[Jacob-list] LGDs

[CARL FOSBRINK]

Hello All,
   
      I do not intend to offend anyone that has guard dogs and if it works for them that is great.  We have guard llamas and I can not say enough good things about the job they do. The Jacobs like them and they guard the Jacobs very well. Woe be to any dog that gets into the Jacob pasture.  The last dog that got into the pasture was howling to get out and I had to go rescue him because the ram was bouncing him off the fence.
   
  Regards,
  Carl
  

Debbie Bennett <dbennet954 at earthlink.net> wrote:
  We use llamas to guard. It amazes me that your Jacobs will accept any 
dog, regardless of breed. My Jacobs beat up dogs: the neighbor's pit 
bulls, the old lab we used to have, a couple different herding dogs, 
etc.
We now have a German shepherd/hunting dog cross as our family dog. 
The sheep have "accepted" him better than any other dog we've tried. 
The Jacobs beat him up a couple times and he pretty much ignores 
them. He does however, catch up chickens when they stray into the 
garden and has helped us herd a couple stray lambs. He does this by 
cornering and holding the stray until we get there (the hunting 
instincts) and the other night, he rescued a chicken - couldn't see 
in the dark, exactly what had gotten a hold of it, but he chased off 
the predator and held onto the chicken, so we were able to put it 
back in the barn relatively unharmed (missing a few feathers).
Debbie Bennett
Feral Fibre Farm
Oakland, Oregon
On Jul 28, 2006, at 5:31 AM, Judy Watson wrote:

> Elaina,
> I think it depends a lot on where you are located and whether
> you are buying a show dog or not. In Texas it is common to see 
> pups for
> $150 to $200, but I see "breeding stock" (read city bred & raised) 
> dogs
> for up to and over $1000. I have 2 Anatolians and 1 Anatolian/Great
> Pyr. mix and am extremely pleased with all of them and would trade any
> of them for a truck load of gold. I think it is important to try 
> to get
> pups from actual working parents, and it is best that they be born and
> grow up around livestock, although this is not always necessary as the
> best Anatolian I have was a "rescue" and had been kept in isolated 
> in a
> small cage for the first 5 months of her life before I got her. She
> bonded right away with my herd. I also would never hesitate to have
> another cross as long as it is a cross between LGD breeds (and not
> something else like a herding dog, hunting dog, etc).
>
> =================================================
> Judy Watson 325-938-5403 hm.
> Rt. 2 Box 287 325-451-0209 cell
> 330 CR 427
> Goldthwaite, TX 76844
>
>
>
> I-Diamond-I Ranch www.IDiamondI.com
> =================================================================
> Does anyone know "typical" prices for various breeds of LGD puppy? 
> e.g.
> Great Pyrenees, Anatolian, Maremma, etc. A friend
> asked me to post this question. Thanks,
>
> Elaina M. Kenyon
> http://www.avillionfarm.com
> Shetland sheep, angora goats, angora rabbits
>
>
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