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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1819365" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>[USER=22579]@dave_shelby[/USER] ; As I said, an LGD is a great asset in certain cases. One thing different breeds have different tendencies. Great Pyrenees are wanderers... if they see it, they consider it their territory... they are known both in the LGD and other communities to wander... Anatolians are perhaps the most focused on THEIR herd... including the humans and seem to be a bit more aggressive to strangers.... The Maremma's seem to be more inbetween... BUT.... the proximity to other neighbors has a lot to do with them staying put. </p><p> </p><p>Everything that [USER=43070]@Farm Family[/USER] has said is 1000% spot on....</p><p></p><p>I totally agree that the bonding is imperative... learning that their herd is their focus is the trick. The biggest difference is that here in Va we have more close neighbors than I think they do in her area of Canada..... and with that brings more problems... like you said about "meeting the neighbors".....</p><p>For us, it became a conflict of people reporting the "neglect" of the dog living with the animals... and some do not want to get educated on the whole purpose and life of an LGD.... and needing escape proof fences when a predator is outside the fence but too close in the LGD's perception of protection of it's "herd". The donkey just does a better job of fitting in and no one is wanting to get too close to her and her big teeth even though she is a sweetheart and loves rubs and stuff....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1819365, member: 25884"] [USER=22579]@dave_shelby[/USER] ; As I said, an LGD is a great asset in certain cases. One thing different breeds have different tendencies. Great Pyrenees are wanderers... if they see it, they consider it their territory... they are known both in the LGD and other communities to wander... Anatolians are perhaps the most focused on THEIR herd... including the humans and seem to be a bit more aggressive to strangers.... The Maremma's seem to be more inbetween... BUT.... the proximity to other neighbors has a lot to do with them staying put. Everything that [USER=43070]@Farm Family[/USER] has said is 1000% spot on.... I totally agree that the bonding is imperative... learning that their herd is their focus is the trick. The biggest difference is that here in Va we have more close neighbors than I think they do in her area of Canada..... and with that brings more problems... like you said about "meeting the neighbors"..... For us, it became a conflict of people reporting the "neglect" of the dog living with the animals... and some do not want to get educated on the whole purpose and life of an LGD.... and needing escape proof fences when a predator is outside the fence but too close in the LGD's perception of protection of it's "herd". The donkey just does a better job of fitting in and no one is wanting to get too close to her and her big teeth even though she is a sweetheart and loves rubs and stuff.... [/QUOTE]
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