Tag: Livestock guardians

Homesteading with Dogs: Get By with a Little Help from Your Friends

If I had to give a label to our Akbash/Great Pyrenees dogs…

Mariann Foster Mariann Foster

Imperfectly Priceless Pets: Shelter Rescues on the Homestead

Not all pets are perfect.  Some have physical limitations and disabilities.  They…

Lisa D. Johnson Lisa D. Johnson

The How and Why of Free-range Chickens

If you have purchased eggs from a retailer recently, then you know…

Regina Anneler Regina Anneler

The Ultimate Guide to Farm-Friendly Dogs

My wife and I are homesteading dog-trainers.  In our duties as dog…

Anthony Okrongly Anthony Okrongly

Winsome Woolly Workers: Babydoll Southdown Sheep

Babydoll Southdown sheep cause many people to exclaim, “Awww!” on the first…

Kristin Snodgrass Kristin Snodgrass

Livestock Guard Dogs: Just Like Lassie, Only Better

When I had my dairy goats in Wisconsin nothing bothered them, and…

Sheri Dixon Sheri Dixon

Making a Life, Not a Living: A Single Parent’s Journey

I couldn't say the exact date I started single-parent homesteading since it…

Mariann Foster Mariann Foster

Alluring Alpacas

I love fiber.  Whenever my mom ropes me into going to the…

Heather Huffman Heather Huffman

My Guardian Donkey: Burden of Beasts

Here on Ivy Hill Farm, there are two epochs: BC (Before Clara)…

Sue Dick Sue Dick

The Secret of Inpangela: Guinea Fowl are Strong Magic for Your Homestead

The Secret Magic of Inpangela Man does not live by egg alone.…

Anthony Okrongly Anthony Okrongly

Farm Dogs: See Spot Work

  Most farms have at least one dog hanging around, and that…

Sheri Dixon Sheri Dixon