Misty

We have a dog! 

She is half Great Pyrenees and half Chesapeake Bay Retriever, seven months old, rehomed from a college friend of mine. Her original name was Missy, but I have a friend with that name, so we changed it to Misty (close enough she still responds). Here she is chilling in the goat pasture.

We kept her on a leash to introduce her to our animals. You can see the goats were less than enthused to have a pasture-mate. They were pretty intimidated for the first few hours.

They never took their eyes off her...

Misty was super curious about the chickens and ducks. We had relocated the trampoline to the pasture so that she could get used to them and they could get used to her (in a safe way) since her main duty is to protect them.

She did really well with all of them, although if the animals made sudden movements by her, she'd take off after them in a playful way. Not a habit we want to solidify. We repurposed the goat tether system into a dog tether system (ironically the original use of the items 😄) for the time being so everyone can get used to each other. 

She wasn't a fan of the tether, but she seemed to accept it quickly. G got on her level and let her sit on him. "I just want her to know that we love her."

Two days into her new home, things are going great! The goats will come within 5 feet of her and neither respond besides mild interest. The chickens and ducks escaped their trampoline this morning (someone left the door unlatched) and again, Misty didn't bother them. Ilsa felt like exploring though...