Hi there, I am a longtime reader, but never actually joined the forums before. I have been raising animals outside Missoula, Montana since 2010 for both food and breeding stock. I have utilized livestock guardian dogs since the day I moved here with my little herd of expensive dairy goats, and they have proven my greatest investment in keeping my livestock and family safe from our many apex predators. I am married to a wonderful man who works to improve the property every year, and we have two boys who are growing more helpful by the day.
Since moving here, I have raised a little bit of everything. Currently I focus on Katahdin hair sheep (meat), Kunekune pigs (meat, breeding stock), laying hens(meat, eggs), a dairy cow(milk), and my working guardian dogs(keeping everything else alive and well). My animals pay their own way, and I work teaching people about livestock guardian dogs online. So often the same missteps are repeated by each new LGD owner, and my goal is to cut the learning cycle to a few weeks, rather than years of wasted efforts.
I look forward to interacting here on the forums!
