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Originally Posted by Bubba Joes Mom  We keep the goats and chickens on a part of the farm seperated from the house by a fence. The dogs roam around the house but are not allowed by the barn without supervision.
We checked over the fence and made sure it was unpassable by the dogs once more. We still dont know how he got in
Relentless about the fact that it had been him to do the damage we still kept him loose in the front part of the house
we were kind of skeptical about leaving Bubba alone with the new puppy, because our weimeriner was uneasy of his presence.
Two days ago we went out to feed the new baby goats and were surprised when we found Bubba with one of the goats in his mouth. We pulled him away from her and took him back to the front of the house. |
First question that comes to mind as I'm reading and disecting this in my brain... What type of fence are you talking about? Is it a chain link fence? Wire electrical fence, board fence? Security fence? Something that can be climbed over, or the gate jiggled loose enough to squeeze through? You have to be a little more specific.
Second question about the fence... is it just for the barn yard animals or is it for the dogs? Where is this fence attached to? What is it's purpose (to keep animals in or dogs secured or animals out)? Also is there a point near the fence that Bubba could use to elevate himself to make it easier to jump over?
And just a point from experience in my past (or a friend's past I should say) I bought a new male GSD pup as a gift to a friend that lost her old GSD due to old age... She already a female spayed Malamute of 3yrs old and a male intact English Setter of 2yrs old. When I gave her the puppy she was excited and happy and welcomed him without worries. He was 12wks old when he became part of the family. The three dogs slept together, ate together, and went outside in their secured enclosed yard ( 7' high chainlink fence with and electrical wire running around the top to prevent from climbing out, and cement pavers 2' square around the interior of the fence to prevent digging under). One day she came home from her errands to find her Setter cowering in the doghouse and the Malamute covered in blood and the poor 7month old GSD dead.
The point to this story is this... dispite how well they all got along, when they were unsupervised and together a tragidy happened. To this day we still don't know what happened, but we know that the setter was never harmed physically before or after that incident by the malamute. You shouldn't be leaving any puppies or dogs alone unsupervised no matter how good they get along, and the fact that one of your two dogs is uneasy about the pup is just brewing trouble.
Another point, you shouldn't be surprised to find that Bubba had yet another goat in his jaws. You left him unsupervised and it sounds like he was having free roam of the yard (I may be mistaken, but that's why I was asking specifically what type of fence you have). And every time you saw him where he wasn't suppose to be you just put him back in the front yard. My question now is, where were you when this was allowed to happen?
I'm not here to give you a hard time, I'm just trying to help by pointing out where this should be improoved to make sure that this does not continue to happen. As well as suggesting that you get him into some kind of training wether it be professional herding training or you training him to be by your side and helping you with chores. So he has a job to do and keep his mind and himself occupied so he doesn't have the chance to just roam the front yard and end up by going after the animals again.
And the blood statement is so far from true... I have an uncle in canada that has a collie that killed 3 lambs before she got trained propperly, and now she's among some of the great herders in their area. But before she could be such a great herder and all her hard training, she was left unsupervised and was in Bubba paw prints.
Again, I didn't mean to come off as rude. I just don't want to hear of another Rotti being PTS cause of lack of training or supervission or whatever the case may be if it can be corrected with more training and constant supervission.