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[Grazer]

Well you do have a point, I mean I really love this breed, but I'm not trying to sell anything. So I try to be as unbiased about them as I can.
*edit* I just wrote a page on the CO. I hope it will be helpful people to less familiar with this breed

Basically with this breed you socialize them so you can get a mature dog with good judgment. A dog that will be able to differentiate between real threats and something that is simply new or unusual.
Now of course individually even within a breed every dog is different, but a well bred Caucasian shepherd should always be distrustful of strangers and protective when needed.

I have no experience with Fila's, so I'm not really sure just how similar/different they are.
I would say the CO are only interested in and affectionate with only their owners and the family/friends of the owners they have been around since puppyhood.

 

[ylevitin]

Hello, everyone.
I am new here, but here are some of my big babies.

 

[Grazer]

I just love your CO's!
They are not only so beautiful, but they are actually working. I would say Yelenna, you are one of the handful CO breeders in the whole world that still raises her Caucasian shepherds with livestock & poultry.
I hope you'll have time to write a lot about your experiences with this breed as LGD's.
Btw, we wanted to get a puppy from you (we talked on the phone earlier in 2012), but sadly for us there was a really long waiting list.
We are more than happy with the puppy we ended up getting of course. But still I just wanted to say I really love your CO's lol

 

[ylevitin]

Thank you.
I really believe in preserving working abilities in a working breed.
We already have many-many breeds of dogs with no particular purpose, used as companions or pets. Many of them used to have working background, but sadly lost their jobs due to various reasons.
I think partnership of people and their animals working together is beautiful and natural and should be preserved. I love working with dogs, observing their interactions with livestock, taking care of them. It is very rewarding experience.

 

[Grazer]

Thank you.
I really believe in preserving working abilities in a working breed.
We already have many-many breeds of dogs with no particular purpose, used as companions or pets. Many of them used to have working background, but sadly lost their jobs due to various reasons.
I think partnership of people and their animals working together is beautiful and natural and should be preserved. I love working with dogs, observing their interactions with livestock, taking care of them. It is very rewarding experience.

I feel the same way, great post!

 

[honeymeadows]

Tuffy

 

[Grazer]

What a beautiful picture honeymeadows!

 

[CocoNUT]

ylevitin = your dogs are GORGEOUS! Even my DH, sitting next to me, was like WOW! The photo with the kittens on the dog is PRICELESS! They're like Gus on fluffy steroids!
honeymeadows = Tuffy is adorable!
I love seeing the LGDs with their charges!

 

[ylevitin]

Thank you!
I love my teddy bears.

 

[OneFineAcre]

This is Mikey. He's half border collie/ half Great Pyrenees.

Was a little worried about him wanting to "herd" but he's done a great job. Not even a problem with the chickens.

We got him from some people we met at the State Fair who had one too many. Mikey lived with the bucks.

We started him with our bucks, then a few of the does. Couple of weeks before the babaies.

He seems to prefer the bucks company since they don't give him as a hard a time as the girls do. He has an awesome temperment, very sensitive.