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Heidi,I had this
problem. I did two things.
The dog contained a
high quantity of grain, which is why the goats eat it.
Even some high priced dog food is
mostly grain. Dogs do not digest grain well, but it is a cheap filler for the
companies.
I changed dog foods to
one that contained cracklins' and bits of meat scraps. The goats wouldn't
touch that.
When I changed dog
food yet again to get more protein, the meat was missing.
I used a small quantity of cooking
oil, poured over the dog food.It must pretty well cover the dog food but no more
than a quarter cup. Stir it to get the oil over most of the
pieces.
You might try cutting
a hole in the fence just large enough for the dog's head, placing the feed box
at their shoulder heights outside the fence. Unless the goats butt
the dogs, this would put the feed out of reach of the goats.Hermit in
the Woods
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 8:32
PM
Subject: [pyrnet] Fw: goats!!!!
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 6:27 PM
Subject: goats!!!!
Okay I give up, my goats are winning this
battle. How do any of you feed your pyrs, but not have the goats eat all
of their dog food. I have tried several ways, but the goats always win.
I would prefer to have only my dogs eat the Diamond dry dog food (which seems
to be fine with the dogs, thanks for everyone's suggestions.) I really
don't want the goats eating this dog food.
I want to be able to leave out the dog food
bowls, not have to stand and watch them eat. I don't want to have to put
the dogs in a separate pen for several hours to eat either. I would like
to be able to leave food out for the dogs. Especially if I go away for the
day, I want the pyrs in with the goats. I don't like leaving my coyote
snacks unguarded.
These are Nubians, 4 young does (about 6 months
old) and an older Nubian.
Thanks for your ideas.
Heidi in warm NY (we should have at least a foot
of snow by now, but it sure saves on the heating
bills)
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