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They should deploy some guard llamas. They are a real thing, and actually kind of awesome: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guard_llama https://en.wikipedia.org/w
by username223 7y ago
They should deploy some guard llamas. They are a real thing, and actually kind of awesome: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guard_llama https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guard_llama
EDIT (because I'm apparently "posting too fast"): Yes, dogs traditionally do this in Europe, the States, and other places. I just thought it was interesting that llamas can also do it, since they aren't carnivores. The details of why they do it are also interesting.
- toasterlovin 7y agoThere are dog breeds (Great Pyrenees and all the other large white European mountain breeds) who have co-evolved with humans specifically for guarding livestock from predators. They’ll probably accompany the goats.
- maxxxxx 7y agoThey can also protect penguins https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35039105 https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35039105
- toasterlovin 7y agoGreat story, thanks for sharing. My wife grew up with a Polish Mountain Sheep Dog. When we decided to get a dog for our family, we wanted a similar breed (livestock guarding dogs tend to be low energy, good with small children, and fearlessly protective; perfect for us, in other words). In the Pacific Northwest, Great Pyrenees are much easier to locate than Polish Mountain Sheep dogs, so that’s what we got. Anyway, around that time I did a deep Wikipedia dive on dog breeds. I found it fascinating that basically every mountainous region of Europe has its own breed of large, white livestock guarding dogs.