RE: [AlpacaTalk] LGD's
Hi Wendy,
I am so sorry to hear your girls were killed. That is horrible! I have two LGDs……Pyrs. I got them when they were 8 months old and they had been raised with alpacas. They are WONDERFUL! We love them. They mix with our girls or boys and are very alert to anything that doesn’t belong. They are only 14 months old and I am trying to keep them together awhile longer since they are still puppyish and want to play with each other. Sometimes they are split between pastures and when we let them back together they are hilarious. They really miss each other.
Anyway, I would recommend an adult dog raised with alpacas and already in guardian mode or a pair of younger dogs that have been raised with alpacas. We brought ours home to our alpacas since we didn’t want to have them here without a job. They were unsure of auto travel but when they arrived and saw their herd, their tails wagged so happily.
Good luck. I am so sorry about your girls. Do you know the dogs that did this and do you have any recourse. My friend lost five sheep to a stray Husky and that convinced me that I needed guardians. At the time we had a 12.5 pound female cria- our very first and the thought of something happening to her just made me sick. Now she lays her head on our dogs……….I love these dogs.
This Spring I spent a lot of time using a shedding rake on them. I got all of their undercoat out and trimmed their bellies to help keep them cool. Pyrs are from a cold climate, but with some effort, can be made more comfortable in the heat. We also put shade cloth on the barn and of course, many fans are running.
Laura Roberts
R Half Pint Farm
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Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 2:35 PM
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Subject: [AlpacaTalk] LGD's
Hi everybody. I need some advice, again.(: I had my 3 girls killed by a dog attack a few months ago. Now I am trying to get some LGD puppies to train, but I have no idea what I need to do when I get them. Any ideas? I already tried getting older LGD's and all they did was run the fence line trying to escape. They even escaped out of my horse trailer window which is about 8" X 2 feet, I had to put them in there just to give me time to call the owner back to take them back to him. That was not a good experience. Anyway hope everybody is having alot of healthy crias! Have a great day.
Wendy
Humming B Alpacas
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