From ducks and lambs to chickens and alpacas, Virginia farmers turn to livestock guardian dogs to protect their animals and their livelihood.
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Jeff Ishee and Amy Roscher take us into the heart of agriculture to explore the innovations, challenges, and unique solutions impacting today’s farmers, livestock producers, and consumers.
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Would such dogs also protect the owner and his family against predators – including human ones?
If the puppy raised in the flock then will protect it from predators
We have skunks, ferrets,coyotes, bobcat,aerial predators and a mountain lion moving thru the area twice a year. I have 6 that can be used as duos or trios. Great Pyr/ Anatolian and Karachakans. Very effective
These breeders who dont train are a disaster because many many of these dogs end up either destroyed or in rescues if they are lucky. Failing to train large guardian dogs at an early age is a big mistake. Look at all the Virginia hunting beagles who end up at Labcorp, big pharma, cosmetic companies and others as lab experiments. Some labs even further breed dogs, specifically for more useless experimentation for human vanity
I have a 5 year old Tornjac dog super smart protective
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My pet goats and ducks are too precious to me to wait to get an LGD. Even one loss is too much. Her name is Kayda and she arrives next month.
Anyone knows where I can find a pair.
Does anyone know what the breed is the one in the thumbnail? Karacachan?
Nice farm . I have goat problem. I use my dogs ti chase away feral goats.
The Great Pyrenees is probably the best guardian dog in the world, and good advice here about needing two for dealing with coyotes and how neighbors' dogs can be a big problem.
Wish he’s pronounce Maremma properly.
I have an anatolian pyrenees mix he isnt a guard dog for sheep or goats but he loves kids and will follow them around his yard and keep a close eye on them
My maremma looks after my birds .. ducks chickens geese . Only things is she will kill the baby's. Until she knows that they belong there
I was curious about this. Can you mix the different livestock guardian dogs into one pack. They would still work together? Cos all the breeds bring their own little special treat really.
Excellent documentary
So the maremma dog breed does not escape? I’ve heard that some LGD’s have to have a hot fence to keep them in.
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Ranchers and shepherds in the USA are permitting different LGD breeds to interbred and also LGD's to interbred with other mongrelized dogs on their farm, a practice European shepherds frowned upon and attempted to avoid and for good reason. Different LGD breeds employ different strategies, possess different anatomy and kinesiology, slightly different variations in innate drives that allowed them to excel at their jobs employing the generations old patterned strategies to mitigate and interdict predators. When you breed dogs of different breeds, slightly different drives, different physical and temperament characteristics, different strategies you undermine the resulting offspring are an unknown, they may functional well, or they may diminish the effectiveness of a particular breed, sometimes even produce a schizophrenic dog with conflicting drives.
FUN FACT: the border collie sheep dog bite force is 238psi
Great video. The wolves and other predators are necessary in the ecosystem. Instead of eliminate them, the use of guard dogs allow their existence. There is a video of shepper dogs in Spain and the proprietary of 450 sheeps say: "the wolves are necessary because they reduce the population of certain herbivores that transmits brucellosis. This disease may infect the sheeps and the humans as well."
You don’t want to come out ing he morning to finda dead coyote but also you don’twant to come out to a injured alpaca
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Mare: like the horse
🤣 commands and live stock guardians don't mix. Theyre very stubborn .
Love our maremmas. Best guardians and absolutely affectionate with the family and friends.
Waterbury Australia!!! He means Warrnambool. The Maremmas protecting those penguins are famous, in a quiet way.
Non-lethal predator control, that is why I have my LGDs. Lethal is needed, make no mistake. I own Spanish Mastiffs, my small indoor dog is an English Mastiff…… Would not be without them, we have cougar, bears, coyotes, and live well within a pack or 2 wolf ranges. My mini dairy and Kune Kunes live in safety. My neighbor had a llama to 'guard', didn't work out, over the years she has lost dozens and dozens of her sheep. I could never talk her into getting lgds. Too bad.