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There are dog breeds (Great Pyrenees and all the other large white European mountain breeds) who have co-evolved with humans specifically for guarding livestock
by toasterlovin 8y ago
There 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 8y agoThey can also protect penguins https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35039105 https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35039105
- toasterlovin 8y 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.