Warning...copper in dog food

Warning!!!! Some of you may know this, I wish I had. In December we brought 6 bred ewes. In February We brought a Female Great Pyrenees pup 8 weeks old.( We have a year old male but he was not raised with sheep) I have heard for the dogs to become good guard dogs they need to be raised with the sheep. One person told me to raise them just like they were sheep, even feed them with the sheep. I took this to mean feed them sheep feed. I was told by another person "No you feed them dog food but just keep them in the pen and treat them like sheep." This made more sense to me so when I fed the sheep in their feeder I fed the dog in another part of the pen, puppy chow. I had to do it this way to keep the sheep out of her food. I have said all that to say this. I lost a lamb yesterday, why I don't know. Today I find the ewe Mother of the lost lamb and the only sheep that gave the pup trouble and wanted to eat the pup's food, down. Then it dawned on me THERE IS COPPER IN THE DOG FOOD!!!Warning. I do not know if that is what is wrong with the ewe and the lamb but it was an eye opener to me Grant

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