Big Brag section for your LGD's and working dogs purebred or not :o)

[Roll farms]

I'm hoping he'll be the best of both worlds...

His dad, Tank, was a bit TOO aggressive / protective, of everything. He started being mean to Razor and I had to seperate them....Tank went to a sheep farm in TN where he'll be the lone LGD.

Edge will let anyone human walk up and do whatever they want...but is a great protector against animals.

My one gripe w/ Razor (he actually bit people, no "pet me" Pyr was he) was his coat...he would not shed, just mat and look horrible....And I hated shaving him down every year but HAD to.

SOooo...when he started getting 'up there' I purposely bred Edge to Tank hoping for a somewhat aggressive, short coated, yet manageable LGD.

At 6 mos it's too soon to say if it was a success or not, temperament-wise, but his coat is more like the ASD than the Pyr.

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

wow great strategy! hope Gus works out...would love to know how he does.

i hear you on the coat thing. even my shepherds get extra hot ...but we just all go for a swim.

i've met several pry's around here and they are just so big and goofy... admittedly some of its personality... we arent to the point where we have a big enough herd for a LSD..and these two that i have are great defenders of the property and help me so much.. its like having an extra pair of hands.

ps love the name Tank

 

[cmjust0]

Alright.. You've all had your chances, but -- aside from Roll's Razor -- here's the best LGD the world has ever seen.

Ivan. He's about 13mo in this picture.. He's 2yo now.

Perhaps my best Ivan story is when he deterred the neighbor's Rotty and Boxer from entering his barnyard. They went right over to the gate and he met them with a mouthful of big white teeth.. He let me know something was up, too, with his "angry" bark. I came outside with one of our border collies (a mistake...got lucky) and the neighbor's dogs tucked tail and ran for home.

It's funny... Ivan would fight to the death to fend off a Rottweiler and a Boxer, but if you pick up a chicken and offer it to him, he recoils like "Get that thing away from me!"



Ivan goes in for surgery 2/24/10.. Likely a ruptured CCL.. Keep your for us, please.

 

[big brown horse]

Awww he is so cute! Like a big fluffy teddy bear.

Great story!


Hope his surgery helps. Good luck!

Roll Farms, sorry for your loss.

 

[Beekissed]

Bee, love your dogs! What does your Lucy have on her neck a low jack?

BBH, those are receivers around their necks. I have a perimeter fence on my little acre but I also have invisible, wireless fencing for the dogs as I live right along the highway. Wouldn't want to lose a dog and Lucy is a wanderer.... You can see that the collars are not tight....these dogs merely have to hear the beep and they avoid the line, so it's not necessary to have their collars snug...sort of like dog necklaces instead of collars.

CM, your Ivan sounds like my Jake...I trained him with a chicken held to his throat. So, though he is constantly among them, he is not afraid until I pick one up and show it to him or say, "My chicken!"....that really freaks him out!

 

[Mugen]

Here are pix of my three big boys. Aren't they cute?

 

[Mugen]

This is not my dog, but just an illustration of the breed. I love CMD. I do feed mine raw beef as well. I like my two Komondors negro look. I keep their hair about 3-4" long.

 

[big brown horse]

They are cute!

 

[ksalvagno]

Everyone has such nice looking dogs!

Roll, sorry for your loss. I know how hard it is.

CM, good luck with the surgery.

 

[Grillo]

Mugen,


Those Komondorok are the cutest thing LOL. And full of fire I'd guess. Funny how LGD breeds are so beautiful and they are so because of their function.