Tank's Leftovers

We have a Great Pyrenees dog out in the field with the goats. He does his job and looks very intimidating while doing it. :) He's a very friendly dog and doesn't mind the children petting him or loving on him. Generally, I've been told, these dogs are not overly friendly when they are trained to be out with goats or sheep. They aren't mean, but they are aloof and they do their job while you do yours. Tank, is the best of both worlds it seems, and I'm thankful we were able to find a trained dog that is so good with the children when we have to out there.

We currently have our Kiko billy enclosed in our holding pen because he's becoming quite attentive to the does, and we are not ready to breed them yet. So, I've been cutting grass for the billy every morning and putting it in the pen.
I had started to see a small glimmer in Tank's eyes when I would open the gate...as though he would like to explore other areas of the property. I haven't had any trouble with him trying to get out until this week. (I must make a quick note of Tank's size. He's quite large and looks somewhat like a polar bear. I have never been a real dog lover, and I must admit that I do find him a little intimidating because of his size.) Feeding the billy is a family affair, and so I'm pulling a small wagon load of grass and trying to get two small children inside the gate with Tank standing right there. I open the gate enough for them to get through and Tank decides that now is the time to try out his escape plan. He has discovered that I'm a push-over...literally. I found that it's quite impossible to stop a rather large dog from exiting when he gets it in his head to do so. (Yes, you may laugh at the picture in your head...ha!) So, here I am looking at the escapee and wondering how I'm going to get that dog back in the field! He isn't a pet, so he's never been trained to come when called. I tried pulling his collar but the thought of making him upset doesn't appeal to me. (My attitude toward him is more like gently suggesting that he go back into the field with the goats.)
I was standing there wondering what to do when I had a small stroke of genius. Dogs like food scraps right? Yes! I have leftovers! I run to the house and pull out some leftovers, which needed to be thrown out anyway. He very willingly followed me back into the field all the while sniffing and jumping to see what smelled so tasty. Problem solved right? Yeah....until tomorrow. ;) I'm running out of leftovers!!