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Pearce- today is Saturday... my DD#2 wanted you to know! 
Pearce Pastures: Where did I go?
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Pearce Pastures
Barn Babe
LOL, thanks!! I do need a reminder. Weird to have a three day weekend. Another GP, hmmmm.....might have to do some talking to my DH. Charlie is eleven weeks old now. Oh, I like your Badger picture. Feel free to put pics up here.
And SHK, "Saints" is kind of ironic name, no?
And SHK, "Saints" is kind of ironic name, no?
Straw Hat Kikos
The Kiko Cowboy
Don't be messing with my Saints...
Naa get an Anatolian. For real. And from a good breeder with good dogs. You will not be disappointed.
Naa get an Anatolian. For real. And from a good breeder with good dogs. You will not be disappointed.
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Pearce Pastures
Barn Babe
How do Anatolian do with kids? For some reason , I feel like someone mentioned they might not be as good about them playing with the goats as a GP.Straw Hat Kikos said:
Southern by choice
Herd Master
Callie is awesome with all of us here! You will love an anatolian! Very important to know what to look for though as some toli's can be a bit much! Best 9 week old LGD pup I ever saw was an Anatolian... Callie's brother. Unbelievable at 9 weeks. I wish I'd a had him on video. I really wanted him but I had 2male pyrs and a F pyr. The males in Callie's line are male aggressive.. no two males are together!
and yes I know you were asking Straw
but at least I am unbiased! Cuz you know how much I love my pyrs!
and yes I know you were asking Straw
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Pearce Pastures
Barn Babe
I will think on it. I'd like to have another (kind of feeling partial to the GP right now still ). I know it wouldn't be until at least summer though and after we reinforce the fencing in the back acre with hotwire so we can keep goats back there full time. Also, if we decide to start our meat herd up, I would want two of them to keep in that pasture as well so I may even end up with another 3 
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). I know it wouldn't be until at least summer though and after we reinforce the fencing in the back acre with hotwire so we can keep goats back there full time. Also, if we decide to start our meat herd up, I would want two of them to keep in that pasture as well so I may even end up with another 3 .
Straw Hat Kikos
The Kiko Cowboy
Depends on the dog but Anatolians are known to bond strongly with their family so as long as the kids are around the dog it should love all of you. I know Callie loves everyone here and she's actually alot like D in that she likes most people where Badger and Amy really do not like other people. Like really, really do not like other people. So I think it depends on the dog.
Anatolians mature very quickly too. Callie matured much faster than the Pyrs here. When I got Cal here to the house, at nine weeks, she was going duty outside and she saw something move in the dark (was the Pyr's actually) and at just nine weeks she was growling and barking at them. Now she had just been brought to a new house and she was barking and growling at something in the dark. Not long after she was put out and living out there she was of course too young to actually do anything but she was a "big dog" in that she was barking, alerting, and would do everything that a fully mature dog would do. She was doing these at a very young age. Not to put down the Pyr's as I love them but Badger started really being a big boy at seven months old; D about a month later; and Amy has been doing it for quite awhile though. She was "trained" by Badger in that she was always with him and picked up on alot of his traits I think.
Also Anatolians are a Turkish breed, which I'm partial to. And they are rare and not everyone has them, they are not overbred, and when you are a part of the "Anatolian Club" you're on top of the world. Just as any Anatolian owner. They are the best LGD! haha
Anatolians mature very quickly too. Callie matured much faster than the Pyrs here. When I got Cal here to the house, at nine weeks, she was going duty outside and she saw something move in the dark (was the Pyr's actually) and at just nine weeks she was growling and barking at them. Now she had just been brought to a new house and she was barking and growling at something in the dark. Not long after she was put out and living out there she was of course too young to actually do anything but she was a "big dog" in that she was barking, alerting, and would do everything that a fully mature dog would do. She was doing these at a very young age. Not to put down the Pyr's as I love them but Badger started really being a big boy at seven months old; D about a month later; and Amy has been doing it for quite awhile though. She was "trained" by Badger in that she was always with him and picked up on alot of his traits I think.
Also Anatolians are a Turkish breed, which I'm partial to.
And they are rare and not everyone has them, they are not overbred, and when you are a part of the "Anatolian Club" you're on top of the world. Just as any Anatolian owner. They are the best LGD! haha
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I love my pyrs but I will say Female pyrs are tough... really tough. Male pyrs are much easier in general. F pyrs are very alpha and are usually much more aggressive. We say Amy is psycho dog. With the Anatolians I prefer Female as the males are typically much more intense and hard. The females tend to be more balanced. Often people will put their females in with the does...because they are fierce. When I picked Amy I purposely did not get the alpha female and yet at 6 weeks she went head to head with Callie, Callie was 9 wks.. For some reason people are intimidated by the Toli, I'm not sure why. I had a lot more experience with the Toli and originally wanted them for my LGD's but I was not able to find any for under $1200. That is why I got the pyrs. i am very happy about how it worked out.I still think Callie and D would have awesome pups... and I am not a fan of mixing breeds but with LGD's there never seems to be a problem.
ETA- just read straws post... callie was much more demonstrative but straw doesn't know how to read behavior... each pyr displayed different traits. Observing and patrolling and watchful. Straw equates barking and growling to be the basic criteria which is not the sole criteria. D is still not a huge barker, he is a bit more sneaky and quiet. Callie is still learning the discernment the pyrs have when it comes to the barking. That is good because it was starting to cause some problems...it was real bad when she was in heat. I do agree that in some areas they mature faster but their individual traits have more to do with it than anything.
and we all know when straw is passionate about something then that is it... there is nothing else. He's young- gotta cut him some slack!
ETA- just read straws post... callie was much more demonstrative but straw doesn't know how to read behavior... each pyr displayed different traits. Observing and patrolling and watchful. Straw equates barking and growling to be the basic criteria which is not the sole criteria. D is still not a huge barker, he is a bit more sneaky and quiet. Callie is still learning the discernment the pyrs have when it comes to the barking. That is good because it was starting to cause some problems...it was real bad when she was in heat. I do agree that in some areas they mature faster but their individual traits have more to do with it than anything.
and we all know when straw is passionate about something then that is it... there is nothing else. He's young- gotta cut him some slack!
Well how would Straw get Callie to have eyes for another male...I thought she and D were sweet on each other? We had a pair like that growing up. Fawn had NO interest in any other dog other than our Zorro...even though she WAS fixed...those two were bonded. Zorro even fought a neighbor's dog to protect HIS girl!
Besides...you'd probably have every mixed puppy spoken for by a BYH member!
@ Pearce...lucky you! Possibly 3 more! WOW! Talk about fuzzy LOVE!!!!
Besides...you'd probably have every mixed puppy spoken for by a BYH member!
@ Pearce...lucky you! Possibly 3 more! WOW! Talk about fuzzy LOVE!!!!
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Pearce Pastures
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Oh boy I can NOT wait for some chevon to hit the freezer. That goat is infuriating right now. We are in the midst of breeding right now, in the doe's house right now, the two does are in the kidding pens with their buck friends, and DinDin is in the loafing area along with Charlie. Poor Charlie did have one of the kidding pens available to him for a cozy napping area and a place to eat and drink without being pestered by DinDin, but right now, he does not have that luxury.
The issue is dinner time. That stupid goat scarfs down his feed ration, and then takes after Charlie's food. I do not want to have Charlie thinking that I am going to watch over him when he is supposed to be watching over the goats, so, laying in the nasty dirt and waste hay, I scooted under the lower sleep loft and rigged some wood and wire around the base (picture below of the loft before so you can get the idea of what I mean) and then shoved Charlie's dish WAY under it so that he can get in and eat but DinDin can't ....or so I thought
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That devil goat gets on his belly, reaches a front leg into the little opening and knocks the dish towards him, spilling the food and then proceeds to eat whatever he can reach. I swear, nerves about butchering aside, I was ready to string him up tonight.
The good thing is that I am positive that Bluebell and Lily have been bred and Rosie is clearly coming into heat and we should be able to get the barn back to normal this weekend (boys on their side, girls out of the pens). Babies will be due a bit later than I would like ideally, and I can't wait for babies! It is all I can do right now to not drive to southern Indiana to grab me a the gorgeous black doeling I saw for sale today.
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DH and the kids went to go see Disney on Ice tonight so I am relaxing at home, looking over my poultry plans and spring orders. I was supposed to be at a meeting but it was canceled since the speaker was driving in from an area where the weather was getting bad. I am going to get another batch of 50 meat chicks in April and would like to get some more Black Copper Marans. It is hard to come by them though and I may have to order some hatching eggs to get what I really want in our flock. I have never ordered hatching eggs before so I am a bit hesitant about jumping into that.
I did agree to get my daughter some silkies to replace the ones I sold. She is till upset with me. I knew she liked them but she was in tears when I came back inside from selling them and is still talking about how that 'girl took them away'. I feel pretty bad about it so of course mommy's guilt=replacement chicks. I let her look as some pictures and she likes the blue or gray ones. I am going to have to expand our coop
The issue is dinner time. That stupid goat scarfs down his feed ration, and then takes after Charlie's food. I do not want to have Charlie thinking that I am going to watch over him when he is supposed to be watching over the goats, so, laying in the nasty dirt and waste hay, I scooted under the lower sleep loft and rigged some wood and wire around the base (picture below of the loft before so you can get the idea of what I mean) and then shoved Charlie's dish WAY under it so that he can get in and eat but DinDin can't ....or so I thought
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That devil goat gets on his belly, reaches a front leg into the little opening and knocks the dish towards him, spilling the food and then proceeds to eat whatever he can reach. I swear, nerves about butchering aside, I was ready to string him up tonight.
The good thing is that I am positive that Bluebell and Lily have been bred and Rosie is clearly coming into heat and we should be able to get the barn back to normal this weekend (boys on their side, girls out of the pens). Babies will be due a bit later than I would like ideally, and I can't wait for babies! It is all I can do right now to not drive to southern Indiana to grab me a the gorgeous black doeling I saw for sale today.
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DH and the kids went to go see Disney on Ice tonight so I am relaxing at home, looking over my poultry plans and spring orders. I was supposed to be at a meeting but it was canceled since the speaker was driving in from an area where the weather was getting bad. I am going to get another batch of 50 meat chicks in April and would like to get some more Black Copper Marans. It is hard to come by them though and I may have to order some hatching eggs to get what I really want in our flock. I have never ordered hatching eggs before so I am a bit hesitant about jumping into that.
I did agree to get my daughter some silkies to replace the ones I sold. She is till upset with me. I knew she liked them but she was in tears when I came back inside from selling them and is still talking about how that 'girl took them away'. I feel pretty bad about it so of course mommy's guilt=replacement chicks. I let her look as some pictures and she likes the blue or gray ones. I am going to have to expand our coop
