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Thanks to you both! ❤️❤️

Ah, ok - so you mean OFA registry, not necessarily AKC or other breed registry.

Would you choose Moose over Shep's dad? I think we did it wrong initially last summer, but Annie and Moose were fighting through the fence. Being a male and female pair, I'd hoped for a good result, but Annie is feisty and Moose was stubbornly growling at her just to see her spark, I think. lol

Well, in the space of 24 hours we've been offered not one, but TWO dogs. My brother called Sunday afternoon and said his pet GP "Moose" has dug out so many times this week that his neck is oozing from the e-fence collar zaps and could they bring him over to us for a bit while they figure out...

Sorry, I missed this, but can you tell me why that would be a red flag. I am not disagreeing at all, just would like to understand the reason.

That's me!

I did the same. :)

I can't seem to find any maremmas in OFA, but I am sure I'm doing it wrong. I did find Painted Canvas Farms' Chuck Norris though (maybe searching Painted Canvas, maybe PCF - can't remember). I know Prancing Pony OFA tests her maremmas, and tried to do a breed search as maybe there is someone...

🤣 This is all true. Cracked me up though! We actually keep berkshire/durocs for bacon, but for ground meat which we eat more of, we prefer the kunes, though they're definitely not feeders. And we like that we can step in their pen and they flop over for belly rubs rather than making sure not...

This coyote was tossing bunnies around in our back pasture this week. The dogs knew he was there and he knew they were there. He was likely last year's pup as he was small, playful and didn't have the coat I've seen on some of the larger coyotes. Also somewhat unusual to see them at midday...

I am not interested in trendy. :) And don't believe that's the intention behind CMD, but rather functionality. I'd love a maremma pup from prancing pony in CA, which checks all boxes, but they're out of reach for me. So for now we wait.

One of the easiest homestead animals we've had are kunekune pigs. They keep our back pasture neatly trimmed and turn it into bacon. They're also easy keepers in the way that they're easily contained in a portable electric fence kit. When you're ready for pigs, I'd recommend looking into them.

I must live under a rock because I had never heard of them. 😂 Are they like goldendoodles? In general, I don't purposefully choose crosses. Have adopted our fair share of them over the years. I like that the CMD are "theoretically" bred for a purpose. I'd love to hear from owners who...

Bearded retriever club? Haha - that's a new one for me (which I will now google). lol I joined the CMD Facebook group and have been impressed by them overall. Not getting one in the immediate future, but definitely going to follow their progress and think on it a bit more. Surprised that...

Nice! Hello from Ohio and good luck to you with the new homestead!

I can see that with the foundation and g1, g2 pups, but after selectively breeding for 4 or 5 generations, I am wondering how much of a gamble it would be. Especially since all of the foundation dogs are purebred LGD dogs. I think it's interesting what they are trying to create with dogs...

We are contemplating a Colorado Mountain Dog pup. Anyone here have one?

Annie is 2, will be 3 this year. It cracks me up to see the size charts for Maremmas in the US. I think you're right that maremmas have shrunk in size (here in the states). The AKC has it wrong, sadly, but I do know that there are small maremmas here somehow that fit in that size range and...

I love hearing that about Sentry. I think when it's meant to be they find us. Sounds like Sentry was sure meant to be your boy. I have to remind myself sometimes that it's a day at a time. I will continue to ponder getting backup for Shep and Annie, but will hold off for a bit. For now...

Would you expect Annie to still grow at her age? The GPs we've known and had would be done by now. Every time she's at the vet I am hopeful that she's at least put on a few pounds but she's holding steady in the low 60's since we got her. You're right about that coon. He was very well fed...