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Thanks so much to everyone who replied! I believe the situation is resolved as, while I was giving it due consideration, not wanting to make a mistake and wind up failing the dog, someone else has expressed interest in him. This person has a larger property and runs 100 head of sheep and 25...

That is a really good point about trying to go "home" and one I had not considered. My thought was to initially keep him in the small nursery pen for a week or so to acclimate to us - but if he tried to get out of it, he probably could. I forgot to mention - the pet dogs and LGD would be...

I'll try to keep this short. The situation is that a friend is moving and cannot take her 2yo male GP with her. His history: he has lived with her since he left his breeder as a pup. She had a mixed homestead with animals that included chickens, turkeys, guineas, sheep, goats, pigs, pet dogs...

I'm envious - that is the breed I ultimately want to get. Beautiful pups - congratulations!

Oh, I thought you were keeping her!

Do you know which ones? I did a lot of research on this some time back because I was concerned about it, (specifically the worms the chickens might pass to the dogs). The answers I got specifically pertaining to tapeworm and roundworm in chickens is that they are non-zoonotic, so the dogs...

I know you said guardian animals are not a possibility but if it were me, I would be seriously looking at LGD's (actually I AM seriously looking at LGD's). I will sleep much better at night when I have mature, trained LGD's on the job. A month after we got our first lambs, coyotes did get into...

Cute names - will you really remember them all? Thanks for the tip on "Behind the Name". I just went and checked it out and love the possibilities. I am so hopeless at naming things that almost every named animal on our place either came with a name or was named by friends and family. Most...

Yep - dogs love to eat poop. I had a dog once that would even eat her own poop :barnie Honestly, I just don't worry about it. Most parasites are non-zoonotic, meaning they don't transmit from one species to another. So my dog eating my chicken poop is not going to get tapeworm even if the...

We have yet to shear them. We got them as lambs last summer so this year will be the first year we shear. I don't have any plans for the wool but if anyone has any ideas…..

Oh, how cute! My ewe is full Dorset while my ram is half Dorper and half Romanov. The colored spots are from the ram as the ewe is all white.

:hugsI'm so sorry you're having such a hard time. I didn't really understand the problem with the quoted sentence though. Did the same ewe have twins one day and another lamb the next, or was it two different ewes? But healthy and vigorous seem like good things…..

Do you have lagoons in your area? If not, it probably sounds worse than the reality. In some countries, whole cities use the lagoon concept to deal with wastes, and turn them into waterfowl habitats, to be enjoyed by the citizenry. Our lagoon is surrounded by very lush grasses. They are...

luvmypets, you can't really tell from looking at the belly, how advanced the pregnancy is. Can you get a pic of her vulva and a separate pic of her udder? Those are far more telling. I had two ewes have lambs this year who didn't look big at all. But, a few days before delivery, their udder...

Wow - I'm so sorry - it sounds as though you are having a time of it :hugs I hope this advice isn't a little too late but here goes…..when DH and I moved to our homestead, I was given one piece of advice that has stuck with me: "Don't add more than one new thing a year". And, though after the...

Many people now choose to leave the tails undocked. I have my first lambs this year, that are now 2 and 3 weeks old. I haven't docked either of them. The ewe lamb is a hair sheep so I'm less concerned about her. The ram lamb will be butchered later in the year so I decided to leave him...

I'm looking forward to pictures too - glad it worked out and you were able to get him home. Hope he is settling in well….

Thanks for the very thorough post, Southern. Good job documenting every step along the way. How long do you anticipate it taking before she is considered to be fully healed? How long before the bandages come off?

Good point Southern, I forgot the original topic was goats. For the goats I would definitely do SubQ. For the sheep though, their fleece is so thick, its hard to see the skin so I'd be scared to do SubQ and find out I was actually just injecting into the fleece and not under the skin. In...

I just read your last post. :hugs I am so sorry for your loss(es). I've followed this thread from the beginning but having only two goats that have never kidded, I felt unqualified to contribute any advice. I'm so sorry though, that you are having these issues with your kids. I did want to...