Azriel
Loving the herd life
I'm trying to buy a small farm that is conected to the land that I now own, its about a 10-15 min walk across my hay field. This place has a great set up for cows, chickens, a pig, exct. I don't at this time have any plans for sheep, but maybe a goat or 2. I'll be keeping my milk cows and some chickens there, full time, and a butcher pig every year. I will be calving out my beef cows there but will move them off for summer pasture. I will not be living there but will spend a good part of every day there, I don't have any plans of renting out the house, my BF might want to live there but thats not a for sure yet.
The predators we have are coyote, bobcat, mountain lion, and black bear. I've been told that wolves have been seen, but I have not seen or heard any yet.
I would like a dog that would guard this place from animal predators as well as unwanted humans, and keep the newborn beef calves safe.
I am not a huge fan of Pyr's, I love the look of the Caucasian Ovcharks but think that would be to much dog for my needs. I met an 18 month old Anatolian Shepherd the other day and really liked him. He guards the sheep at the place I bought my new calf from, but don't know if he is typical for the breed. He was super friendly and wanted to be petted and loved on the whole time I was looking at the calf, but his owners said that he turns into a different dog at night, and doesn't let anything animal or strange humans on the place at night. Sounds like that would be just what I'm looking for.
Any thought or comments would be helpful.
The predators we have are coyote, bobcat, mountain lion, and black bear. I've been told that wolves have been seen, but I have not seen or heard any yet.
I would like a dog that would guard this place from animal predators as well as unwanted humans, and keep the newborn beef calves safe.
I am not a huge fan of Pyr's, I love the look of the Caucasian Ovcharks but think that would be to much dog for my needs. I met an 18 month old Anatolian Shepherd the other day and really liked him. He guards the sheep at the place I bought my new calf from, but don't know if he is typical for the breed. He was super friendly and wanted to be petted and loved on the whole time I was looking at the calf, but his owners said that he turns into a different dog at night, and doesn't let anything animal or strange humans on the place at night. Sounds like that would be just what I'm looking for.
Any thought or comments would be helpful.