Was thinking of rescuing/adopting adult Anoltolian? PICTURES ADDED

[Southern by choice]

She has good height, and sorta pyrish ears, eyes, muzzle. Her coat however is really off. Not dense or longish, I know that's not really a word. I'm guessing maybe lab in her. I would think if she was pyr/BC there would be more fringe on legs chest tail, and should would probably lose a little height too. No way to tell. :/ Gosh is she cute though! Her face is just so kissable, if you do that sort of thing-you know smoosh their muzzle, not that I ever would do such a thing . Do you know why the guy is trying to re-home her?
I may have missed this, so sorry if I did and am asking a careless question, are you looking for a LGD for that purpose or a property protector, or a family guardian?

 

[bonbean01]

She's a sweet looking girl

No idea if she has any border collie in her or not...lab mix? Really don't know. But, about border collies...as a kid growing up on a farm we had lovely border collie Rex. He was not a LGD, but a farm watch dog and our pet. He never touched any of our chickens or turkeys and scared off fox that came close. So, when a friend in town (half mile from our place) phoned to say Rex had killed a chicken, we were sure it was not Rex since he never harmed not even one chick or chicken at our place. My Dad said it had to be a border collie who looked like Rex and that if that happened again, he should shoot him.

Well...friend called again a few days later to say Rex had killed several more chickens and he really did not want to kill our dog. Again, my Dad said it could not be our Rex as he stays on the farm and doesn't go after chickens or turkey.

We came back from the city one afternoon, and there was Rex stumbling into our driveway with a bullet hole in his forehead and blood and chicken feathers still in his mouth. Rex stumbled to us and we held him and he died quickly then...amazing he came home to die in that condition and of course we were heartbroken. This is a dog that made my Mom take us in the house for any spanking as he'd grab her wrist to stop it...not bite or hurt her, but stop her....what kid doesn't love a dog like that?

My Dad drove to our friend's place with chickens to replace one the ones Rex killed and extras.

So, even a dog who protects and does not harm his family's poultry does not mean it won't kill other peoples poultry. Really hope that if you get this dog you don't have losses!!!

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Wow. That is a horribly sad story.

 

[bonbean01]

Yes...Really loved our Rex! But it does show that even a dog you know super well and trust is capable of doing this sort of thing. We thought he stayed home all the time...obviously when we went to the city he would go to town for chicken dinner and be back home before we were.

Even if this dog is good with poultry (although the fencing makes it look like maybe she is not?) then the original poster may get a dog that goes after the poultry there. She may not see them as "hers"

 

[Southern by choice]

Very true bonbean(love that name). We have about 150 chickens free- ranging everywhere but different groups tend to hang out in certain areas. The chickens will walk in/out of the fencing, the dogs generally ignore them because "those chickens" belong there. When a foreign chicken goes through the wrong fencing that is when we have a problem. Right now we have a gazillion Modern Game bantams, they are such prolific breeders and every time you turn around there is a new clutch following mommy out of the woods. If the chicks walk through the fencing to the LGD's they are dead! They don't eat them, just step on them and kill them that way.

LGD's can be a pain sometimes! Our good ole farm mutt oversees everything on the farm-EVERYTHING. Kills only what she is suppose to.
Our Heritage turkeys have been real bad lately, they love to linger around chicks to kill them. Poor chickens, they never get a break. All I have to say is "Lu- drive 'em out" and point where I want em and it's done!

She is a great farm dog and extremely watchful but in the end she can't take down a pack of coyotes or a bobcat.

Btw- about Rex

 

[Bossroo]

The shape of this dog's head and coat characteristics show hints that it has Golden Retriever? in it's genetic background.

 

[redtailgal]

She looks like a Flat coated retriever cross to me..........which would put the border collie/ golden retriever spot on.

Flat coated retrievers are derived from black golden retrievers........dubious breeders will often cross a golden with a border to get what is supposed to be a flat coated retriever with markings... and market it as something special. The white toes and white underbelly is a tell tale sign to me.

Border/Golden crosses tend to have alot of teeth issues, so if you get this girl, be sure to check her mouth and bite structure well, check for deep check pockets that may hold food and cause the molars to rot easily.

They also tend to be HIGH energy dogs, with poor attention span, and have a knack for chewing. They can be highly intelligent and I've seen alot of them used for flyball and agility.

While I am not one to say that a partcular breed cannot to a specific job (I had a dobe that was a WONDERFUL rabbit and bird dog), I would not trust this dog around my livestock.

jes my two cents........take it or leave it!

 

[Southern by choice]

Funny, that would have been my first guess but I always go with probability. Since flat coated retrievers are not just everywhere I thought the probability of that kind of mating would be a little unlikely. Amazing how mutts can look like so many different "almost" breeds.

I keep checking to see what fastrnrik decided...

 

[fastrnrik]

She has good height, and sorta pyrish ears, eyes, muzzle. Her coat however is really off. Not dense or longish, I know that's not really a word. I'm guessing maybe lab in her. I would think if she was pyr/BC there would be more fringe on legs chest tail, and should would probably lose a little height too. No way to tell. :/ Gosh is she cute though! Her face is just so kissable, if you do that sort of thing-you know smoosh their muzzle, not that I ever would do such a thing . Do you know why the guy is trying to re-home her?
I may have missed this, so sorry if I did and am asking a careless question, are you looking for a LGD for that purpose or a property protector, or a family guardian?

I believe the guy said he was downsizing and getting rid of his goats so he doesn't need dogs. He apparently has more than one dog, but was keeping others as pets.

Haha she is cute and does look awfully friendly and kissable.

I am looking for a LGD to patrol the property for predators and to keep an eye on our critters. The ducks & geese are in our pond which is a few hundred yards from the house and barn. We have a fairly large tract of land, but I'm really just wanting one to patrol our "core" area of about 10 acres, if that makes sense.

I'm not sure what to do. I'm not a "dog snob", but I certainly don't want to pay good money for a certain breed of dog and it be a mutt.

 

[Grazer]

She resembles this black Lab/Great Pyr mix a lot.

And I agree with other posters, she could very well be a Flat coated retriever cross