Anyone else have a suprising breed of LGD?

[feather and mountain man]

We have a miniature american eskimo or spitz who is a great LGD. Anyone else have a breed of dog that would not normally be considered an LGD?

 

[mrslb333]

LGD? what does that stand for?

 

[FireTigeris]

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Livestock guardian dog

 

[kelseygirl707]

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If I remember correctly

I think it stands for Livestock Guard Dog, or something close to that.

 

[feather and mountain man]

Yes Livestock Guard Dog. A breed of dog bred to guard all types of animals.

http://www.lgd.org/

 

[mrslb333]

In that case yes I do her names Honey she's a Lhasa Apso she spends all day by her chickens before we had her we lost a few chicks and ducklings to either rats or magpies but she chases everything away for us now , when we hatch ducklings she lets them follow her around and cuddle up to her in the sun.

We also have a big white tom cat who chases foxes at night

 

[nzpouter]

we kept all breeds of dogs from daschund to rotties... and they all have 1 job here, to look after the property and anything that belongs in it....

Currently we have 2 pitbull x bull terrier and 1 bull terrier...

 

[The Wolf Queen]

I have a lab X that is most likely mixed with golden retriever, hound, and only god knows what else and he does that. He will lay down in the coops and just let everyone run all over him lol. Along with him I have a Pomhuahua, 2 doxys(ones a pup learning not to chase the birds), 2 chiweenies, a chi, and a chi X that are all bird safe & guard my birds. Outta all my dogs I only have 2 I dont trust lol.

 

[feather and mountain man]

my mini eski Ghost

 

[seabreeze]

I have several Tibetan Mastiffs that are GREAT poultry guardians, one of my best males (finished AKC champion as well) watches the skies for predators and though the breed is NOT a herding breed, he walks towards the free ranging birds and they sort of group and walk back towards the coop. Then he goes for the other half the birds that didn't go in. He is absolutely the best! A half sister of his (same sire, different dam) is a bona fide fox killer, she doesn't ravage the fox, just one massive bite over the shoulders, puncturing the lungs, maybe the heart and she leaves it.

Some of my younger girls have very high prey drive and are NOT good around the birds! Horses, goats, cattle, no problem but the birds are too tempting to them so if you choose a LGD, make sure your breeder has done some temperament testing as to its reactions to birds, i.e., low or high prey drive etc.,