BlessedWithGoats
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Yikes! Thankful you were able to be there GW, and help untangle them! Give those dogs a big hug from me, they are a Blessing!
LGD's go nuts… almost lost a goat!
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Goat Whisperer
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They really are! 
Baymule
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That must have been scary! Good boy Tiggs! I am glad that he alerted you so you were able to untangle the goats and avert a terrible loss.
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Goat Whisperer
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I'm able to stay pretty calm during emergencies like this. I've found a goat with her whole head encased in blood and still bleeding profusely, broken leg goat, stuck goats, other occasions where they were tangled, and a buck with its eye bulging out due to an injury (that was nasty!)
None were this frightening.
I think it was really because I couldn't move Moses without potentially breaking his neck, that was the scary part. The only other time I've been that scared with a situation like this is when I found Callie bloated…
It's pretty amazing though, it wasn't just Tiggs barking. It was ALL of the LGD's thinking back, all the dogs were facing that same direction. They were serious too, they knew something was wrong!
Love these dogs
BlessedWithGoats
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OneFineAcre
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I hope Moses is ok
Ridgetop
Herd Master
Amazing how LGDs know when something is not right. I remember years ago waking up to really intense barking from our 2 Pyrs and seeing the far hill on fire. They were standing between the fire and the livestock. The fire was far enough away but they knew it was dangerous and were prepared to stay between it and their herd! Another Pyr brought a dead newborn lamb up to the house from the field and laid it tenderly on the porch then barked to bring me to the door obviously hoping I could fix what poor Sandy couldn't.
These dogs are just incredible. Unless you have had firsthand experience with them our true stories would sound like fairytales.
These dogs are just incredible. Unless you have had firsthand experience with them our true stories would sound like fairytales.
babsbag
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One morning I woke up to my male barking like a mad dog and he is usually quiet so I decided I had better go check on him. I found him standing at the water trough licking and pushing and pulling on a newborn goat trying to keep its head above water. Yes, mom had delivered it in the trough. It would have died if not for my dog. He had obviously cleaned its face too.
