What have your LGD's done and yet...you still love them?!

[Stubbornhillfarm]

Grazer, Oh of course!!! Why would they not want to love on you when they are all muddy. They are actually really good about not jumping, but they do like to sit and do the paw thing. Doesn't matter to them if their paws are muddy or not. If you happen to be looking or not. If you happen to have good clothes on or not. Just doens't matter. Their still the best!

I finally got a little video of them playing. Pups just wanna have fun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Auxu455hhPU

 

[Grazer]

My favorite part is where they chase each other and it looks like they are disappearing into the woods, it's so beautiful
And I'm glad their masks didn't fade, it makes them look even more gorgeous

 

[Southern by choice]

SHF- I am on overload!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just watched the video... with family members standing behind me....Great video. I love how it captures these majestic giants and their playfulness. You can see their power too.

Ya know how hard it is to describe these amazing animals.... there aren't words but other LGD people know. They just know. There is something so special about them.

You dogs are beautiful! I know when you watch it you are grinning from ear to ear! I know I am!!!!!!!!

 

[Stubbornhillfarm]

Grazer, thank you! And...hahahaha, they were getting ready to run into the woods and I wanted them to come back, but didn't want to yell on the video that's why I stopped recording. They really are very nice looking dogs. However, I have come to the conclusion that I may never have clean dry dogs again!

Southern, I am glad you and your family enjoyed it. Our female (the one with less black) is very playful. She won't leave the male alone for two seconds. She also is the one that is the most interested in guarding the cows, but at the same time, sometimes does the, "com'on let's play dance" to a 1200 pound steer. It amazes me how these big dogs can jump and run, stand up to get to something and do it with such "softness". Does that make sense? No noise, no effort. Like you say hard to explain to someone unless you know.

Kind of like the picture of Grazers Pheobe on the bird bath. No, she didn't knock it over. She was probably just as gentle as could be and gracfully stood up to get a drink.

 

[Grazer]

LGD breeds are truly majestic in every way. I just think it's sad how more and more show fanciers are infiltrating these breeds and then ruin them.
Now I am not against dog shows per se, I just don't like the fact that for a lot of LGD breeders all over the world, dog shows are the only selection tool.
So in certain LGD breeds (luckily this does not apply to all LGD breeds), it is becoming more and more difficult to find healthy, strong/athletic, stable specimen that descend from working, proven parents.
And by working I mean dogs that actively and successfully guard livestock/poultry, as sadly the word working means something else for some other unethical people out there.

 

[treeclimber233]

I went to the barn last night and some of my wethers were out. I put them in the field with the does until I could fix where they got out. Then I put them back in their field and then tied my does in the yard to eat. One doe has a baby that I just let run loose. I recently got another 8 week old buckling that is still adjusting to his new home so I just left him in the field with Drift. The next thing I know Drift comes running around the corner with the baby between his front legs!!!! I hollered at him and he just looked at me like "Mom you forgot one". Silly dog