Last Updated on February 7, 2026 by Kim Crawmer, KPA CTP, LFDM
Maremma Blog
😉 Blame it on the kids………
Hi Reader, I’m sorry I’m late with my weekly email. You can blame it on the kids..the goat kids, that is! 💜🐐, It’s kidding season, and the place is hopping with cute baby goats. 💞We are up to around 40 kids and aren’t done yet! Kidding season is exciting and fun, but so busy that it’s exhausting, which is why I’m so late in sending this email. But I had to share this video of some of our cute kids and their silly antics. Check Out Our New Goat Website I have been so happy with my new Maremma…
Meet Romeo, The Maremma Livestock Guardian Dog with Confidence, Character and Charm
Meet Romeo, a 9-month-old male Maremma with character and confidence. This social guardian from health-tested parents combines effective protection with a personable nature.
Meet Aspen: A Young Maremma Livestock Guardian Ready to Protect Your Farm
Meet Aspen, a 7-month-old male Maremma from health-tested parents. This confident livestock guardian has been raised with goats and is ready to protect your farm investment.
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TL;DR The Doe Code 🐐 Featured LGD: Romeo
At the Sign of the Prancing Pony The Prancing Pony Farm Newsletter Hi Reader, I hope your week is going well. My week has been a bit rough. My husband was sick last week with some kind of cold/flu bug, and I thought I had dodged the bullet until Saturday night when I started getting that distinct feeling that I was coming down with something. 😳 Sure enough, by Sunday morning, I was down hard with one of the worst colds (or maybe the flu) I have ever had. It’s one of those cases where you can…
One of These Things is Not Like the Others!
At the Sign of the Prancing Pony The Prancing Pony Farm Newsletter Hi Reader, I hope you’re doing great this week. I wanted to share this cute photo I got of one of my 7-month-old Maremma puppies on Wednesday. Kidding season is due to begin any day now, so my farm helper and I were preparing the barn for bouncing baby goats. My goats normally live outside full-time with my Maremmas, but when kidding is imminent, I usually start putting them in the barn at night. This is to ensure they bond…
💔🦮 Honoring Olaf, the Dog Who Started it All
At the Sign of the Prancing Pony The Prancing Pony Farm Newsletter Hi Reader, It is with a heavy heart that I write to you this week. Our beloved 9-year-old Maremma, Olaf, died Tuesday night. Many of you who have followed our journey for a while know that Olaf was my first Maremma – “the dog who started it all” and changed my life forever. Olaf came to us as a five-month-old puppy when we first bought our farm. He joined our six Nigerian Dwarf goats and eleven horses, and from day one, he…
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At the Sign of the Prancing Pony The Prancing Pony Farm Newsletter Hi Reader, I hope your week is going well. Spring has already come to Central California, so we are making the best of it. Last week, my new farm helper (Kiley) and I took six Maremma puppies on training walks in the almond orchard next door. The trees are blooming, and it’s an absolutely wonderful time to walk and train dogs. This week, my dear friend Megan is coming from Texas to help me with more farm-related jobs. We will…
Happy birthday sweet pup!
Prancing Pony Farm Maremma Sheepdogs Mini Nubians & Nigerian Dwarfs Livestock Guardian Dog Training Dear [FIRST_DOG_NAME GOES HERE] [SECOND_DOG_NAME GOES HERE] Here’s wishing you a very happy birthday filled with all your favorite treats and lots of hugs from your human friends! Love, Kim Unsubscribe | Update your profile | 20227 Fremont Ave, Lemoore, CA 93245
Have you ever taken your LGD for a walk?
At the Sign of the Prancing Pony The Prancing Pony Farm Newsletter Hi Reader, Have you ever taken your livestock guardian dog for a walk? I’ve often heard the advice that you shouldn’t walk your LGD, or they will learn that there is an interesting world out there and will want to escape. The biggest mistake you could make would be to walk your LGD out the gate and off of your property. The reasoning is that your LGD would know the way out and want to escape even more. This “advice” never made…
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