Lauren's livestock guardian dogs are a Great Pyrenees and an Anatolian Shepherd, both breeds known for being working dogs.

Livestock guardian dogs are rockstars in the canine world, even if most people never see them perform live. These unique animals are so important to the ranching industry that the Texas A&M AgriLife ...

Livestock guardian dogs, or LGDs, and the importance of predatory behavior in LGDs as it relates to their role as working dogs will be the topic of a Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center ...

If you're getting a livestock guardian dog, it's because you need one. Livestock can't really protect themselves: a pack of ...

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, ...

Working dogs on a farm serve different purposes. For livestock that graze, many people use Great Pyrenees as guards for the herd. These large dogs are gentle giants until a predator comes into view.

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 ...

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 ...

The owner of the white-and-brown canine said: "[He] thought his only job was to look cute, not actually work." ...

Livestock guardian dogs protect the lives of sheep, goats, poultry and other livestock from predators in the area, and reduce financial losses that come with losing livestock. They save the lives of ...