I do have a "empathy" story on Skye ... I had to have a old doe put down who was really sufferering when Skye was about eight months old. The vet (who has a...
Thanks for sharing, Judy. I'm glad you remembered! : ) Educating the Vets by being eye witnesses to the magnificent traits our dogs possess can make more...
Peg- I so sorry about the death of the ram. I keep learning new things with this group. Sheep sound like pretty high maintenance critters. Of course, when I...
Sheep can bloat as well. Acidosis is caused by grain lowering the PH of the rumen. An early sign is bad breath, you can smell the rumen gassing. If the PH...
I've been reading along with recent threads and events but have been bogged down in personal stuff with little time/energy to respond, wanted to comment on a...
I have shared this story about Coire before but for those who haven't heard it I'll tell it again. About two or three years ago when we had all of those...
I have a dear friend whose opinion i value a great deal but she is insisting that English Shepherds are like border collies and other herding dog breeds. That...
I currently own 5 English Shepherds and I see absolutely no evidence that they bond with stock. We also raise Great Pyrenees and there are some of those dogs...
May I ask which website are you referring to? Ask her to join this lists. : ) I recently posted to this list Oct. 31st, subject line: Nurturing/Empathetic...
So you dont believe that they bond with their stock at all and that they have no guardian nature? ES are very human oriented definitely. But what would you...
I have 6 ES. Have had them all my life. We've had ES that sleep with calves, that chased stray dogs from our pastures, that slept with baby kittens while...
One of my '06 puppies lives over yonder. From the moment she set foot on their farm, she insisted sleeping with their pigs. I even asked the farmer if he...
What do you call Coire's desire to nurture baby lambs (or was it goats?), steal them from their mother and try to bring them in the house? What would he do if...
We have had many instances of the dogs rushing to put the stock in the barn before going to fight off the coyotes. Would a strictly territorial guardian do...
He was protecting what he viewed as my property. He also has a soft spot for all baby animals, none feral of course. He would still choose me over any stock . ...
That's not what I meant bonding with livestock to me means something totally different from having a guarding nature. From my observation of my dogs I would...
I think that we are defining bonding different. And maybe my friend is too. Bonding to me means just that..forming a close bond. They truely care about the...
I see ES as being somewhere between LGD and say BCs. They have the herding properties of the BCs--although they are different herding properties. They also...
Do your dogs actually fight the coyotes? We woke up last night when the dogs alerted to the coyotes yipping on the pasture. We all rushed barking into the...
This is how I view the terminology: First the ES must bond with their humans. This consists of earning total respect for their owner b/c the owner is the...
When I questioned not only the owner but his DIL about whether or not the pup/dog has good (human) social skills, they both talked about how much their...
Actually, I should've said: "AFAIK........" They bark/howl a lot when the coyotes are "singing", that I do know b/c they've waken me up doing so. OTOH,...
... Heh.. Zach and i are pretty bonded..hes my shadow. I have his complete respect..though it took a long time to earn it..but complete obedience..thats a...
I really loved this lol. Cheryl http://www.summerwindsfoxtrotterfarm.com http://www.homesteadblogger.com/summerwinds/ Over the summer we had an owl that was in...
My experience that only LSD dogs fight the coyotes. Mine even hunt them to their lairs. My Gus has 6 actual confirmed kills. I have the tanned hides of two. ...
... The ESC one. http://www.englishshepherd.org/character.htm Ask her to join this lists. : ) I did..but i dont think she will. She stays really busy. However...
This over enthusiastic livestock bonding thta many ES have mandates that the dog has more human contact and supervision than a strictly LGD specialty dog. ...
Jenn Hughes sold a pair of ES that killed an entire pack of coyotes. My ES killed a coyote in the barn last year. If you didn't have any LGDs your ES might be...
Well, I have no doubt that Ruby and Amber would have worked together 2 nights ago to kill some coyotes. They asked to go outside at 11:30. I let them out and...
We had coyotes out last night too. I had the window open because it was too warm in the house and heard gun shots. I wondered who was out hunting (thought...
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