Somebody has been letting my animals loose at night!

[Roll farms]

Feeding a pyr shouldn't cost even $10.00 per week...

(When I had 3, a 50# bag of feed (Purina Dog Chow) lasted a week or more. Now that I'm down to 2, the bag lasts around 10 days....with one, I would guess a bag would last 3 weeks or so.)

They have a low metabolism, they don't eat nearly as much as it looks like they would.
Ours get 2 (in summer)-3 (in winter) cups o' kibble per feeding, 2x a day...and whatever scraps we have that are dog appropriate...if there are no scraps, I'll give ea. one an egg or some goat milk every evening as a 'treat'.

But if the place where she's coming from is close, she would probably just 'go home' if not kept in...

As far as the goat hating her...has she met a pyr...? It wouldn't hurt to TRY to introduce them and give them time and see if they can come to an understanding...or keep them close to eachother but not "in" the same pen.

Our LGD's seem to 'know' which goats won't truck w/ them...and avoid those does.

And even if the cops can't "do" anything....I'd still go on record...CYA in everything that goes on....

 

[cmjust0]

Ours get 2 (in summer)-3 (in winter) cups o' kibble per feeding, 2x a day...and whatever scraps we have that are dog appropriate...if there are no scraps, I'll give ea. one an egg or some goat milk every evening as a 'treat'.

That's almost exactly my experience, too.. They eat like HOGS when they're young, though -- Ivan ate up to **12 cups** of puppy chow a day like he was absolutely STARVED until he was about a year old.. Once they hit about a year, though, it seems like they suddenly get not-so-hungry anymore.

During the dog days of summer, we're *lucky* if we can get Ivan to eat 3 cups a day. Now that it's getting cooler, he's getting his appetite back -- but it's still rare if he'll finish both of his 3-cup feedings in the same day. He always gets an egg with his evening meal, just to encourage him to eat...and sometimes it still doesn't work.

Mischa's just turning one year old and -- like clockwork -- her appetite is decreasing. She used to eat 4 cups of large-breed puppy chow twice a day AND finish Ivan's leftovers...now I'm lucky to get her to eat 4 cups, total. She's not as big as he is, though. And she's actually kinda fat anyway, sooo..

They get the occasional table scrap of meat or something like that, but I'm 6'1"/250lbs myself so there isn't usually much left for the dogs when I'm finished.. Oh, but they do each get glucosamine/chondroitin and fish oil pills that I have to ball up in american cheese each night. They like that.

Anyway, just wanted to pop in right here to agree that LGDs are generally very, very thrifty with food.. People are always surprised when I talk about what a terrible time I have getting them to eat sometimes.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

but I'm 6'1"/250lbs myself

Really? I always pictured you smaller. You know, like a computer geek should be. Just teasin' you!!

 

[jodief100]

My greyhounds at 68 and 82 pounds eat more than the Pyrs at 85 and 130 pounds.

Metabolism is everything. I was SHOCKED at how little the Pyrs ate. I worried a lot at first. Now I realize they eat what they want. Sometimes they eat 1 cup at a serving, sometimes 3. I always fill the bowls to the top and put away what the don't eat for the next meal.

 

[cmjust0]

but I'm 6'1"/250lbs myself

Really? I always pictured you smaller. You know, like a computer geek should be. Just teasin' you!!

My hay guy loaded a 5x5 roundbale in the back of my pickup the other day.. It's a 1/2 ton pickup, but he stores them in the dry so they "only" weigh about 1200lbs and will just BARELY fit and not blow out the tires.. Well, election day's coming up soon and a magistrate candidate for this distict happened to be over there when I showed up for hay...I graduated with the candidate guy, Jeremy.

So we get the bale loaded up, strapped down, and Jeremy makes the mistake of asking me how I'm gonna get it outta the truck.. I said "Well, you're gonna come help me...right?"

Politicians get nervous when you do stuff like that, btw..

Ol' Bob, my 73yo hay guy, looked at me, then the bale, then me again, then Jeremy, and said...Well *I'd* offer to come help you, but....well...you're a big ol' boy...I'm sure you'll be fine.

They both thought it was really funny. :/

I did shove it outta the truck into the buckpen, though.. Unfortunately, it took a bit of a rough bounce, zigged where it shoulda zagged, flopped end-over-end once and crashed into a cattle panel...which flipped around and grounded out my electric fence.

Man, I love this job. :/

:lol

 

[aggieterpkatie]

I did shove it outta the truck into the buckpen, though.. Unfortunately, it took a bit of a rough bounce, zigged where it shoulda zagged, flopped end-over-end once and crashed into a cattle panel...which flipped around and grounded out my electric fence.

Man, I love this job. :/

:lol

Good grief. How hard did you shove it?

 

[aggieterpkatie]

My greyhounds at 68 and 82 pounds eat more than the Pyrs at 85 and 130 pounds.

Metabolism is everything. I was SHOCKED at how little the Pyrs ate. I worried a lot at first. Now I realize they eat what they want. Sometimes they eat 1 cup at a serving, sometimes 3. I always fill the bowls to the top and put away what the don't eat for the next meal.

You have greys?!! My parents ran a greyhound rescue for years. I love them.

 

[cmjust0]

I did shove it outta the truck into the buckpen, though.. Unfortunately, it took a bit of a rough bounce, zigged where it shoulda zagged, flopped end-over-end once and crashed into a cattle panel...which flipped around and grounded out my electric fence.

Man, I love this job. :/

:lol

Good grief. How hard did you shove it?

Last time I did this I had to scotch my feet against the front wall of the bed with my back against the bale and push for everything I was worth just to get it to kinda flop out.. I was pushing on a level to slightly-uphill angle, though.

I decided I wasn't going to do that again, so I found a different spot to unload it that's "slightly" downhill.. And by "slightly," I mean pretty dang downhill.

Came out like a cannonball that time..

I think I'm going to drive some t-posts at angles...like spears, almost...just below where I'm planning to shove one out next time. That way it'll hit, impale a bit on the posts, and there she'll be.

I think.

Or, there will be a giant roundbale armed with t-posts rolling around the farm.

 

[jodief100]

You have greys?!! My parents ran a greyhound rescue for years. I love them.

I am on the Board of Directors for Greyhound Adoption of Greater Cincinnati. I also sew greyhound sized dog coats and sell them to raise funds for Greyhound Adoption.
These are my babies: Grace the Fawn one and Jo Jo, the brindle.

 

[cmjust0]

So, are they retired racing dogs?

And...this probably sounds like a really stupid question, but...do they ever race each other for fun?

I ask because a lot of folks wouldn't necessarily guess that Thoroughbreds race one another in the paddock all the time, totally of their own volition and just to see who's fastest...just kinda wonder if dogs bred to race have it "in their blood," so to speak, or if it's something they're more or less forced to do?