GREAT PYRENEES
Livestock Guard Dogs
TEDDY is our female
DOB: 10/18/2009
BEAR is our male
DOB: 12/13/2005
6 Great Pyrenees Puppies were born October 6,
2011
All of them have been adopted
Picture taken at 3 weeks old
4 Males
Male with badger markings on eyes & ears with ring on tail SOLD
Male with black spot on top of his head SOLD
Male with one black eye SOLD
Male with badger markings & spots SOLD
Female with black eyes & ears SOLD
Female on right with badger markings & spots SOLD
Here are pictures of their last litter of 8
born February 2011.
They were born in the barn & raised with the
goats.
As soon as they were old enough we opened a gate & let them go in with young
goats.
They even slept with them.
All of them have gone to new homes. Most went to working sheep & goat farms.
LGD STORIES
We drilled a well several years ago. Jim dug a
ditch, 3' wide X 3' deep X 40' long to catch the sludge & prevent it from
running into the stream.
The sludge was like quick sand...very gooey. We were sitting by the window
drinking our morning coffee when Bear came to the fence barking & raising
cain. He wanted us to come out. When we came out he ran toward the barn so Jim
followed. He went straight to the ditch & began barking again. Jim ran to
the ditch to see what had him so upset. There was a young doeling drowning in
the muck. Jim was able to grab her collar & pull her out. Bear guarded the
ditch for days & would not let any of the goats get near it.
We have seen kids outside the barn in inclement
weather crying for mom.
Bear will put them between his front legs & push them into the barn where
they find mom.
The babies like to climb up on Bear when he is laying down. He doesn't mind at
all.
One cold January morning Jim went to feed and our LGD
Bruce was laying inside with the goats.
Not normal for him. Jim looked
closer.
Bruce was snuggled up protecting a tiny baby goat less than a week old.
He apparently got separated from his mom who was in the main barn and
crawled thru the fence,
across the driveway, thru another fence
and into the buck pen.
He would not have
survived the night without Bruce.
These LGDs are amazing!
And they love attention!