Originally Posted by elchivito

A neighbor of mine has a sweet elderly Boxer. They go on long slow walks together back along the fence line of my doe pasture. She loves the girls and always wants to stick her nose through the fence and lick them. The goats have decided that she, alone among dogs other than my Anatolians who are with them 24/7, is OK. They approach the fence and visit with her. Interestingly, the Anatolians accept her too. She hasn't been on their turf, which would be a different matter I'm sure, but she's allowed to approach the livestock and visit without being given the threat of being torn into tiny bits.