When your Livestock Guardian pup comes with 12 weeks of direct livestock exposure / training. Yes, it is a non-negotiable that we keep our LGD puppies a minimum 4 weeks longer than most breeders. This is to ensure they get as much livestock exposure and training from their working parents and from us as possible before they head off to their new farms. Our livestock guardian pups are fulfilling a huge need in our extensively rural area, which feeds a huge percentage of our nation. It is costly f

No offense taken by commenters who have no experience with raising LGD. But truth be told, I’d personally be more concerned with LGD that are NOT dirty.. I would need to ask myself and contemplate these things… Are these dogs getting the real life direct exposure they need to be good livestock guardians? Are these dogs given the ability to come and go as they please and free range around the property they are being raised on to develop the proper guardian skills? Are the dogs truly learning unde

Most of my goat breeding pals are approaching their 2026 kidding season. But we have decided to push ours back for our big barn build. It is much larger than we originally envisioned but it will be all the space we need to check off all the boxes. We are excited to share the building process along the way. #minigoats #kkddingseason #nigeriandwarfgoat #babygoat | The Urban Ladybug Farm