Place Your Bets… Coydog?

[Logar]

Yes. Hurricane Debby.

Sounds fun

 

[my spoiled chickens]

I don’t know the proper dog color term, but she was dark brown.

I still think coydog

 

[muddy75]

I say pyranees

 

[Florida Bullfrog]

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[muddy75]

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That’s a handsome crew!

 

[cassie]

Nobody asked for my opinion, but crossing a Pyrenees with an Aussie to get an LGD is a really bad idea. A pet maybe, but not an LGD. The two breeds work at cross purposes. Your puppy is cute, but it does not at all look like it is part coyote.

 

[Florida Bullfrog]

Nobody asked for my opinion, but crossing a Pyrenees with an Aussie to get an LGD is a really bad idea. A pet maybe, but not an LGD. The two breeds work at cross purposes. Your puppy is cute, but it does not at all look like it is part coyote.

Well, my hunting hounds and bulldogs have been excellent livestock guardians.

I believe “LGD” as a designation for certain breeds are often overhyped in the internet/social media homesteading world. Lets face it, most internet homesteading and farming is pretend and hobby these days. And for whatever reason, hobby farms have gazillions of “LGD” pups for sale. Got to make a market for them by hyping them up as the “only” dog that will protect your livestock.

The real homesteaders, the poor farmers of yesteryear, were relying on their hunting dogs and mutts to keep predators ran off the farm. And those dogs were just as good or better than any inbred GP from somebody’s hobby farm today.

So there’s that.

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

Well, my hunting hounds and bulldogs have been excellent livestock guardians.

I believe “LGD” as a designation for certain breeds are often overhyped in the internet/social media homesteading world. Lets face it, most internet homesteading and farming is pretend and hobby these days. And for whatever reason, hobby farms have gazillions of “LGD” pups for sale. Got to make a market for them by hyping them up as the “only” dog that will protect your livestock.

The real homesteaders, the poor farmers of yesteryear, were relying on their hunting dogs and mutts to keep predators ran off the farm. And those dogs were just as good or better than any inbred GP from somebody’s hobby farm today.

So there’s that.

There is also the fact that some GP and other LGD breeds are show/pet/companion line, to have a good lgd from the breeds designed for that you need a working lime dog with family history in that job. A pet line GP is possible yo not have any more LGD instincts then a regular mutt.

Certain breeds are bred for certain purposes, even though it is possible to have a good LGD out of other breeds, it's more common to have a goid outcome when you have the right breed doing its correct purpose. It's very important to consider the source and line of the dog.

 

[TexasBlues]

Well, my hunting hounds and bulldogs have been excellent livestock guardians.

I believe “LGD” as a designation for certain breeds are often overhyped in the internet/social media homesteading world. Lets face it, most internet homesteading and farming is pretend and hobby these days. And for whatever reason, hobby farms have gazillions of “LGD” pups for sale. Got to make a market for them by hyping them up as the “only” dog that will protect your livestock.

The real homesteaders, the poor farmers of yesteryear, were relying on their hunting dogs and mutts to keep predators ran off the farm. And those dogs were just as good or better than any inbred GP from somebody’s hobby farm today.

So there’s that.

Texas has Lacy dogs. They’re good for herding, protecting, hunting, bloodtracking…

 

[cassie]

Well, my hunting hounds and bulldogs have been excellent livestock guardians.

I believe “LGD” as a designation for certain breeds are often overhyped in the internet/social media homesteading world. Lets face it, most internet homesteading and farming is pretend and hobby these days. And for whatever reason, hobby farms have gazillions of “LGD” pups for sale. Got to make a market for them by hyping them up as the “only” dog that will protect your livestock.

The real homesteaders, the poor farmers of yesteryear, were relying on their hunting dogs and mutts to keep predators ran off the farm. And those dogs were just as good or better than any inbred GP from somebody’s hobby farm today.

So there’s that.

LGDs have been used in Europe and Asia for hundreds of years. Until just a very few decades ago American stockmen had never heard of them. There are a number of different breeds used, but they all pretty much have the same characteristics. They are typically large, intelligent, independent thinkers, can be stubborn, and they are slow to mature. Most are aloof with strangers. LGDs are not herders and herding dogs such as Aussies are not LGDs. Can other breeds of dogs protect the farm and livestock? Certainly. Can dogs other than Aussies, border collies etc. herd livestock? Yes. I once had a Basset that would round up my goats out of the pasture at milking time. It was a sight to behold to watch him work but he did a good job. I never really trained him to do it either. He just decided that was his job.