Appalachian Beliefs

The Prepper How To Series is dedicated to the preservation of the lifestyle, beliefs and knowledge of the Appalachian Mountaineers.

Showing posts with label Herd Dogs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Herd Dogs. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

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.

Monday, November 5, 2012

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.