I really like this movie. \u00a0I don’t remember every reading any comic book about the characters in the Guardians of the Galaxy. \u00a0Marvel did a great job of taking a somewhat obscure comic and making it into the current movie franchise. \u00a0Duke introduced me to this movie and I’m not alone in enjoying this flick as it did almost $800 million at the box office. \u00a0I liked the 2nd edition and I will watch the 3rd when it comes out.<\/p>\n
This movie had a fun soundtrack that reached #1 on the billboard charts. \u00a0This was the first soundtrack to hit #1 that was made up entirely of previously released songs. \u00a0In other words, there were no new, original songs on this record. \u00a0Just a bunch of groovy hits from the 70s that works well into the film.<\/p>\n
Now, one may ask, how does this movie\/comic\/soundtrack tie into the goat industry? \u00a0Valid question. \u00a0And I can answer it.<\/p>\n
GARP. \u00a0Yes, the dog. \u00a0GARP is the guardian of our goat galaxy. \u00a0GARP stands for Goat And Ranch Protection. \u00a0Plus, I like the original Robin Williams movie “The World According to Garp”. \u00a0He has been employed by Kelln Livestock since December of 2012. \u00a0He was born near Cheyenne, OK sometime in October of that same year. \u00a0Much like the Star Lord–Peter Quill, GARP has a unique pedigree.<\/p>\n
While at Fairview, we had a female Great Pyrenees. \u00a0Her name was ShyAnne. \u00a0We ran goats on a rough 80 acres–covered with canyons & cedar trees that were teaming with cats and coyotes. \u00a0ShyAnne was a bad bitch. \u00a0She was not a pet. \u00a0But she did her job. \u00a0We got a male from Vince McGolden. \u00a0This male was a 1\/2 Pyr, 1\/2 Komondor. \u00a0He sired one litter with ShyAnne. \u00a0A female from this litter ended up in Roger Mills County. ShyAnne was killed by lightning in the summer of ’12. \u00a0Shortly after that, we moved to Fargo and needed a new dog.<\/p>\n
Jana Maddux called to try to get me to judge a jackpot show. \u00a0I couldn’t do it but in the conversation, she mentioned that they had a litter of LGD (livestock guardian dogs) pups and did I know of anybody needing one. \u00a0 Why yes, I do. \u00a0So, she got them weaned, threw the only male in the litter in a dog box with Nathan Torrance’s parents who live by Gage and were attending a Christmas program at Cheyenne. \u00a0They brought him to Ellis County and we picked him up. \u00a0Since then, he has only left this place once. \u00a0And that was a trip to Seiling to get neutered. \u00a0I don’t think that he liked that trip. \u00a0There has only been a handful of times that he has ever been out of the goat pasture or corrals.<\/p>\n
GARP is probably tamer than he should be but it works perfectly around here. \u00a0He quickly learns when a new dog is with a human friend. \u00a0He is good with humans. \u00a0And he hates coyotes and strange dogs. \u00a0He was only a few months old when I saw him take on his first coyote. \u00a0When the yotes get loud and seem to circle us, he can silence the entire section or two with a bark.<\/p>\n
He is a big dog. \u00a0He is tall, even for a Pyrenees. \u00a0It is amazing to see how sneaky this big dude is. \u00a0He can turn dang neart invisible when he goes into stealth mode. \u00a0Snow seems to be his favorite weather. \u00a0He loves it. \u00a0And he loves leftover meat. \u00a0He is good with baby goats. \u00a0As good as he is protecting the goat herd, he and I share a commonality. \u00a0He HATES doe goats. \u00a0He tolerates them and puts up with their crap since that is his job. \u00a0BUT if they come near his food\u2026.HOLY HELL!!! He comes uncorked and does scatter. \u00a0Yes… yes I have been known to feed him right in the middle of the doe herd just so I can watch them run in fear when the first moron walks near his food.<\/p>\n
All sheep and goat producers need to be thankful for their LGDs. \u00a0These creatures do the job that they were bred to do like nothing else can. \u00a0LGDs are important enough that the USDA tracks info on them with their sheep and goat surveys.<\/p>\n
Pyrs are probably the most popular since they will deal with humans. \u00a0Anatolians are absolute killing machines and work great as long as they aren’t near people. \u00a0Akbash and Maremma are other breeds that are very good. \u00a0Whether I have 10 does or a 100, I will have a guard dog.<\/p>\n
I don’t know GARP’s actual birthdate but we are close to it. \u00a0Cheers to GARP and all the other guardians of the galaxy that do their job, oh so well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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