail breaks!

 

[Iron Cauldron Gardens]

We are now on day 2 of goats not escaping overgrown backyard. Ended up patching hole with bailing wire, cinder blocks and a roll if rusting chicken wire.
They spent last night in the rain expecting to be rescued to the covered pen instead of piling in the dog igloo. With it raining all day they've decided they like said igloo very much.
Dogs are still barking and Mr Po has taken to butting the fence if they start climbing over the tin.
Gave hubby a condensed lesson in hoof trimming yesterday after each was rounded up for the move. But he's not the best on holding them firm so.... I gotta build a stanchion when I get to building the dry area next weekend.
May decide to take home a bunch of pallets from work to act as framing.....
@canesisters you remember my pallet coop? I think I'm doing that again for these guys. Cheap, fast, easy.

 

[Baymule]

Pallets make wonderful building materials. So many possibilities!

 

[fuzzi]

Pallets make wonderful building materials. So many possibilities!

Like your sheep shelter!

 

[Iron Cauldron Gardens]

Day 4 of Mr. Po not escaping the overgrown backyard.
Day 4 of them NOT wanting to sleep in shelter at night. Oh well.
The girls are making a dent on the weeds!!!!!!!
And as a finale for this evening, my headache decided to pull out the bark collars. They have been recharged and the 2 ringleaders have had theirs installed. Akira and Tyson.
SILENCE!!!!!!!!
Collars are set for lowest zap, highest tolerance, longest lead time, etc. So they can bark for a full minute before hearing a beep. No zap for 3 minutes but as soon as they see the collars...... SILENCE.
Kitty doesn't even need one turned on. A dead one suffices for her if needed.
Omg.....
SILENCE.

 

[SageHill]

Day 4 of Mr. Po not escaping the overgrown backyard.
Day 4 of them NOT wanting to sleep in shelter at night. Oh well.
The girls are making a dent on the weeds!!!!!!!
And as a finale for this evening, my headache decided to pull out the bark collars. They have been recharged and the 2 ringleaders have had theirs installed. Akira and Tyson.
SILENCE!!!!!!!!
Collars are set for lowest zap, highest tolerance, longest lead time, etc. So they can bark for a full minute before hearing a beep. No zap for 3 minutes but as soon as they see the collars...... SILENCE.
Kitty doesn't even need one turned on. A dead one suffices for her if needed.
Omg.....
SILENCE.

I had a dog awhile ago (ok long time ago I don't want to admit) who barked in her crate in the van when I was instinct testing a bunch of sport dogs, when she barked to top of her nose would hit the top of the crate (Kennel Aire - wire crate) -- she did it so much she made the top of her nose raw - blood all over the ceiling of my new van <gasp>(it cleaned up great with hydrogen peroxide. I got a bark collar for her. It got so I only had to hang it on the outside of her crate and she'd lay down and be quiet. Sounds like you pack is like that!

 

[Iron Cauldron Gardens]

I had a dog awhile ago (ok long time ago I don't want to admit) who barked in her crate in the van when I was instinct testing a bunch of sport dogs, when she barked to top of her nose would hit the top of the crate (Kennel Aire - wire crate) -- she did it so much she made the top of her nose raw - blood all over the ceiling of my new van <gasp>(it cleaned up great with hydrogen peroxide. I got a bark collar for her. It got so I only had to hang it on the outside of her crate and she'd lay down and be quiet. Sounds like you pack is like that!

Yes, most of the time a single hand signal or command shuts them up but since the goats arrived all bets have been off. I'm working on better control with them now, recall is tons better with stimulus but not shutting up.
Kitty was e-collar trained before I got her, she really can't handle seeing a battery operated collar of any type.
The other 2 bone heads are normally quiet never had a bark collar on until a few months ago but learned real quick.
Sydney.... well we shall see. So far she's as submissive as Kitty.

 

[Baymule]

I’ve never used bark collars, have no experience with them. They certainly have their place and have given you blessed peace.