My friend had a horse that was pregnant, but she was unsure of the due date. The horse's udder started to fill up with milk, so she knew the time was close. She kept an eye on the mare, but with two small children, could not be watching every moment. However, her Great Pyrenees livestock protection dog was watching...not just over the goats, but over the horses, too.
Now, dogs can't speak the same language that we do, but they can be very innovative in how they can convey messages. My friend's dog, Sadie, pulled the horse's afterbirth all the way over the entry gate of the pasture, where her people would have to trip over it to enter the pasture. This was not 'normal' behavior for a dog. She did not eat the afterbirth, or drag it over to her 'valuable' belonging pile...those of us with pyrs know what I am talking about with that. This pile is a location where the dogs drag every toy and interesting stick, bucket, or scrap of what-have-you. However...this is not what Sadie did...she pulled that afterbirth across several hundred feet of pasture and deliberately left it at the gate, letting her people know what had happened...and there was something over there in the back pasture that needed some fixing! Which will be my next post...
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