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

[AlisonJ_SFW2]

Okay, I just had to google "CMD" - I've never seen one before! What gorgeous dogs! Not to say that all the other dogs in this thread aren't gorgeous, of course!

We don't own LGDs, but our "working" dogs are:

Zoe - Husky-mix, our Culler-of-Chickens-Stupid-Enough-to-Leave-the-Run. The good news is, no other predators can get near the run while Zoe is at large.

Stella - Beagle-mix, Chicken-Sniffer-and-Poop-Eater.

Jack - Mini Aussie, who spends his days trying to herd the cats.

 

[Lalaith]

This is Orlando. He's a Doberman X Coon Hound. He's an excellent guard dog and he takes very good care of his "pack" of horses, goats, sheep, chickens, ducks, and donkeys. He's getting on in age but it hasn't slowed him down at all...

 

[cmjust0]

I forgot about this thread. Saw two things out of our new LGD pup yesterday that I thought were neat..

1) She chased wild birds out of the main aisle of the barn. Chickens? Fine.. Wild birds? Nope...not having it.

2) Two of our does were having a serious knock-down/drag-out fight (dunno why) and she got so upset.. She's still smaller than the goats, but she tried her best to calmy intercede and break them up. She wasn't being "the fun police" like some dogs do, coming in with teeth borne, growling and snapping when they see two other dogs playfighting...she just kept trying to walk between them like "guys, stop it...I don't like this.."

It was sweet.

Oh...turns out that she also likes to lick goat baby faces. The goat babies don't much care for it, but she doesn't let that stop her.

 

[Lil-patch-of-heaven]

Glad you brought it back up. I don't have an LGD but enjoy reading about them.

Our dog is a German Shepherd. A herding breed and guard, yes, but risky around animals. They are my favorites though and I've owned quite a few so that's what I wanted.

The ironic thing is that in some ways his personality is shaping up more like an lgd. As far as training, oh yeah, he gets it. Tell him once or twice and he knows perfectly well what sit, down, stay etc mean. What he DOESNT get is why he should. I mean, just because you said so? No, let's be practical here.

He'd much rather put the goats back into the pasture (and he LOVES licking baby goat faces too and even tries to lick the does), or bark at cows that get too close to "his" animals, or make darn sure the cats don't step a paw outside because he knows I keep them INside the house. Anything like that, he's on top of it. Lie down because I say to? No, apparently that's demeaning and pointless.

But I guess I'd rather have a dog with good common sense that learns all the truly important lessons that make living with them a joy -- but are usually harder to teach, rather than a dog that snaps out his sit/down/stays but drives me batty with general bad manners.

He just seems wise ahead of his time -- he's not yet 6 months old. Shaping up to be a great dog though. Even though he DID grab the buckling by the ear once when he refused to go into the pasture.

Thanks for sharing all. I enjoy hearing about your wonderful dogs. And Roll, sorry for your loss.

 

[COUNTRYMAN]

My right hand man "Dusty" simply put i cant imagine doing this with out him. nobody bother me, nobody bothers my animals needer

 

[Grillo]

Dusty has a gorgeous head. I love G Pyrenees, but its a shame that a lot of the working dogs are so off type. Can't blame the shepherds, they don't care about standards and type, just the performance of the dog.

 

[HartRice]

Mugen~ what breed of dog is the pic that you posted just a pic of that wasn't yours. it is absolutely beautiful

 

[GeeseRCool]

I have two wonderful border collies and I LOVE them!!!!!!

 

[Grillo]

My little (well no so little anymore) boy Benny is growing up. Here's a few pictures from when he turned 5 months.

He's already barking at night and starting to discern strangers from family. He's about to be sent to the main yard to complete his training with my older female Kira who is already doing a fine job stopping the predation that had already started before I sent her there.

Doesn't he look like those dogs you see in the old Pyrenees postcards from the early 1900s?

 

[MsPony]

When I lived on the goat farm we had Anatolians, and I hate/love those dogs. They were ALWAYS escaping and going on to other people ranches!! I would be driving to school or polo practice, see them on some ranch and have to run through peoples ranches to get them. They would attack other peoples animals Looking back, I was a lot thinner back then

The oldest, Anatolian X Akbash was the best. He was old, could still tree a cougar, when he barked I would stand at attention but he really wanted to cuddle in my bed. I miss them all.

Now I just have *this* thing, who has NO concept of protection, none. He is a retriever/hunter through and through. He brings any out of sort eggs or chickens that shouldnt be where they are.

For the past almost week I have been trying to beat it into his head, that this new batch of chicks is HIS, his to protect, cherish and love. So far, he only gets interested when they flap around

Scooter my 4 day old Light Brahma is barely the size of his paws!

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