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Yes, you can use any breed you want. If you are in a warmer climate you could use a lab or some such. Heck if we lived somewhere warmer we may have kept using our lab. But the truth is with only her to guard we had to, and did, accept occasional losses because she is a people dog who wanted to...

None of those dogs you mention are appropriate for livestock guarding 24/7 though, those breeds will not patrol when winter weather is at it's worse and they shouldn't be left out in the elements anyway. We have 3 acres and a lab. We didn't stop losing chickens to coyotes until we got the GP...

I think it all depends on where you live too. If you are somewhere with cold winters you need something bred to handle the weather, a guardian dog isn't much good if it's not outside 24/7. Our other dog is a lab and she guards the chickens too but she cannot handle being outside with them all...

I have a GP, we got him at 12 weeks old and he's been on the job ever since. We were losing chickens to coyote so we decided to get a GP. He is amazing, the natural instincts that have been bred into them are just a sight to behold. We haven't done any training with him really, if he does...