WE HEAR THESE QUESTIONS NEARLY EVERY DAY ON LGD FORUMS AND FACEBOOK PAGES AND THEY GO SOMETHING LIKE THIS:
CAN I USE A GREAT DANE AS A LGD? OR A ST. BERNARD? HOW ABOUT A HEELER AND GOLDEN CROSSBRED? MY NEIGHBOR HAS SOME GREAT PUPS THAT ARE A CROSS BETWEEN A GREAT PYRENEES AND AN AUSSIE, SO WOULD THEY MAKE A GOOD LGD?
WE ALSO SEE LOTS OF DOGS ADVERTISED AS LGDS – BUT THEY AREN’T.
BEING A LGD IS NOT A JOB YOU CAN TRAIN ANY OTHER BREED TO PERFORM. DEVELOPED OVER CENTURIES BY WORKING SHEPHERDS, LIVESTOCK GUARD DOG BREEDS POSSESS A SPECIFIC SET OF QUALITIES AND BEHAVIORS THAT MAKE THEM EXCEL AT THIS VERY SPECIAL WORK. WITH OVER 40 BREEDS OF LEGITIMATE LIVESTOCK GUARDIANS, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF TEMPERAMENTS AND TRAITS TO CHOOSE FROM.
CAN I USE A GREAT DANE AS A LGD? OR A ST. BERNARD? HOW ABOUT A HEELER AND GOLDEN CROSSBRED? MY NEIGHBOR HAS SOME GREAT PUPS THAT ARE A CROSS BETWEEN A GREAT PYRENEES AND AN AUSSIE, SO WOULD THEY MAKE A GOOD LGD?
WE ALSO SEE LOTS OF DOGS ADVERTISED AS LGDS – BUT THEY AREN’T.
BEING A LGD IS NOT A JOB YOU CAN TRAIN ANY OTHER BREED TO PERFORM. DEVELOPED OVER CENTURIES BY WORKING SHEPHERDS, LIVESTOCK GUARD DOG BREEDS POSSESS A SPECIFIC SET OF QUALITIES AND BEHAVIORS THAT MAKE THEM EXCEL AT THIS VERY SPECIAL WORK. WITH OVER 40 BREEDS OF LEGITIMATE LIVESTOCK GUARDIANS, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF TEMPERAMENTS AND TRAITS TO CHOOSE FROM.