Farm scenario: Look into the goat pasture and see 1) remnants of a feed sack (oh no, I didn’t shut the feed room gate last night), 2) a dead goat (I hope not), 3) a sleeping guard dog.
You may raise livestock or other farm animals, and if you do, you are going to totally understand where I am coming from with this. A person would only hope that they would get used to this phenomena, but I am now thinking that it will never happen, at least not as long as I care for animals.
Our LGD (livestock guard dog) is a Great Pyrenees, Anatolian Shepherd, and something else, mix. He is a fantastic guard dog, so fantastic that he barks at moving clouds in the night sky (so we think). He appears to be awake all night, on supreme active duty.
When morning comes, the guard dog goes flat. I mean, absolutely flush to the ground flat. Despite my efforts to not have a heart attack, it can be startling.
Once I see his Royal Flatness horizontally deflated, unless I see buzzards flying overhead, or until I get closer to see the rise and fall of his chest – which is slight in his deep sleep, I do not know if he is dead or alive.
Is this my pay-back for penning him, the then young guard dog, in with the dams (mother goats) that had the strongest maternal instincts, in an effort to train him to not playfully nip at the kid goat’s legs?
Have your nap, Caleb, I’ll now reach for the cup of herbal tea to retrieve a renewed calm to my blissful morning.
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I know exactly where you’re coming from since I raise goats and a Great Pyrenees since we had to put her brother to sleep earlier this year. She barks most of the night and sleeps most of the day! We usually know what she’s barking at night, there’s usually deer, raccoons, opossums, etc. running around near our barn.
Amy
We have a lot of wildlife on our farm too. He barked at the old farm, where we had little wildlife. I think our dogs like to bar at the moon too. 🙂
Yep, whenever it’s a big and bright full moon, our Great Pyrenees barks at it.