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Ok, for those of you who haven't read my other post in this part of the forum...a quick introduction
I rescued two baby Boer cross baby girls that are 5 weeks old. They are severely underweight, infested with lice, and I'm trying to get them over scours. I am doing the best I can, being a first timer with goats.
That being said, I have a problem with my female Chocolate Lab, Kalli.
She apparently doesn't like them. Not surprising, though, because she doesn't seem to like anything other than people...at least, people who throw her ball for her. She snaps and growls at anything else. She did it to my chickens when they were day old chicks, and still does and they are three months old and a lot bigger. She does it with my 2 8 week old kittens. And now she's doing it with the baby goats.
I don't know what to do. I have to put Kalli in her crate whenever I have the babies in the house (they are named Butterscotch and Caramel). Even if I have the kids in their little enclosure I made for the house, Kalli will growl and snap at them through the screen.
How do I get Kalli to be NICE to babies? Baby anything? I see so many stories and videos of dogs that warm right up to tiny baby animals...kittens, birds, chicks, goats, fawns, squirrels...but my big dumb mutt wants to eat 'em.
Does anyone have any advice for me? I don't want to have to kennel her up every time the kids are playing in the house. Or worry about her getting them if one of my children accidentally lets the dog out and the kids or chicks are free ranging and playing in the yard. Any advice is greatly appreciated!
I rescued two baby Boer cross baby girls that are 5 weeks old. They are severely underweight, infested with lice, and I'm trying to get them over scours. I am doing the best I can, being a first timer with goats.
That being said, I have a problem with my female Chocolate Lab, Kalli.
She apparently doesn't like them. Not surprising, though, because she doesn't seem to like anything other than people...at least, people who throw her ball for her. She snaps and growls at anything else. She did it to my chickens when they were day old chicks, and still does and they are three months old and a lot bigger. She does it with my 2 8 week old kittens. And now she's doing it with the baby goats.
I don't know what to do. I have to put Kalli in her crate whenever I have the babies in the house (they are named Butterscotch and Caramel). Even if I have the kids in their little enclosure I made for the house, Kalli will growl and snap at them through the screen.
How do I get Kalli to be NICE to babies? Baby anything? I see so many stories and videos of dogs that warm right up to tiny baby animals...kittens, birds, chicks, goats, fawns, squirrels...but my big dumb mutt wants to eat 'em.
Does anyone have any advice for me? I don't want to have to kennel her up every time the kids are playing in the house. Or worry about her getting them if one of my children accidentally lets the dog out and the kids or chicks are free ranging and playing in the yard. Any advice is greatly appreciated!