Puppy Shane Learns the Ropes
We were tickled that this Indiana pup had so much natural talent and stock rating ability at only 13 weeks. He was a natural. He had puppy-sized jobs of helping to bring the geese in from the pasture, following along on chores and becoming comfortable and settled around the goats. We used the doeling since she was quite calm.
Shane has penned the geese and sits at the gate waiting for me to catch up and close it. He was bold enough to stay put even with the sassy geese hissing at him.
One chore is feeding the ram his hay. Shane barks and
pushes the ram away from the fence when I'm ready to throw the hay over.
He does this by instinct.
Introductions went well even though Mama Goat was
steadily calling her kid back into the barn. There were times when
Shane wanted to move the goat fast by nipping at its tail, but he
responded immediately to redirection.
