We’ve had our new akbash livestock guardian dog – Willow – for several weeks now. We’ve slowly introduced her to our other LGD, Blue. Now it is time for Willow to go into a corral with some sheep and Blue to see how she does around sheep. Watch here to find out how it goes:
Our new Akbash livestock guardian dog (LGD)- Willow- has been meeting our resident LGD – Blue- through cattle panel fencing so that if things broke bad, there’d be no harm caused. Blue and Willow have been getting along wonderfully through the fence, though, so I felt it was time for them to meet on neutral territory without a fence between them. They need to do their doggy sniff thing so they can get formally acquainted. See how that meeting went in this video:
Adopting Willow was the easy part. Now for the more challenging and fun part – integrating her into our homestead. The original plan was for Willow to stay in our barn until she was ready to be with Blue (our other Akbash LGD) and the sheep. The problem with that was we didn’t want to leave Willow all alone in the barn in a new, strange place. We invited Willow into our home and she was quite pleased to see a sofa near the front door. She went right for it!
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We enjoyed our brief visit in Jackson, WY but it was time to bring Willow (our new Akbash livestock guardian dog we adopted) home! We made the long drive through south Idaho and western Montana back up to the panhandle of north Idaho. Willow did great in car ride but she was definitely ready to stretch her legs when we got home. It didn’t take long at all for our resident LGD, Blue, to take notice. See Blue and Willow meet for the first time in this video: