TNS TX Dogs

Below are the hardest workers at TNS TX Ranch.

Above is the best dog that we ever had here at TNS TX Ranch, Evie.  She wasn't anything special when we got her as a pup, and there were times that I thought that she was either gonna give me a heart attack or I was gonna have to kill her, but she really turned into a special animal.  She was the first LGD we brought on our farm.  Early on, we couldn't even get her to stay in the yard, but after some correction, she learned her pasture.

I remember two stories that make me smile and miss her so much.  The first, she was just a pup.  We brought her home, and none of the goats wanted anything to do with her.  She seemed lonely and depressed, but determined.  I heard one of the younger does hollering and ran out just in time to see Evie catch and tackle her.  With the goat down, she laid her head on the goat's back and closed her eyes for a nap.  I happened to have a camera close by and was able to get a picture(above). It was the start of a close relationship with her and her goats.

The second story is what set this girl apart from any dog that we have since had.  We had a wet and cold late winter/early spring, and we seemed to have girls that kidded just fine.  Then one wet rainy cold day I looked out to see a doe with kids on the ground that I wasn't expecting.  The rain got a little heavier and she just up and left the kids out in the rain.  Still wobbly, Evie herded all the abandoned babies into our kidding hut and laid with them keeping them warm until I was able to catch the momma and pen her up with her babies.

Sadly, we lost her last year. 

Currently we have four LGDs, Charlie (pictured below) our full blood Pyrenees, Turner our Anatolian/Pyrenees cross, and our two Pyrenees LGDs in training, Potter and Chief.  I will try and get pictures up soon of the boys who are taking care of Evie's goats in her stead.