is my LGD puppy big enough to sleep outside yet?

[Phoenixxx]

This is Athena, she is a 13-week-old kuvasz. I got her two weeks ago and have been bringing her in for the nights because the breeder said she was still a bit small to single-handedly tackle coons. Well, she's grown a lot in two weeks and, being the time of year it is with food in relative abundance, I don't think any coons that may come will be overly determined or aggressive... but just in case, do you think she's big enough to sleep outside now? She is in a pen but the coons can get in by climbing up and then down the trees I've used as fence posts Oh, and she hasn't quite graduated "chicken school" just yet so locking her up in the coop isn't an option

 

[GitaBooks]

Adorable dog!


I think she is old enough to sleep outside, though I don't have any LGDs. We do, however, have 6 poodle mixes. They help keep predators away by marking the territory, but they get locked up at night because of the coyotes.

Here are some of our poodle mixes, digging for shrews

 

[Phoenixxx]

I left her outside last night and she's fine

 

[chickengeorgeto]

This is Athena, she is a 13-week-old kuvasz. I got her two weeks ago and have been bringing her in for the nights because the breeder said she was still a bit small to single-handedly tackle coons. Well, she's grown a lot in two weeks and, being the time of year it is with food in relative abundance, I don't think any coons that may come will be overly determined or aggressive... but just in case, do you think she's big enough to sleep outside now? She is in a pen but the coons can get in by climbing up and then down the trees I've used as fence posts Oh, and she hasn't quite graduated "chicken school" just yet so locking her up in the coop isn't an option

If she was a mind too, I think that pooch is big enough to make you sleep outside. If familiarly really does breed contempt, then a slightly negative coon encounter may be exactly what the doctor ordered.

I don't think that there is any danger of a coon eating her.

 

[Phoenixxx]

  If she was a mind too, I think that pooch is big enough to make you sleep outside.  If familiarly really does breed contempt, then a slightly negative coon encounter may be exactly what the doctor ordered.  

I don't think that there is any danger of a coon eating her.

Oh, she is a tough little cookie! But we have a mama hen now and when I went to get Athena for her vet visit, mama got off her nest, turned herself into a turkey and went after Athena like you wouldn't believe! Poor puppy did all she could to back away from being pecked and wing-slapped to death!