Welcome to the Pack! They are adorable. Useful and Beautiful, for sure. :)
I’ve got my heart set on a big old yard dog, but our Beagle is getting up there and I know Beau will want another Beagle for our house dog/rabbit hunting. We have two Beagles coming next weekend for training. Our ‘Chief’ is really good at training younger dogs to track and trail and we have 160 acres for them to roam with no worries about crossing roads or speeding cars. ;)
Funny. Even if they leave at first light, they all come back by suppertime, LOL!
Yeah, I was torn about letting the adult male train these pups because he was good at his job and even recognized a hawk’s shadow on the ground and would bark up at them but I didn’t want his dislike/distrust of humans to rub off on the pups. LGD is instinctive to all three breeds and both pups came from LGD settings so I think they’ll do fine.
Picked up the male yesterday and when I first went outside this morning, they were basically one ball of fur but the female sat up before I could get a pic of that.
I’m going to set up an 8x8 kennel in with the goats and put the pups in that for a couple of days and then let them out. Right now, they’re in with our 15 year old HGD (human guardian dog). When we first got Mollie, half pit bull, she wouldn’t put up with another dog. Pit bulls have dog to dog aggression. Took years to get her over that and she still doesn’t have any use for other dogs but she puts up with them and even let this female pup snuggle up against her. Now with the second pup, Luna, the female has no use for Mollie and Mollie’s just fine with that.
Need to find a replacement for Mollie. Would like to get another Chow Chow. Another half Pit would work too.