[AlpacaTalk] LGD

<><<<A little over a year ago we got a border collie/pyranees mix and a
full blood pyranees as puppies. We put them in with the alpacas the day
we brought them home. They are the best investment we could have ever
made. They are now almost full grown and work as a team to protect the
herd. One stays close to the alpacas and the other goes out to challenge
what ever is causing the threat. They were never trained to do this,
they do it by instinct. You might want to consider doing this if you
choose to start again.>>>>

This is back on my radar now. I looked into last year when I was having
my attacks, but everything I read was so contradictory. Some great,
some terrible incidents; some killing the animals they were supposed to
be guarding. All said these dogs require intense training - which I
knew I didn't have time for, so I let it go.
But I constantly worry about my critters. I was frantic when I couldn't
find my ducks after getting home late the other night. This latest
attack suffered by Wendy's pacas has kept me awake nights. Esp as I had
been having thoughts of dogs getting into my inner fences for a few days
before that post. Too scary. My fences are nowhere near as secure as
Wendy describes.....and with horse, donkeys, and llamas in an outer ring
of pasture to boot! My goodness, you would certainly have thought that
would have been sufficient. So I am back revisiting the lgd again. I
would get a couple in a heartbeat if what you are saying above is the
norm, but that is certainly not what I was getting when I first
addressed the lgd issue here a year ago. I cannot afford the expensive
full bred ones, but would want to find perhaps a rescue situation or
some that needed a home, or some puppies that were perhaps not full bred
and being sold inexpensively.
In my reading I have become quite fond of the farm collie and want to
get one, but what I am getting from my reading is that they would be an
overall farm/family/livestock protection dog and would come in with the
family at night as opposed to the Pyr.
If I could get a couple of puppies and put them right in with the
critters I would be ecstatically happy.

Warmly, Janice

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