Weather Update From High Mountain Farm

For those of you who are wondering about the weather up here today, all I can say is Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr. The high is 23F and it is about 1:30pm The wind and snow have been ferocious. Mr. B went out and gave the goats some hay in their feeder. They hate it when it rains or snows because they don't like to get their feet wet. I know that sounds strange but it's true and they're all the same way. You can barely get them out of the goat house when the weather is bad. They just stand at the door and cry.

If you look closely at the picture to the left, you can see The Dawg standing about the middle looking toward the house. The Great Pyrenees don't seem to mind the cold and they have lots of fur to help keep them warm and dry.

Animals of High Mountain Farm

The dogs and goats coexist in our four acre pasture on High Mountain Farm and seem to truly care about each other. The dogs protect the goats while Frances, the goat in the picture with horns, scratches Jake's ears and neck for him.

Great Pyrenees History From AKC

Mr. B and The Dawg

I love our Great Pyrenees. Jake, is more animal oriented but will allow us to pet him on occasion. Our female, The Dawg, loves everyone and the animals. She was instrumental in turning Jake into a great herding dog.

Twitter Account/The Dawg

I have a link to my Melissa Dodd Twitter Account on the right. If you would like to join me as I go about my activities on High Mountain Farm, be sure to go there and choose the follow button. I try to post pictures of our goings on every day.

Pictured here is 'The Dawg', our female Great Pyrenees and one of our past babies with her mother keeping close watch. Great Pyrenees are such gentle giants. They are really rambunctious as young dogs but usually start settling down at about one year.

It is best to start them out with a trained dog to learn the ropes of their job. Once trained, they are the best.

Great Pyrenees of High Mountain

If you have goats, cattle,or sheep, you will need some type of dog to stay with them in the pasture. When we had to make this decision, we selected the Great Pyrenees and now four years later, we don't regret it for a second. Pictured second is Jake. He was our second addition and took a bit of training as he was not accustomed to working with livestock when we got him. Luckily for us we had already found 'The Dawg" pictured top.