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Hello again Zvonimir,
Yes I agree, protective mothers come in all species
and will stand in the middle of any threats.
I am a little confused to your comments, however I
will try and answer as I read what you have said
rather than trying to decipher your meaning..
I never had any pet dogs back in New Zealand and
my late father had working sheep dogs that lived
outside in a kennel. They would not take any commands from me as my father was their Pack
leader, I never saw them angry with my father.
Our dogs we have had here in the States have never been angry and turned on us.
They have certainly made lots of noise when anyone
comes up the drive and knocks on our door and Max
our Rottweiller is especially happy to see anyone and wants to jump up on them. People have remarked
that Max is a gentle dog for being such a big puppy (one year old this month and already 95 pounds)
My horse friends back in New Zealand were never stabled I did not have a stable and as the area I
lived in was not really cold (like here in Nebraska)
and I had covers to put on their backs.
Our nearly 2 year old filly Chyna is a 'Houdini' whereby
she has discovered she can easily slip out of the paddock by either sliding her head under the electric tape fence, jumping over if it is in a low area because the wind has disturbed it or just plain ole going through
and breaking the connections. On this latter action often her paddock mate Harmony gets out with her and then they both go wander about over into the neighbours paddocks that are not fenced as they grow
corn and soybean and no animals to need fencing in.
Harmony does get annoyed with Max when he gets
to close to her heels especially when she is eatting
and she has shifted her body as if to kick out at him.
I keep Max away from her at this time however, out in the paddock they frollick with each other and play.
All my horses both back in NZ and here in the States
look forward to meal times that I bring them during the winter months. The horses back in NZ I placed a wooden box with horse shoes nailed to the sides and placed this on the fence. The gateway was always muddy as they waited there so I would change venues down the fenceline.
My horses here in the States will crowd me and try to steal their dinner before I put their food container down on the ground. I hold their container in front of me and
walk towards them that they have to walk backwards
to let me get in. They have all had their own containers
to eat from.
I hope these are questions you were asking me.
Amanda
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