Roscommon Acres
Exploring the pasture
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Yeah, I think I'd pass on taking in someone else's problem.
But it is good to think about. We have a Great Pyrenees that is doing wonderfully bonding with our cattle. One of our heifers is off visiting a bull and the other is lonely and he spends so much time slobbering up her ears and loving on her. He's only 5 months old and I'd never put him in a situation where he was to be the protector, but the girls obviously trust him. Whenever something startles them, they run to him and stand behind him. At night, they sleep with him in between them. When I take them out to their pasture section, I only have to take him on the lead because they will follow him.
But I'm worried about him escaping. We're working on training him to the electric fence and it is going OK. Where the fence sags, he will stop and stare at it and where it lifts up at the post, he'll slip under. It was designed to keep Dexters in, not dogs! Anyway, right now we're training him to it to make sure he knows those wires hurt and not giving him any opportunity to slip under until we get the additional lines put in.
While you are waiting, you might see if you can find some information on keeping them on your property. I don't like training animals to the fencing because it involves putting them in situations where they'll get shocked and I always jump when they hit it, even though I know in the long run it is in their best interest as well.
But it is good to think about. We have a Great Pyrenees that is doing wonderfully bonding with our cattle. One of our heifers is off visiting a bull and the other is lonely and he spends so much time slobbering up her ears and loving on her. He's only 5 months old and I'd never put him in a situation where he was to be the protector, but the girls obviously trust him. Whenever something startles them, they run to him and stand behind him. At night, they sleep with him in between them. When I take them out to their pasture section, I only have to take him on the lead because they will follow him.
But I'm worried about him escaping. We're working on training him to the electric fence and it is going OK. Where the fence sags, he will stop and stare at it and where it lifts up at the post, he'll slip under. It was designed to keep Dexters in, not dogs! Anyway, right now we're training him to it to make sure he knows those wires hurt and not giving him any opportunity to slip under until we get the additional lines put in.
While you are waiting, you might see if you can find some information on keeping them on your property. I don't like training animals to the fencing because it involves putting them in situations where they'll get shocked and I always jump when they hit it, even though I know in the long run it is in their best interest as well.
