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Yes socializing LGD dogs with poultry is VERY different than with traditional livestock. I would not call my self an expert but that is exactly what we do here. We breed LGD dogs (Anatolian Kangal line x Pyrenees) and have a chicken hatchery so that is basically what we raise and breed the...

It definitely depends on a lot of things. If you only have a small flock of cheap $2 birds then yes probably not worth it. If you have alot of livestock then it is. Plus its not always about money but if you have a hobby farm and love your animals you cant really put a price on protecting...

Just a fare warning from an LGD breeder and Hatchery owner. Everyone discussing collies and shepherds and heelers ect.. as dogs to get to guard their livestock this is a horrible idea. Yes there is the occasional dog that does it but in general that is not the purpose of those dogs, they are...

Boz are an Anatolian Shepherd and they are amazing dogs, we breed an Anatolian Pyrenees cross, about 80% Anatolian. Pyrenees are great but they tend to have a few undesireable traits such as excessive barking and escaping. We have a poultry farm so any Anatolian line works great for poultry...

Yeah we dont socialize our males with people and they wont let strange people in the fence either.

We have a Bandogge Mastiff in the house, he is still young but you wanna talk about an intimidating looking home protector, he basically looks like a 150lb pitbull. I have come up on him once as someone mentioned earlier in a post where I went around back to do something and my wife went in the...

Your very VERY right about the stranger thing. By breed they are generally leery of strangers and we do not socialize our dogs with strangers at all to amplify that by choice. I have been in law enforcement for 15 years is a small community so Im overly zealous when it comes to home protection...

Feel free to contact me my email is [email protected] and I can give you my number if you would like to chat on the phone. We own a chicken hatchery in Northern MI right next to the Manistee National Forest and predators are widely abundant up here of all kinds from bears coyotes to...

You are extremely correct about LGD dogs speed and agility. Ironically my step mother and I were just talking about this yesterday because she breeds Travernes and does protection work. We were talking about how slow my Mastiff is compared to my Kangals. My dogs can cover an acre in a split...

Protection dogs and livestock guard dogs have drastically different styles and purposes. I have been in law enforcement for 15 years as well as have a hobby farm with sheep and a small hatchery of about 150 chickens, turkeys and ducks. I had a K9 for almost 13 years who we just lost and was a...