| Our old girl Ama figured out quickly how to open the gates. And especially all the different locks that opened the crate. That idea ended quickly. Inka who is now 17 months had a different approach. Anything she could not open or go over was meant to be taken apart. No gates anymore: no problems. She is very well behaved, she just assumed gates were there as a challenge. ; )
deb Eli is beautiful! I had forgotten how cute puppies are! Especially clean ones! My guys always found a mud puddle, but I also found the kitchen sink for as long as they could fit. Please fill us all in on your training methods with all the critters on the farm. Whenever I only had one dog, s/he slept in a crate next to my bed and were quiet until they needed the middle of the night walk. When there are two or three, they seem to be fine when the crates are lined up together, each dog in his/her own crate, sometimes each leaning on the sides to touch each other. My pug was crate trained in minutes because he watched the big dogs get into their crates and settle down so he walked right into his and slept for the whole night. Charlie climbed over every child gate in the house if I was on the other side. I worried about the drop from the top or catching a paw and tried hard to stop him. A loose towel that falls off when climbing slowed him down, and became a play toy. Sweetie learned to open them – she was nine months old when she arrived – by pushing upward with her mouth until they released. I have seen people install a second gate above the first to keep climbing kids contained, could work for dogs too. Amy with Sweetie, Charlie and Harry Pugger As it always is, the loss of 5 year old Sampson in January (bone cancer) broke our hearts, and his buddy Molly's. And, as it often happens, a different place in one's heart is cleared to make way for yet one more love.
He has arrived. His intended name didn't take, he almost instantly let me know (somehow) that it needed to be Elijah and Jon and I agreed. He trotted into our hearts with a confidence that was amazing, tail wagging and wanting to always be with the humans. He DOES NOT like crate or kennel and yelled most of the night. The very first thing he did, was SCALE the child gate (none of our other Pyr puppies ever did that) and land in a heap on the floor! Yikes. No question, he is going to be a handful!
Eli is from Mike Floyd's kennel : Kaskadian. He is 9 weeks old and beautiful. Molly was absolutely amazing with him (as you will see in the pics) - she is the most wonderful dog. He instantly loved her. Elmo the goat (who thinks he is a Pyrenees) also visited quite a bit while I had Eli in the field for a time. So many people have asked on the list, about training dogs for working with poultry and so on, I thought I would make an effort to regularly post our methods and progress. Eli will be part of Nightsky Farm - very much what we refer to as the "family farm dog." And boy, does Nightsky qualify: lots of pets: 25 chickens, 2 donkeys, 2 goats, 3 ducks, 2 geese, 2 cats, and possible a couple of pigs late spring. and EVERYONE lives together.
So, even though I'll crate him in the house at night and in a kennel in our garage during the day when he needs to be shut in, he will also immediately begin having some times out in the kennel you see in the photos - in the middle of the pasture, where he can see all of them and they can get used to him! Elmo the goat, (who thinks he is a Pyrenees) spent quite a bit of time visiting with Eli.
Well, not much sleep on the horizon for us for some days, but that's ok.http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m397/elmochloe/RElijah9weeks.jpghttp://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m397/elmochloe/RMollynewbuddy.jpghttp://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m397/elmochloe/RMollytiredpuppy.jpghttp://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m397/elmochloe/RFirstvisit.jpghttp://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m397/elmochloe/RElmoElijah2.jpg-- Linda Anderson Nightsky Farm Stanwood, Wash.
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