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I miss Westie, so much, it hurts...it has been 2 years since she died and I still can't unpack the jackets that she made. She was my best friend.....

Goto http://www.lgd.org/ There is a library that has a wealth of information on training all livestock guardian dogs. I hope this helps and it saves the cost of buying a book.

Glad I am not modeling it...it would look like a rubber band on an egg......

Westie, you are always thinking of others! Thank you for doing this, it will give all of us a quick reference guide.

Here is a link to some toxic ones...

http://www.lifestyleblock.co.nz/articles/g...us_to_goats.htm

I am telling you now, don't bother with plastic surgery for saggy eye lids, just use one of those tweezers and you won't have any eye lids to worry about!!! LOL

I have the winner right here..... electric tweezers!!!!

Now, believe it or not, because I loooovvveee gadgets, I bought one of these when they first came out.... I get home, sit down with my mirror, take 5 minutes to get the end of the tweezers over the eyebrow hair I want to pull and push the button. EEEEEYYYYYOOOWWWWWWW!!!!!

This sucker took skin off!!!! Never again!

Stephanie, yes there are alot of benefits. First of all, I can make it smell any way I want, which I love. Most of the soap you buy in the store has the glycerine removed to be sold separately. When you make your own it has lots of glycerine in it for you skin. Ever throw out soap because it breaks into a million pieces? Not with home made soap. Usually, you can use it right down to the last sliver. Plus you can use different oils in the soap for different benefits. I have not bought soap in the store for a very long time.

Westie is right on target with this information. My pyrenees is just over a year old, over 100 pounds and he is really protective over his "family". For example: we get some really nasty thunder storms here. When it starts to rain, lightning, etc. my dog runs around the pen and makes the goats get under cover. He then lays out in the rain to make sure they don't come out until it is over. He patrols the fenceline all night. He will get in between any of us or his goats and anyone he does not know until he hears me tell him it is okay. I have to say that we had a real problem with predators when I first started all of this. We put an electric fence up, but they still sometimes got in. Since I got my LGD, I have not lost even one animal to a predator! When they are little and even now, Westie is right... you can look in their eyes and actually see the thought process! Really amazing. If I had to leave for a hurricane and could only choose one animal to take, it would be my dog...he is, as far as I am concerned, my most valuable asset for livestock. Good job Westie!!!!