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« on: September 22, 2023, 09:37:54 PM »
> what kind of dog
Fernando, the livestock guardian dog, is a Great Pyrenees. Basically, a big white fluffy creampuff to people and a terrifying fluffy mountain to fox, coyotes, and bobcats. I don't need more dog than that because I don't have really big predators like bear, wolves or cougars. He's less than a year old and about 100 pounds. His dam was 110 lbs and his sire was 120, so he's got a bit more growing to go.
I don't often hear it, but he has a deep, dark growl that absolutely sends the hair on the back of my neck straight up.
He's a pup and we sometimes have chicken chasing incidents, but he's getting better with age. (My lab/ boxer mix taught him that chasing chickens and cows was fun. *sigh*.) I was about to give up on him until last week when he chased a coyote looking for chicken dinner out of the pasture and then continued for about a mile.
Fernando was starting to roam into town -- I live about 4 miles out -- and the breeder told me to get him a regular path to walk every day so he knows where he needs to patrol. So, running path in the pasture for me and a patrol path for Fernando.
Fernando, the livestock guardian dog, is a Great Pyrenees. Basically, a big white fluffy creampuff to people and a terrifying fluffy mountain to fox, coyotes, and bobcats. I don't need more dog than that because I don't have really big predators like bear, wolves or cougars. He's less than a year old and about 100 pounds. His dam was 110 lbs and his sire was 120, so he's got a bit more growing to go.
I don't often hear it, but he has a deep, dark growl that absolutely sends the hair on the back of my neck straight up.
He's a pup and we sometimes have chicken chasing incidents, but he's getting better with age. (My lab/ boxer mix taught him that chasing chickens and cows was fun. *sigh*.) I was about to give up on him until last week when he chased a coyote looking for chicken dinner out of the pasture and then continued for about a mile.
Fernando was starting to roam into town -- I live about 4 miles out -- and the breeder told me to get him a regular path to walk every day so he knows where he needs to patrol. So, running path in the pasture for me and a patrol path for Fernando.
