Great Pyr Seeks Herd Situation

[Tango]

I am considering, only considering, placing my Great Pyr, Jazz in a goat home. She's not been the same since I sold my herd and I know she is really a working dog. She fell into their protection so naturally that it makes me feel selfish to keep her away from work. Jazz is ten months old and was a badger-marked pup. You can barely see the markings now. She cared for sixteen goats on 50 acres where coyotes were a nightly distraction. Jazz loves to swim. Ideally she would be going to a working pastured goat situation with plenty of shade, maybe a pond or creek, and not too far away so she can have a trial and come back home if it doesn't work out for all involved. I ask only that I am reimbursed for the spaying which she is about to undergo. That will be between $95 and $115 depending on her weight for the anesthesia. She's upt on all shots including rabies. Would do great on an all raw diet but since I have no refrigeration yet, she is on Nutro's Lamb and Rice and supplemented with about 4 pounds of raw ground beef and several raw chicken leg quarters weekly.

I am not ordinarily a meddlesome person but would like to visit a couple of times after she is situated to be sure that she found the right home. Jazz is not registered. She came from property guardian parents and is an absolute sweetheart with animals including my cat. Unlike LGD's I've read about, she doesnot bark excessively (except right now out of boredom, she rarely barked when she was with the goats) and she comes when called. I am located in the TN/AL/MS triangle area. Please pm me if interested.

[KSALguy]

even though you dont have the goats anymore she can still guard the property and any livestock you may still have like your cattle pigs and any poultry you have,
especially if you have poultry (not sure if you do) once you get rid of her preditors will eat them

[Tango]

Thanks for your suggestion. I've given this a lot of thought and considered that, like I said I'm only testing the waters here in case there is a great goat home close enough. She's been allowed to be herself always and she was her best self with the goats. My other option is to adopt a couple of wethers, though taht would be a final resort.

[trob1]

You don't say just where you are in southern Tennessee! I am just south of Nashville in Thompsons Station Tennessee. I have been considering a guard dog. I live on 5 acres and will have no more than about 15 pygmy goats at any given time. I do not have a pond but do have a creek we take our other 2 pet dogs to so they can play. It is at the back of our property. I will have within the next month aprox 2 acres fenced for the goats. Maybe we should talk if I have what you are looking for and am close enough to visit.
you can email me if you like. littlewishesfarm@yahoo.com

[Tango]

Teresa, I'm in Wayne County about two hours south of Nashville. Do you have shade in your planned two acre pasture? I've not clipped her, so shade is imperative.

[trob1]

Well in the planned part there is shade in the back and in the afternoon the entire side is shaded. The goats love to come out in the afternoon and graze on that side. Right now the only shade is in the afternoon and the goats can go in the barn it is really cool in there. You are about 1 and half hours from me most likely. I wouldnt want to get a guard dog till the fence is done and they would have access to the tree line in the back near the creek.

[Milk n' Honey]

We've been looking for a guardian also. We have a creek out back and plenty of shade trees in both pastures. One section is actually a woods. I am a dog groomer also so the clipping wouldn't be a problem either. However, I'm not very close. I live in central Indiana. ( Nice thought though.