Question: What is the average life span of the Barbados? Thanks. Gene Gene Blackwelder
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Re: Guardian animals (RBMuller) 3. loss stools (Kris & Wendy Kohlhoff) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: "RBMuller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [blackbelly] Donkeys & Dogs Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 19:09:30 -0600 Reply-To: [email protected] I disagree with once tasting theory. My guard dogs will only eat a deceased animal once it has been opened either by me or by something in nature(buzzards, coyotes, etc). I have one dog that will consume dead newborns and another that will bury them. The removal of the fresh carcasses eliminates other dogs or coyotes from coming into close contact with the herd. I appreciate any dog owner who will humanely dispatch an animal for really bad behavior like killing or always chasing the sheep. Rhonda ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 8:19 AM Subject: Re: [blackbelly] Donkeys & Dogs > In a message dated 3/8/05 8:51:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << It appeared that he had not been taking adequate care of the sheep or the > dogs. We have spent a good deal of time deworming, caring for injured animals > and generally trying to improve their nutrition. In the short time we have > had them, the difference is startling >> > > I wonder if that may have been the trigger for the male. Perhaps, things got > desperate at the older man's place and the dog resorted to searching for his > own food-killing a lamb or eating an already deceased carcass?? They say once > tasted, they'll do it again. > > Glad the animals are in better conditions. > > Diana > =============================================== > This message is from the Blackbelly Sheep mailing list (http://www.awrittenword.com/listserv/index.html). > To respond to this message, send e-mail to [email protected] > To unsubscribe or change your membership options, go to http://lists.coyotenet.net/mailman/listinfo/blackbelly > To search the archives, go to http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.0 - Release Date: 3/2/2005 > > -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.0 - Release Date: 3/2/2005 --__--__-- Message: 2 From: "RBMuller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [blackbelly] Guardian animals Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 20:09:36 -0600 Reply-To: [email protected] The guard dogs really don't need much upkeep. And besides you don't want your guard dog to be quite that friendly. Friendly enough to stand for brushing, etc. means you have a pet. We are lucky if we can pull briars out of the tails! We also have house - yard dogs. We let them have a common fence to get to know the yard dogs but prevent the yard dogs from going around the sheep. Due diligence is the key to any successful use of guard dogs. Our guards don't want to be around strangers and they will make sure the yard dogs don't want to be around them. We had a succesful lambing season and are kidding now. The guards love eating the afterbirth if the goats will let them get that close. We have a Maremma Sheepdog Flockguard that is scheduled to whelp later in March. She eats all the afterbirth she can find. I hope that anyone that is interested in any type of guard animal does their homework. It is a lot of work to successfully grow the guard animal to what you need. There are no shortcuts. Good luck, Rhonda I'm not sure how I'd handle it if the predators got into my flock. > > What does one do for upkeep on the heavy coat of a Pyr as a guard dog? > What about the giant schnauzer housepet that is not allowed near the > sheep? What are the conflicts between having pet dogs and guard dogs? > > Regards, > Barb Lee, with the first ewe ready to pop any minute. > > > =============================================== > This message is from the Blackbelly Sheep mailing list (http://www.awrittenword.com/listserv/index.html). > To respond to this message, send e-mail to [email protected] > To unsubscribe or change your membership options, go to http://lists.coyotenet.net/mailman/listinfo/blackbelly > To search the archives, go to http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.0 - Release Date: 3/2/2005 > > -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.0 - Release Date: 3/2/2005 --__--__-- Message: 3 From: "Kris & Wendy Kohlhoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 20:00:53 -0700 Subject: [blackbelly] loss stools Reply-To: [email protected] I haven't tried this remedy on sheep since I haven't been in the unfortunate position of having a patient with severe diarrhea. I worked on a dairy raising 300 to 400 calves in confinement a season. Whenever we had a calf with a bad problem we broke out the pepto bismol. The supply house had it in gallon jugs. We used one of the large syringes without the needle, drew a dose and squeezed it into their mouths. They actually loved it. Our doesage was two or three times a day. A couple of days of treatments was usually all that was required though some continued to get worse. The best way I found to graft a lamb onto another ewe was to stantion it in a small 3' X 3' pen with her head locked in one end with access to food and water. This prevents her from running off the lamb so they can get milk and obtain the scent of the ewe. After 3 days let the ewe loose and keep them in a small pen and see if she accepts the lamb. Kris Fountain CO --__--__-- =============================================== This daily digest is from the Blackbelly Sheep mailing list. To respond to this message, send e-mail to [email protected] To unsubscribe or change your membership options, go to http://lists.coyotenet.net/mailman/listinfo/blackbelly End of Blackbelly Digest =============================================== This message is from the Blackbelly Sheep mailing list (http://www.awrittenword.com/listserv/index.html). 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