dogs goats and sheep

[Timmy]

How do you keep your goats & sheep out of your livestock guardian dogs food? My Barbados sheep love the stuff for some reason and My dogs don't like to share.

 

[Texas4T]

Hi! I usually feed my guardian dogs in the morning right after I feed my goats, while the goats are still eating in the feeders. My dogs have learned to eat fast and protect their bowls, and I feed the goats inside the barn and the dogs just outside.

My good friend has a corner in her paddock set up with a pipe gate to block it off. Her dog food dispenser (she free-feeds) is in the part farthest from the gate, kind of at the tip of the triangle. The dogs can squeeze through the pipes and eat, but the horses/goats/sheep/donkeys can't.

Hope this helps!

 

[Timmy]

They are on pasture so feeding at the same time won't work. I thought about making a place for the dogs that the goats and sheep can't go, but every where a 140 pound akbash fits so does a 80 pound sheep. And anything the dogs can climb over so can a goat.

 

[Timmy]

I had them on free feed until the sheep started eating the dog food.

 

[Texas4T]

Just let the dogs defend their food. That will be your best option. Ofcourse, you will have to feed once a day.