[Jacob-list] LGD's

[Gloria Steiger]

However, this was his first lambing and he was under a year old.  He
will become more reliable and savvy as he grows up and will eventually
be fine side by side with the ewe when she lambs.

On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Gloria Steiger <olgasteig at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hagrid was allowed to observe lambing but I did not put him in with

> the baby lambs without supervision for a week or two.  The issues are:

>  you have to protect the DOG from the momma and then her from the dog.

>  The babies tend to be safe because they trigger a protective instinct

> in the dog.  Troubles come if the ewe hurts the dog while defending

> the babies or if the dog decides the babies are his and need to be

> protected from the ewe.  So you have to supervise for a period of

> time.  I did this by sitting with him on a leash next to the ewe and

> lambs each day a few times a day, and then when I could not be out

> there, they were behind a gate right next to him so he could see,

> sniff, and be right next to everyone without any interactions.  He

> barked like a fiend when she started lambing and brought my hubby

> running.

>

> On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 7:27 AM, Linda <patchworkfibers at windstream.net> wrote:

>> I love my Pyr. I have some limited experience with other breeds, but the

>> Pyrs seem to be naturally gentler with their sheep.

>> We have one Pyr at our leased pasture. He is not supposed to be free to

>> wander, but it's hard to keep him in. We have sheep on both sides of the

>> road so he watches both pastures.

>> We have a donkey here at the house.

>>

>> I hope someone will respond to your question on training youngsters.

>> Linda

>> On 9/29/2012 5:34 PM, Karen Askounis wrote:

>>

>> Now on to the next subject. For those of you who use LGD’s do you have a

>> breed preference? Do you use one dog with each group (if sheep are separated

>> into different pastures) or several dogs that are free to wander the entire

>> property? How do you train/condition the youngsters to the sheep before they

>> are turned loose with the sheep?

>>

>>

>>

>> Karen Askounis

>>

>> Three Fates Farm

>>

>> Crete, IL

>>

>> kaskounis at threefatesjacobs.com

>>

>>

>>

>>

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