Re: [pyrnet] Dog attacks

[newbailey@attbi.com]

I am not sure of this but from my reading of the 
original message, I was under the impression that the 
young goats who were attacked were in a pen and that the 
dog and remainder of the herd were outside but usually 
near the pen.  If the attacked goats were penned there 
may have been no way for the Pyr to defend them because 
the predator(s) and the goats and the Pyr were all too 
close.  
> I also wanted to mention this..(related).... Maddie (my Pyr) has had a
> 'problem' with Magpies eating her food. (I could bring her food in but not
> till winter)  There are two birds. One distracts her into the middle of the
> yard while the other eats the food, then the birds switch roles. - I try to
> get her to lay with (stay near) her food , that way NO birds will come close
> to her food she's trying to protect.
> My point- Could that young female protecting her goats have realized that
> she stood a better chance of "defending" the herd rather than going after
> the predator and leaving the goats unprotected, particularly if there was
> more than one predator?
> Michele Donald
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