WhiteMountainsRanch Kidding/Journal Thread; Summer Update

[Four Winds Ranch]

Love your new pup!!!
Am excitedly awaiting lambie pics!!!!!

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Here are the pics of the lambies! Our first baby sheep ever. There was two chocolate twins, one boy and one girl. Mama was hiding them in the rocks during the day for the first week or so, so I had to get night pics. Need to get more pics now that they are older and out more. They look like goats and hop around like bunnies.

 

[autumnprairie]

Adorable

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Picked up our new baby girl LGD on Sunday, she's a purebred Anatolian and I asked the breeder TONS of info on her, I think she just omitted a few small details. I was a little disappointed at the pups condition, she was awfully small with a rough coat and extremely skinny and pretty scared and nervous. She was 8 weeks old. Weighed her and she was only 9.5 pounds! I've seen Anatolians on the internet that are 20 pounds at 8 weeks old. Quite a big difference. Apparently the breeder was having health issues and couldn't tend to the pups as she wanted to. They got weaned way to early, and had a very heavy worm load. I dewormed her when we got her home and have been pumping the good food into her. She is doing better now and is happy and playful and is already up to almost 14 pounds. I hope she doesn't have any size issues because of it! I brought Diego home at 12 weeks and he was already 35 pounds!

She is altogether QUITE different than him. He is sorta slow and gangly and laid back and calm, whereas she is very active with lots of energy and VERY agile- always running around and investigating stuff, very energetic. I'm keeping her in the baby barn at night with the baby goats, separated by a gate. During the day I put the baby goats into the baby goat yard and was leaving her around the barn with my big dog Dakota. She didn't like being away from the baby goats though so now every day she "gets in" to the baby goat yard. She is so small she can squeeze under the fence and in between the gates! I was worried about her at first, but after watching her interact with them, she loves them and likes to lay in the shade with them and they don't mind her at all, and it's just the baby goats so I'm not worried. Now she goes in that pen with them every day during the day.

Cute!

Diego didn't like her at first, he kept trying to bite her- like he didn't know what she was. But I had them separated behind a gate and after about 15 minutes of me sitting there with them he started to realize she wasn't a danger to his territory and then he loved her after that. Now he hovers over her and tries to play with her very gently because he is so much bigger than she is.

She's not scared- they are playing.

Playing some more.

She loves the baby goats.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Oh and we're still not fully decided on a name but for right now we are calling her "Toli". I know original, huh!

 

[meme]

She's a cutie! She should be healthy in no time with plenty of good care. That's why it is SO important to find responsible breeders. It may be tempting to go with a byb, but there are often consequences.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

She's a cutie! She should be healthy in no time with plenty of good care. That's why it is SO important to find responsible breeders. It may be tempting to go with a byb, but there are often consequences.

I totally agree. I talked to the lady for WEEKS before I bought her, thought I was asking all the right questions, she seemed like she was a responsible breeder... I think she either didn't know or just omitted some of the facts until I actually drove up there to pick her up. But no worries now, we have her!

 

[Southern by choice]

Very good you are giving the goats milk.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Well my little girl is doing really good and gaining weight well, but now she is starting to itch! I gave her another bath with the medicated shampoo, but it made no difference at all. She is really itchy around her neck and shoulder area. I didn't see a single flea on her. I am going to get some omega's in a pump bottle and see if that helps. Not sure what else it could be unless she is allergic to something in the food!

 

[BHOBCFarms]

I sure hope it isn't food allergies! That can be a real pain to figure out. My brother has a dog that for years couldn't tolerate any meat protien in his diet except pork, plus no wheat. he would get hives and skin would get dark pink. Check your dog for pea sized or smaller raised bumps, and also itchy swollen feet can be a sign, too.