Craig MacDonald
Exploring the pasture
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New to this thread and new to goats, with two Boer bottle babies coming in Nov. or Dec.for that will be meat. If all goes well this time around we'll probably get one or two breeding does and raise our own kids in the future. I've got the pen built @ 75'x45', and the shelter will be built next week.
Many have recommended a LGD. I've located two male puppies in Roseburg (we're west of Eugene, OR) that are Pyreneese/Maremma, now eight weeks old. Rehoming fee seems very reasonable @ $350.
Questions: do you agree we should have a LGD, even with an enclosed and wired pen? Is it good to get a puppy that grows up with the goats? Should it be restricted to the pen, or part LGD and part family pet?
Any other words of wisdom?
BTW, we lost a hen to a hawk a few weeks back, so they're no longer let out of their pen w/wire mesh over the top. I'd love to be able to let them out again, but to protect them a LGD would have to be out of the goat pen. Hmmm.
thanks!
Many have recommended a LGD. I've located two male puppies in Roseburg (we're west of Eugene, OR) that are Pyreneese/Maremma, now eight weeks old. Rehoming fee seems very reasonable @ $350.
Questions: do you agree we should have a LGD, even with an enclosed and wired pen? Is it good to get a puppy that grows up with the goats? Should it be restricted to the pen, or part LGD and part family pet?
Any other words of wisdom?
BTW, we lost a hen to a hawk a few weeks back, so they're no longer let out of their pen w/wire mesh over the top. I'd love to be able to let them out again, but to protect them a LGD would have to be out of the goat pen. Hmmm.
thanks!