Re: [pyrnet]Guarding styles

["Robyn Allwright" <ziffanyrobyn@earthlink.net>]

> Actually as a back up to the dog stories I must say that the Peacocks,
> Guineas, and Geese do a darn good job as far as alerting goes. 

Our geese do a very good job, unless of course it's my Mother coming up the
drive.  Then the only thing you hear out of any of the animals are those
delighted squeals of joy in anticipation of having some type of treat. 
(This goes for all the dogs, goats, and even for my horses when I had them
on property.)

Generally, however, we are very well protected with our guys.  Tanuki is
out with the goats.  Although he doesn't bark much, he'll lay out in a
shady area where he can watch.  He knows the children next door, and if
they're out playing, he will ignore them.  But let a strange car pull into
our neighbor's yard, and he will go down to where the goats are grazing and
position himself between the goats and the stranger.   If he feels this
person is a real threat, he will move the goats away from the fence back
into the centre of the field.

Kes is now in the paddock area between the barn and the house.  She has
developed into quite a watch dog.  She will bark if she sees or hears
something strange.  Baron and Zoe are in the house at night, and I think
someone would have to be breaking in for them to do anything.  Except, when
they see the fat man who lives up the road out walking his pom.  Then
everyone goes ballistic.  One interesting note, if Kes is out in the yard
with Baron and Zoe, and she sees something that she feels she needs to bark
at, and Baron comes starts barking at it too, Kes will jump at him as if to
say "This is MY job, so leave it alone!".  As a result, Baron usually will
wait to see if it's really something that needs his attention before he
gets involved.

--- Robyn Allwright
--- ziffanyrobyn@earthlink.net
--- Ziffany Great Pyrenees & Tibetan Mastiffs