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Guard Dog Breeds
Your Favorite of the Gentle Giants

The guard dog breeds are the gentle giants of the working dogs. They often go un-noticed as they work in the back ground so to speak. They are not as flashy as the herding dogs, demand very little and there are fewer breeds to pick from.

Ranchers and sheep producers looking for guardian dogs often want to know which of the breeds makes the best guardian. Since we haven't tried them all, we thought we'd ask you.

Share your opinion on the best guardian dog

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We've taken great pleasure in observing our livestock guardian dogs and their antics.

  • Noticing where they position themselves to take up watch

  • How they pay attention to the wind direction

  • How silently they move and appear from nowhere

  • How deeply they can sleep and how quickly they can wake

  • Their grace as they go from relaxed guardian to defender of flock

  • The differences in each dogs bark and being able to tell who is where.

We've dedicated a page for your favorite working dog stories so this is the same opportunity for the livestock guardian dogs.

How do you use your livestock guardian dogs? Supervising the kids, guarding the poultry, the flock?

What are some of the remarkable things your guardian dog(s) has done?

Which breed or crossbreed do you think does the best job acting as guardian of your livestock?

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List of Guard Dog Breeds




Wish to Share a Comment About the Remarkable Nature of Livestock Guardian Dogs?

These gentle giants of the guard dog breeds are still bred for one purpose. Guarding livestock.

Tell which breed or mixed breed you prefer using on your ranch or share a remarkable trait about your guardian dogs.

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Read the Comments from Others who use Guardian Dogs

Click below to see contributions from other who submitting their comments or pick of the litter.

Unlikely Guardian Dog Candidate - My Chug and Her Chickens  This dog breaks through the guardian dog stereotype.

I received a Chihuahua pug mix about four years back by a relative who just could not deal with ...

Uncommon Candidates Working as Guardian Dogs  Proof positve that no two guardian dogs are created alike. These two reader submissions illustrate how two uncommon breeds are filling the role as flock guardians

Anatolian Shepherd  I am a 60s something woman living alone and tending to a herd of 40 meat goats without help.

I truly believe I could not do this without the help of ...

Maremma  We had Pyrenees, but did not have as much luck with them as we have had with our two Maremmas. The last year we had the Pyr we lost 17 lambs.

Since ...

Livestock Guardian Dogs  I use livestock guardian dogs, and there are many breeds, all of which make great dogs, in the right situation.

Some dogs need a larger territory, some ...

Maremma crossed with Pyrenees/Mix  We have 3 sibling Marema/Pyrenese/Mix LGDs as well as their half Pyr mother.

[We would simply not be able to raise sheep, goats and free range pigs ...

Akbash  Although the Akbash are considered the most aggressive of all the livestock guardian breeds we have found them to be extremely gentle with their charges...


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