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So... Maybe I need one of each to compare? 
Cowboy - It Doesn't Get Better Than This!
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So... Maybe I need one of each to compare?
Heck yea!
babsbag
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@NH homesteader I think that that is a great idea. I don't know how much land you have but two is seriously better than one and two pups at the same time can be a really good thing. Boy/girl team. 
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We have 5 acres but permission to use the adjoining 35 for goats and someday sheep. My parents don't love the pigs so I wouldn't use it to expand their territory lol.
It'll be a while before we are ready to take it on, particularly because I want to get two instead of just one. But right now I'm limited to where I will put up fencing because I won't put them where I can't see them until there's a dog out there. The coyotes avoid the yard but I hear them nearby all the time.
It'll be a while before we are ready to take it on, particularly because I want to get two instead of just one. But right now I'm limited to where I will put up fencing because I won't put them where I can't see them until there's a dog out there. The coyotes avoid the yard but I hear them nearby all the time.
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I busted out laughing at Cowboy! He is so funny, I know he is a joy in your life.
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He is truly a clown, lol. But, he learned a hard lesson today! Do NOT try to steal the goat food when the horses are trying to steal the goat food. Pow!
He's tough though.. he shook it off and gave the horses one of those "if looks could kill" kinda looks!
He's tough though.. he shook it off and gave the horses one of those "if looks could kill" kinda looks!
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Cowboy has done it again. He has just floored me with his devotion and dedication to "HIS" old doe. I have a bench sitting at an angle in a corner of the barn. Some of the goats, the small ones, the old ones, or the ones who just don't want to be social tend to use that corner to keep away from some of the other critters. Today Cowboy's old doe (might as well call her HIS doe - because she is, lol) was back in the corner. It was HOT today and she was laying in the shade while the other goats were out in the pasture. Cowboy was up in the yard last night and most of the day today because yesterday when I got home from work he was OUT. He was hanging out at the gate - hadn't gone anywhere but still, he was OUT. GRRRRR! So, he spent the night in the back yard with Gracie. He loves Gracie but he would rather have been with his goats. I digress...
So, after I added two feet of wire to the top of the gate...ugh...I put him back in the pasture and he went to check on his doe. I take the occasional opportunity to give her some extra feed when I catch her alone so that she doesn't have any competition. I slipped her a bowl of feed in the corner, behind the bench. Should have worked out well, but I forgot the horses were up. A couple minutes later I hear the most vicious sounds coming from Cowboy. I am running out there as fast as my injured foot will let me and I see Cowboy standing on top of the bench...hackles raised and snarling to beat the band at the horses who are trying to steal HIS goat's food. You've gotta understand that this dog will let the chickens steal his feed right out of his bowl while he's eating...he even shares the goat feed at feeding time with NO aggression whatsoever.
He is not keen on the horses at all and usually gives them a wide berth but not this time - he was standing up to them - keeping himself between them and his goat. And, stand his ground he did! I've never seen the horses back down, not even to Maddie who doesn't share her food with anyone, but they did today! I'm so proud of him I could just spit, lol!
I think he's a keeper!
So, after I added two feet of wire to the top of the gate...ugh...I put him back in the pasture and he went to check on his doe. I take the occasional opportunity to give her some extra feed when I catch her alone so that she doesn't have any competition. I slipped her a bowl of feed in the corner, behind the bench. Should have worked out well, but I forgot the horses were up. A couple minutes later I hear the most vicious sounds coming from Cowboy. I am running out there as fast as my injured foot will let me and I see Cowboy standing on top of the bench...hackles raised and snarling to beat the band at the horses who are trying to steal HIS goat's food. You've gotta understand that this dog will let the chickens steal his feed right out of his bowl while he's eating...he even shares the goat feed at feeding time with NO aggression whatsoever.
He is not keen on the horses at all and usually gives them a wide berth but not this time - he was standing up to them - keeping himself between them and his goat. And, stand his ground he did! I've never seen the horses back down, not even to Maddie who doesn't share her food with anyone, but they did today! I'm so proud of him I could just spit, lol!
I think he's a keeper!
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Don't you just love it!
Callie has always been this way with her "Moses".
Moses is our Kiko buck and he loves Callie as much as she loves him. He stands over her and watches out for her in the day when she is sleeping.
Callie has always been this way with her "Moses".
Moses is our Kiko buck and he loves Callie as much as she loves him. He stands over her and watches out for her in the day when she is sleeping.
babsbag
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Don't you love it when it just works?
Baymule
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What a fantastic day for Cowboy and you. I know you are so proud of him and with good reason. I love it! I am a Cowboy fan and I don't mean football! 
