How to raise Backyard Chickens: [CHICKENS-101] Re: Poultry Guardian dog owner looking for a home for her 2 dogs

Tough on your and family. Can you take just the dogs, will they acclamate to being just pets??

How about your local Animal Control Officer,?/ Are there any farm brochures where one can advertise placement of a pet.

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--- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, "Vicki" <kuunoita@...> wrote:
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> Cross-posting with permission from the Homesteading Women Yahoo group. I thought perhaps someone on this group could be looking for a pair of guardian dogs-
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> My family and I will be moving in a few months and I need to find an
> excellent home(s) for my girls. If you know of anyone interested, please
> email me personally (ashlee97@gmail. com) and I will give you my contact
> information and more details with pictures.
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> Callah is a spayed 2 year old Anatolian/Pyr. mix. She has faithfully
> guarded my free-range flock for two years out in the pasture on her own.
> (I am even willing to send part of the flock with her.) I have never lost
> a bird to her or a predator. She respects the boundaries of the fence and
> has never climbed over or crawled out - even though she easily could in
> several places. She diligently monitors what is inside her fence (about 40
> acres). She has been trained to respect hot wire fences, but I don't use
> them anymore. She is very sweet, intelligent, and willing to please. I
> have no hoof stock, so she has never been introduced to them. However,
> because she is so excellent with poultry, I would think she could be easily
> trained by someone who knew how to properly introduce her. Though she is
> typically shy of new adults, she loves children.
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> Tess is a spayed 2 year old Anatolian/Pry. mix and litter mate to Callah.
> She is great with cats, small dogs, and any caged animal as long as she is
> properly introduced. I have lost a male guinea to her because she was
> confused about the mating process. She is great with the free-ranging
> female birds - totally ignores them - and has guarded my cages meat birds
> for over a year. She has been clocked at 35 MPH, and keeps the population
> of rodents at a minimum. She respects her fence line and is well aware of
> any changes that take place within it. She has never been introduced to
> hoof stock. She is gentle but fearless, and loves children as well as the
> people she guards. She never jumps and never licks.
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> Both are current on all vaccinations, worm preventative, and are fed
> Diamond Naturals dog food out of self feeders.
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> I need to find them a place to serve by May. I love these girls so much
> and want them to have good homes where they will be well cared for. I am
> heart broken that I can't take them with me because I have spent so much
> time training them - especially Callah. I am in Texas and moving to
> Oklahoma because of a job opportunity.
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> Thanks for spreading the word!
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> Ashlee
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