Labradors and Goats

[SDGsoap&dairy]

Your neighbor should realize anyway, a "silver lab" isn't a weimeraner/lab cross. It's a chocolate lab with a dilution gene. It's not a color recognized by the AKC and there IS controversy about whether the color originated from purebred labs BUT the AKC does register silver pups as long as both parents are registered. Their stance is that they should be registered as "chocolate."

The puppies she bred are lab/weimeraner mixes and nothing more.

 

[Bossroo]

Several years ago, a lab and a mongrel from town started to chase my neighbors sheep. They killed 37 and wounded another dozen before he used his .308 on them . The mongrel was killed , however the lab was only wounded and the sheriff shot it at the edge of town. The neighbor collected 3 x the value of the sheep in court from the dog owners.

 

[Beekissed]

I have lab mix dogs and they are great with my sheep. The younger, age 4, is still hyper...I think it is the Border Collie part of him. He accepted the sheep as part of my stuff and didn't bother with them...until....one evening.

I saw him chasing the sheep I headed for the door and was ready to train him and GOOD. By the time I made it to the door, the sheep were chasing HIM. Then he chased them...waited...touched noses with them all....and then they chased him....

Round and round my garden every evening, the thundering herd go by....the sheep usually initiate the chase. When they tire of it, it stops, they touch noses with the mutt and everyone goes to bed.

The youngest sheep, a 2 mo. old wether, will chase my chickens.

I think you need to be willing and able to train any dog for livestock, labs are no exception. Some come to it naturally, some require little training and some more.

My older Lab is a GP mix...she does not play in the reindeer games...just watches them with a look of disgust on her face. The look says it all~"What self respecting dog plays with sheep?"

 

[Shiloh Acres]

My older Lab is a GP mix...she does not play in the reindeer games...just watches them with a look of disgust on her face. The look says it all~"What self respecting dog plays with sheep?"

Thanks so much for sharing, Bee. Not sure why but I just got a perfect mental image of the dog's expression and it made me laugh so hard.

Enjoyed reading about the younger with the sheep-games too. My pup is nowhere near trustworthy enough to be left with the animals, but various ones (chickens, goats, llamas, geese, guineas --- and once a rabbit) mix at different times in different yards and their interactions can be so funny.

Thanks again!