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Ripley, my Great Pyrenees, runs and chases the goats, and places her jaws across the back of their neck just enough to get slobber on them . She's a little over 18 months, and she's still a little rowdy.
She doesn't harass them constantly, and it's always playful. The only time she ever got aggressive was with a buck that would try to get in her food. Even then all she would do is bark and snarl and rush him, and grab him by the ear and "escort" him out of the barn. (that buck was just stupid. He never gave up trying to get her food)
My intuition tells me it's fine. If she wanted to hurt them she could easily do it. And besides the goats balance things out with their horns, which they will swing at her when they've had enough. And it's amusing to watch.
So ... is it really okay, or is this something I need to intervene with?
She doesn't harass them constantly, and it's always playful. The only time she ever got aggressive was with a buck that would try to get in her food. Even then all she would do is bark and snarl and rush him, and grab him by the ear and "escort" him out of the barn. (that buck was just stupid. He never gave up trying to get her food)
My intuition tells me it's fine. If she wanted to hurt them she could easily do it. And besides the goats balance things out with their horns, which they will swing at her when they've had enough. And it's amusing to watch.
So ... is it really okay, or is this something I need to intervene with?