For once not a salukoid, but Tina Garfield’s Anatolian puppy, who is not quite at full growth yet, at the PO.
Tag: livestock guardian dogs
Guardian Dogs & Wolves in the Alps
Wolf Miscellany
I think there is an unstated human obsession with wolves, perhaps because they contain in essence both the genes of our species’ best animal friend, and the age -old simultaneous rep as humankind’s most visible enemy. Here are a few recent instances. I have always heard the some of the big Central Asian flock protection …
Rena’s Contributions
It’s been nearly two months since Rena tangled with wolves while protecting our sheep herd in the foothills of the southern Wind River Mountains. She has recovered nicely – no major muscle loss, but some stiffness in her hind end remains, and we suspect that won’t change. The sheep herd has moved home for the …
The Land Of My Soul
It was a crisp 16 degrees when we set out, the headlights of the truck shining on the black ice coating the roadway, with the soft fog buffering the white glare of the freshly fallen snow blanketing the landscape. It was slow going pulling the empty stock trailer so it wouldn’t fishtail on the slick …
Dogs in Zululand
KwaZulu-Natal is home to the Zulu, and is located between the country of Lesotho and the eastern coast of South Africa. Here are some of the Zulu dogs we met in our journey. These dogs are used to protect livestock herds, but are also used in packs to hunt.
AfriCanis in Lesotho
AfriCanis is the word used to describe the native dogs of Africa. Here is a sample of AfriCanis we saw in Lesotho. These dogs have a broad range of uses – from guarding livestock, to their use as hunting dogs.
Big dogs of Lesotho
It’s taken me forever to sort photos from our Lesotho/South Africa trip, but now I’m going to flood the blog with images of dogs we met along the way. These are the bigger dogs or livestock guardian type dogs that we met in Lesotho. The primary predators in Lesotho are jackals, but these dogs have …
Of Livestock, Predators, & Guardians
This summer, our sheep have been grazing a series of private pastures in the foothills of the southern Wind River Mountains – pastures that have been used by domestic sheep herds for more than 100 years. This small herd is protected by the three burros that are always present, and by livestock guardian dogs. The …
Range Sheep & Big Predators
I am weary of the snide, ignorant, and vicious comments made in response to last week’s death of 176 sheep due to a wolf attack in eastern Idaho (see stories here and here). Some of the sheep were directly bitten and killed, but the majority of the animals were killed in a stampeding pileup as …