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Picking up Dixie - the guardian

8/29/2013

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Dixie, the year-old livestock guardian dog.  Hopefully the answer to our coyote problem.  We finalized the purchase on Sunday, and then Val had her spayed on Monday.  Recuperating took 2 days and today she came home.  
Val says to lock her in a stall in the barn for a month until she bonds with the animals.  After that initial confinement, she will understand those animals as being hers to protect.
We are anxious to get started training her so the girls can get back out on pasture.

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