@ManueB ~ TY for that insight about your region's guard dogs. I have studied different guard/flock breeds when we were considering one or two.
We found Ovcharka likes to guard in tandem while one dog lures a predator from the front the 2nd dog attacks from behind. Loyal to owner/family members but leery of strangers. Pretty much the same w/all large flock breeds ~ Pyrenees, Maremma, Leonberger, Anatolian, etc flock breeds.
& since flock guard breeds are large they like miles of space to wander. Hard to keep a breed meant to trek miles w/herds/flocks to keep it in a confined acreage. My Kansas chicken breeder raises Great Pyrenees on 40 acres & has a hard time keeping them fenced w/the cattle or chickens on the property as the dogs love to wander; & she's had a couple stolen when discovered a broken fence near the highway. If a dog did not come home it was obvious theft since her wandering dogs behavior would be to reappear as much as a week later.
Then there's our Nevada animal rescue friend who has a tiny dog that guards loyally their chickens.
Here's our "Char" rehomed w/our Nevada friend & little loyal dog
We found Ovcharka likes to guard in tandem while one dog lures a predator from the front the 2nd dog attacks from behind. Loyal to owner/family members but leery of strangers. Pretty much the same w/all large flock breeds ~ Pyrenees, Maremma, Leonberger, Anatolian, etc flock breeds.
& since flock guard breeds are large they like miles of space to wander. Hard to keep a breed meant to trek miles w/herds/flocks to keep it in a confined acreage. My Kansas chicken breeder raises Great Pyrenees on 40 acres & has a hard time keeping them fenced w/the cattle or chickens on the property as the dogs love to wander; & she's had a couple stolen when discovered a broken fence near the highway. If a dog did not come home it was obvious theft since her wandering dogs behavior would be to reappear as much as a week later.
Then there's our Nevada animal rescue friend who has a tiny dog that guards loyally their chickens.
Here's our "Char" rehomed w/our Nevada friend & little loyal dog
like walnuts, and if you get some and take a walk, throw some on the ground and see if they will eat them?
