Meet....Archer.
We picked this little guy up at the beginning of april. He was supposed to be 6 weeks, and was a little over eight lbs so we assumed he was.
He was actually 4.5 weeks, and the farmer was desperate to get rid of the puppies. Seems the kangal AND the pyr got to his female, and he was worried.about getting rid of the puppies. No harm done, just takes a little extra teaching when they are young.
This is after he met the two american bulldogs...both of whom alerted us to his age.
The male, 6, by walking up to the pup, sniffing him, rolling him toward me, growled once and wandered off.
The female, 3, by attempting to smother him, repeatedly, until she witnessed him eating dry food.
Once she saw him eat, and the male saw I wasn't concerned, back to being one big happy family.
He grew pretty fast...
And now at six months...
He weighs in at a little over 80lbs. Even though he is 20lbs lighter than the male bulldog, he is 6 inches taller or so at the shoulder and considerably longer.
He is my first LGD, and is being kept mainky as a pet. We have a large amount of land and the dogs are fenced in. But, a few months before we got him, a neighbor about half a mile down had his retriever killed by coyotes. He was alone in a yard at night, but our dogs do stay outside in their yard if we are out late for dinner. I decided in addition to making sure our fence was up to par, we should have a third dog, preferably of a breed capable of handling itself. We looked at wolves and purebred kangals. The wolves seemed unpredictable, but very intelligent. The kangals I had liked sinced seeing them a few years before. They seemed workable, but the pricing was beyond what I was looking for.
Given our south Louisiana heat, anything long haired wasn't an option.
I stumbled upon the farmer a few hundred miles away, we made the drive, and the rest is history.
He owned a small farm with a male and female pyr and was still having issues with coyotes and two legged thieves as well.
He picked up a four year old dog who was very dark tan with black tipped hair with a white chest, he was unsure of its parentage. One look and it was obvious the dog was a kangal, and a darned well bred one too given his size, coloring, and demeanor. Once he hit the farm he trained the Pyrs and they thinned the local coyote herd by two and sent two thieves to the hospital and jail.
We got one pup, and considered getting a fluffy pyr too, though I thankfully talked the wife out of it.
Archer was bitten by a snake while exploring under the porch, where the bulldogs can't get, when he was about eight weeks. It was a 3ft moccasin, based off the head. Thats all I ever saw of the snake, he killed it, ate it, brought me the head. We gave him a mild sedative as per the vet and he slept through the night, woke up with a swollen neck but a happy healthy puppy.
If it happens again, he now knows to be quicker on the draw or to leave it alone. Given his curiousity, I'm sure he will eat it.
He seems to onky have inherited the Pyr's desire to bark, in all other ways he seems a kangal.
We are curious as to his eventual size? I went in expected 130-180. The vet seems to think 150. We freefeed diamond naturals and he hasn't gotten chunky, so we will likely be able to continue.
Any questions, please ask.
We picked this little guy up at the beginning of april. He was supposed to be 6 weeks, and was a little over eight lbs so we assumed he was.
He was actually 4.5 weeks, and the farmer was desperate to get rid of the puppies. Seems the kangal AND the pyr got to his female, and he was worried.about getting rid of the puppies. No harm done, just takes a little extra teaching when they are young.
This is after he met the two american bulldogs...both of whom alerted us to his age.
The male, 6, by walking up to the pup, sniffing him, rolling him toward me, growled once and wandered off.
The female, 3, by attempting to smother him, repeatedly, until she witnessed him eating dry food.
Once she saw him eat, and the male saw I wasn't concerned, back to being one big happy family.
He grew pretty fast...
And now at six months...
He weighs in at a little over 80lbs. Even though he is 20lbs lighter than the male bulldog, he is 6 inches taller or so at the shoulder and considerably longer.
He is my first LGD, and is being kept mainky as a pet. We have a large amount of land and the dogs are fenced in. But, a few months before we got him, a neighbor about half a mile down had his retriever killed by coyotes. He was alone in a yard at night, but our dogs do stay outside in their yard if we are out late for dinner. I decided in addition to making sure our fence was up to par, we should have a third dog, preferably of a breed capable of handling itself. We looked at wolves and purebred kangals. The wolves seemed unpredictable, but very intelligent. The kangals I had liked sinced seeing them a few years before. They seemed workable, but the pricing was beyond what I was looking for.
Given our south Louisiana heat, anything long haired wasn't an option.
I stumbled upon the farmer a few hundred miles away, we made the drive, and the rest is history.
He owned a small farm with a male and female pyr and was still having issues with coyotes and two legged thieves as well.
He picked up a four year old dog who was very dark tan with black tipped hair with a white chest, he was unsure of its parentage. One look and it was obvious the dog was a kangal, and a darned well bred one too given his size, coloring, and demeanor. Once he hit the farm he trained the Pyrs and they thinned the local coyote herd by two and sent two thieves to the hospital and jail.
We got one pup, and considered getting a fluffy pyr too, though I thankfully talked the wife out of it.
Archer was bitten by a snake while exploring under the porch, where the bulldogs can't get, when he was about eight weeks. It was a 3ft moccasin, based off the head. Thats all I ever saw of the snake, he killed it, ate it, brought me the head. We gave him a mild sedative as per the vet and he slept through the night, woke up with a swollen neck but a happy healthy puppy.
If it happens again, he now knows to be quicker on the draw or to leave it alone. Given his curiousity, I'm sure he will eat it.
He seems to onky have inherited the Pyr's desire to bark, in all other ways he seems a kangal.
We are curious as to his eventual size? I went in expected 130-180. The vet seems to think 150. We freefeed diamond naturals and he hasn't gotten chunky, so we will likely be able to continue.
Any questions, please ask.
