Satch was rescued with his brother Blue in December 2018 with the help of Appalachian Great Pyrenees Rescue. They were being surrendered as the owners were moving from their farm to a single family home. Both needed an incredible amount of grooming but both were sweet and were trained livestock guardian dogs however my goats had never been around a LGD.
After a just a couple of months, Satch and Blue began fighting between themselves and both got injured. For several reasons, we made the difficult decision to allow APGRR to help us once again as they offered to take Blue and was able to find him a permanent home.
Satch remained with us and he was a big sweet teddy bear but who also guarded the farm like it was his own. In 2019, he started to have issues walking and getting up and was later diagnosed with degenerative myelopathy. He continued to want to guard the farm at his own pace, come into the house when he wanted to and loved hanging out with Colton. He finally succumbed to this horrible disease on August 25, 2020. We miss him everyday! The farm is not the same without him. Satch loved to dig a hole wherever he wanted to lay and many of his little divots are still here. I think of him every time I walk by them. Oh how I wish he could be laying in one of them smiling right up at me. Now I know he guards from above and smiles down on us every day. Love you Satch.
