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Your welcome. As you can see in both pics, Rex isn't "herding" anything - just laying down and sleeping watch over his little flock of first chicks or laying down and gently licking/bathing his baby goats. He is a wonderful shepherd to us all.
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I'm afraid that's not quite right - yes, they will herd a flock but their full name is Shepherd. Just like the human Shepherds who guard and herd their flock. A German Shepherd is a shepherd and a GSD that has a job like being a shepherd is the best of all - it is doing what it's...
Congratulations on Boss. As I posted earlier, they are great dogs and were bred to be working dogs and to "herd" but it takes work on your part. Scarlett is now 10 months old and has finally learned to leave the ducks and peacocks alone and is now able to be left outside alone with them. Take...
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Hey, thanks, yes I do have a great GSD, Rex. He was an adult when I got my first chicks and he just instinctively knew to "guard" them. He slept in bathroom with them and would not leave and would not let any of the other pets around them. Then when I moved them outside to a hutch...