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[wegotchickens]

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I'm thinking seriously about a Great Pyr. Seems they can solve the coon problem and the coyotes. I'm just concerned about the precious. She has to be in charge. Don't think mixing in a 1/2 grown or full grown, fully trained dog would go well.

Then I'd find a way to keep them apart. Since the Pyr would always be at the barn, and Precious would get to live at the 'house' I think it would work. You really do need an actual working farm dog and not all those pampered lap dogs of yours

 

[sparkles2307]

Our 8lb mini long haired dachshund doesnt come in the house till its -20 out mid-winter. She barks and keeps 90% of critters away, "works" the cattle, and guards the chickens. I want a great pyr but Dh refuses to EVER spend money on a dog again after this one cost him $500....

 

[scbatz33]

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I'm thinking seriously about a Great Pyr. Seems they can solve the coon problem and the coyotes. I'm just concerned about the precious. She has to be in charge. Don't think mixing in a 1/2 grown or full grown, fully trained dog would go well.

Then I'd find a way to keep them apart. Since the Pyr would always be at the barn, and Precious would get to live at the 'house' I think it would work. You really do need an actual working farm dog and not all those pampered lap dogs of yours

Precious likes to come down to the barn to "supervise"

 

[scbatz33]

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Yeah, see precious had a little dog "incident" years ago and has never gotten over it.........plus Mongo would squish it, on accident, but squish none the less.

 

[Southernbelle]

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I recently terminated my toaster's employment for that exact same problem.

When AK Michelle visited recently, at the dinnertable my kids said, "Remember that time the whole house was filled with smoke?"
"Which time? The time when Ella set the dining room table on fire or the time the toaster caught the toast on fire?"
I thought my husband was going to choke. He said, "Yeah, you need to be more specific, Jackie."

Michelle felt right at home.

 

[Beth G.]

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Yeah, see precious had a little dog "incident" years ago and has never gotten over it.........plus Mongo would squish it, on accident, but squish none the less.

Alot of sheep farmers in CT and RI use the Great Pyr. dogs to watch over their flock. I had to do a double take b/c the dog blended so well with the white sheep! I got alittle to close to the fence and realized that sheep don't have growling noises with big teeth...

 

[wegotchickens]

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Precious likes to come down to the barn to "supervise"

Guess you'd have to find a way around that. But I do think it sounds like you need a working dog living at the barn. Maybe since it stays at the barn Precious will understand she's just getting more staff, not being replace?

 

[Beth G.]

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Precious likes to come down to the barn to "supervise"

Guess you'd have to find a way around that. But I do think it sounds like you need a working dog living at the barn. Maybe since it stays at the barn Precious will understand she's just getting more staff, not being replace?

Very cutely put!

 

[scbatz33]

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Precious likes to come down to the barn to "supervise"

Guess you'd have to find a way around that. But I do think it sounds like you need a working dog living at the barn. Maybe since it stays at the barn Precious will understand she's just getting more staff, not being replace?

IDK....the precious isn't one for reasoning.......

 

[sparkles2307]

Our neighbors feel the need to always have 2 dogs, which run around all day unsupervised, and they dont pen the goats up. They lose a LOT of goat kids to the dogs, then end up rehoming whichever dog they feel was the problem that time, and then a few months later they come home with another #2 dog and start the cycle all over. They also delight in buying 2-4 week old calves and putting them straight on pasture and then wonder why the poor things die.