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Mike CHS
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Most of the sheep this group has isn't cheap so it isn't likely. 
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Bruce
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You forgot to make that a requirement in the activity contract??? Mike, you are slipping
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Mike CHS
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We made more contacts in that one day than we have since moving here so we will take that as a plus.
The pup is settling in to our routine. He got quite a bit of time in the paddock today but it was all supervised. If Maisy doesn't hurt him the sheep very well might. We used a 20' sheep & goat panel to make him a pen where he can see all the critters including the chickens but we bring him in to the porch at night by himself. He gets to interact with Maisy but only enough contact with the herding dogs to know they belong here but that's all.
We have one of the bigger farms that we have dealt with offer 'advice' about how to handle LGD's and they are one of the types that BrendaMNgri writes about. The advice was to put the pup in the pen and let it adjust.
By the way, Maisy used the jump gate to get to the food bowl when we fed the pup in the catch pen.
The pup is settling in to our routine. He got quite a bit of time in the paddock today but it was all supervised. If Maisy doesn't hurt him the sheep very well might. We used a 20' sheep & goat panel to make him a pen where he can see all the critters including the chickens but we bring him in to the porch at night by himself. He gets to interact with Maisy but only enough contact with the herding dogs to know they belong here but that's all.
We have one of the bigger farms that we have dealt with offer 'advice' about how to handle LGD's and they are one of the types that BrendaMNgri writes about. The advice was to put the pup in the pen and let it adjust.
By the way, Maisy used the jump gate to get to the food bowl when we fed the pup in the catch pen.
Bruce
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I told you she'd use it when SHE felt a need to be on the other side. But it has to be her idea, right? Almost like a cat.
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Mike CHS
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She went through it without touching it and it is about her body size. But you were right - we have learned that a lot of what we do with her is on her terms but it works and she is part of the family.
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Mike CHS
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Cheep Cheep has been in the bigger chicken pen for the last week and seemed content to stay there since there are fewer chickens and they don't put any pressure on her. That is until last night. I was taking the dogs out this morning and heard something overhead in the pop up canopy.
Hens and Roos
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congrats on the new addition
Bruce
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Better view from up there!
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Mike CHS
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She goes pretty much wherever she wants. The only issue is having a turkey with the run of the place has the same problem as having geese. There are reminders left behind wherever she goes.
We don't open the door very wide until we make sure she isn't standing by it. She has gotten into the house when we went out and she is so fast she can scoot right by you.
We don't open the door very wide until we make sure she isn't standing by it. She has gotten into the house when we went out and she is so fast she can scoot right by you.
Bruce
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Yep that sure is one WILD turkey!!! Soon you'll find her sleeping on the sofa.
