[Blackbelly] Livestock guard dogs

[Curtis Yeschke]

I ran across an article by the us dept of ag detailing guardian dogs.  
It also had a lot of good advice for training a good guard dog and the  
qualities to look for. Another of the things memtioned is that  
Anatolian dogs have to be watched carefully. According to the article,  
they mature slower than Pyrenees and are rougher with sheep, sometimes  
causing injury and death. I have never dealt with that particular dog  
breed, so I take these claims with a grain of salt. My focus is  
finding a dog that will protect my sheep, mainly the lambs, from  
predation from coyotes, not be a cause for livestock loss. I've also  
heard good things about some about mammen (sp?) but hav only recently  
heard of the breed. Thanks again for all of the advice and support.

Curtis
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