We can let no more than two of the more active dogs out at a time now. The fence fighting this evening resulting in three of our dogs jumping fence and nearly killing the neighbor's pit bull or bully pit. It is a pit bull according to owners when defending yard and a bully pit when causing...
I think the coyotes here are pushing out some of last years pups and having territorial squabbles too. Some coming into heat I am certain of too. The fencing combined with my dogs may be making so preexisting territorial boundaries have been disrupted. In the past the coyotes could move through...
We are having major coyote issues. Peanut and Flo are in heat at same time so they are out of the game. Honey and Booger are the only two out at night. Coyotes are doing a lot of barking and howling on south side of fence. it sounds like they are fighting among themselves.
Those are the type of pens we are switching broodfowl to although they will be raised on ground with a bottom or material that is yet to be determined. They will be organized in a neat row where each pen has at least one blue barrel mounted to a side. Bottoms will be such dogs can get under to...
We have gone through an exceptional length of time without predator issues that started with completion of perimeter fence. We see arial predators although only Red-shouldered Hawks spend any time here. They do spend lots of time and usually interferent to the chickens. I assume a Coopers Hawk...
Peanut is has made a behavioral shift. She is now sleeping with herd rather that staying up around poultry area. Even Honey is moving about with herd more. During day all is good because free-range flock and herd seldom more than 100 yards apart and they loaf together.
An American Dominque cock decided to fight with a game stag this morning. Honey and Peanut decided no fighting, so Honey kept holding the cock down with her mouth while Peanut picked up stag and carried to other side of yard where she dispatched him. The rest of free-range chickens just looked...
I'm confident Booger is not pure English Shepherd. I saw the dam and putative sire and Booger exhibits traits that are not typical of either parent in terms of coloration and type. I want a male that is larger and closer to what I expect in an English Shepherd. Booger will go only to a good home...
I had major problem with photographs and not just with uploading. He has no health issues. He is simply a barrel-chested and round muzzled dog. Ears also not typical for what I see with English Shepherds which are variable anyway.
It is time to rehome Booger. It is not that is he is a bad dog at all. He is proving great and very trustworthy with livestock and chickens. When we got Booger, the seller said we could bring him back any time for a full return on his selling price if we were not satisfied. That was odd. Based...
We had a major assault with no battery owing to fence. A pair of neighbor's dogs to NE were barking at something in our general direction, I presume sheep and goats. First Peanut and Flo ran over to challenge and when they started barking then all of my dogs ran over. Our six wanted to fight...