Livestock guardian dogs protect livestock including sheep, goats and cattle from predators such as bears, wolves and even robbers. Rather than move their animals around, like a herding breed would, ...

Livestock Herding Dogs vs. Livestock Guardian Dogs originally appeared on PetHelpful. There is a clear distinction between livestock herding dogs and those that are bred to guard livestock. As the ...

Livestock guardian dogs are responsible for keeping farm animals safe and predators away, and they take their jobs very ...

When wolves began killing cattle and sheep on the Farrell ranch in Parshall, the owners, Nellie and Conway Farrell, tried nonlethal tools to keep the predators away. Fox lights flashed over their ...

Sarah Letts is a Maremma lover and breeder. She homesteads with the breed on her ranch in California. Where she raises sheep, chickens, turkey and cattle. Her dogs defend her property and possessions ...

Kenny Coogan: [00:00:00] There’s several breeds that could be considered livestock guardian dogs. What does the temperament and working drive of an Anatolian differ from the other common breeds?

As Colorado reintroduces wolves into the landscape, tension continues to rise as ranchers and state officials try to limit conflict with the predators. While many of the conflict mitigation techniques ...

Liz O'Connell is a Newsweek Reporter based in North Carolina. Her focus is on pet news and videos. Liz joined Newsweek in 2023 and had previously worked at PetHelpful.com, the Charlotte Business ...

It is becoming increasingly clear that the separation of dogs from wolves is a process that began tens of thousands of years ago and remains incomplete because wolves and dogs continue to hybridize ...