Sorry again, Mr. Snooty. This is a living, breathing, PRODUCTIVE homestead. We just don't have resources for pretty right now. This is our latest testimony to the value of zipties. Goats were climbing over this section of fencing... and the farm girl really likes her neon zipties that were in her Christmas stocking. So here's the fix. If you don't like it, look through the other part of your bifocals.
This other eye sore is from Angel, the very good guard dog. We hardly even have a squirrel cross the property lines anymore, but she does have some nasty habits we can't seem to shake. One is that she loves to "play" with the sheep and put her mouth on their legs. She never actually bites, but its quite unnerving to watch. Secondly, she loves to chew on plant pots and will dump out plants on occasion to get to those pots. And thirdly, she will sometimes dig these holes that are deep emough to hear Chinese voices. Any advice is appreciated.
I'm sorry, but that was just too funny, LOL! As far as advice, the only thing I can think of is that you'd better put any plants you really like in clay pots. I doubt the dog will use those as chew toys. Other ideas might be expensive, like an electric fence to keep the dog away from the sheep, goat from jumping fence...
ReplyDeleteBy the way, what kind of sheep do you have?
ReplyDeletekatahdin hair sheep. They are both brown where most katahdins are pure white so they may be mixed with something else, but we wouldn't know what it is.
ReplyDeleteI've found clay pots to dry out really quickly in the summer heat. I've employed hanging baskets a lot now... prevents kids from "helping" too! I'm really stumped on the holes. Given this is our first dog, we're really clueless on training!
Hey I found these interesting ideas... Good luck with your training!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.dog-obedience-training-review.com/how-to-stop-dogs-from-digging.html
We used to have a Malamute and the advice for the digging was "get used to the moon landscape."
ReplyDeleteWE raised a katahdin cross last year and the meat is wonderful! I love the title of your post! I may use it one of these days. We forgoe pretty a lot on our homestead. I'm looking through your blog to see what kind of goats you have. If you are breeding in May, I'm thinking you don't have a seasonal breeder. I've got Saanens. Love my milk!
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