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Yes. I think training has a lot to do with it too. I wouldn't want to cross-breed out what has so skillfully been bred in.Kirk Hutchison wrote:
Wow! That one must not have been trained quite right. Mine (110 lbs and going steady) is an absolute sweetheart who loves everyone! He has a very fearsome sounding bark, but in truth is a big baby - he treats my cat as his master ever since she taught him a hard lesson about not being too friendly.
It is no pussy job to guard livestock from very real and hungry predators. The LGD was simply doing what he was trained to do. Actually quite impressive.
I agree. Buddy is not a pet and he was doing his job, albeit a bit too enthusiastically. I do think the farmer showing us around should have had him tied up behind the fence when we got there, but he's only a year old (so he'll get BIGGER!?) and we were told he has never jumped the fence before.
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A woman who owns a great pyranees told me that they have a tendency to roam if they don't have clearly defined (fenced) boundaries. Another way to let them know their home turf, she told me, is to take the puppy on a daily walk around the perimeter of the area they are protecting. I'm assuming anatolians could be similar? They like having a herd to protect, they aren't going to take off on some mission in the bush and leave their responsibilities at home.
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Jami McBride wrote:
Great points Gary, concerning the training and handling of the dogs. Very good to remember along with Marina's cautionary tale.
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Each dog is different just like humans and Buddy may not work as a guardian,
Each dog is different just like humans and Buddy may not work as a guardian,
I think Buddy already is an excellent guardian dog, I don't really understand that sentence....?
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marina phillips wrote:
Thanks for sharing your experience with pyrenees dogs, ozark lady!
Mangudai: there were lots of animals at that place. Dexter cows, goats, chickens, and the pigs we looked at. That particular breed of pig doesn't get that big. A full grown guinea hog boar is "only" 250-300 pounds, waaay smaller than a lot of other breeds whose boars can easily can approach a thousand pounds. They do have tusks and can defend themselves (I highly doubt a coyote would try to take on a full grown male), but they just aren't huge. I think the dog was mainly there to protect the baby animals of all varieties, anyway. They are the most vulnerable to predation.
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Rick Perconte wrote:
I own an Anatolian shepherd and he is exactly as he described. There is no better guardian dog in the world.
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gary gregory wrote:
A woman who owns a great pyranees told me that they have a tendency to roam if they don't have clearly defined (fenced) boundaries. Another way to let them know their home turf, she told me, is to take the puppy on a daily walk around the perimeter of the area they are protecting. I'm assuming anatolians could be similar? They like having a herd to protect, they aren't going to take off on some mission in the bush and leave their responsibilities at home.
A fence is certainly important. I wouldn't say pyrs and anatolians roam, but rather are expanding their territory. Mollison's "the map is not the territory" fits them well.
Kirk Hutchison wrote:Wow! That one must not have been trained quite right. Mine (110 lbs and going steady) is an absolute sweetheart who loves everyone! He has a very fearsome sounding bark, but in truth is a big baby - he treats my cat as his master ever since she taught him a hard lesson about not being too friendly.
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