Livestock guardian dogs (LGD) can help to make sure that unwanted predators don’t harm your chicks. For example, LGDs can ward off animals including raccoons, coyotes, and owls. Additionally, LGDs can ...

Great Pyrenees Mr. Milchick is a livestock guardian dog at We Deux Farm and takes his job very seriously. He keeps a close ...

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 ...

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 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, ...

The absence of a dedicated guardian increases the likelihood of losses, which can be particularly devastating for small ...

Hear it from a rancher and not a breeder: how do you train the best LGD? Karen Kopf of Kopf Canyon Ranch shares how her generational pack of livestock guardian dogs deters apex predators in the canyon ...

A new study reveals how Livestock Guardian Dogs change predator behavior in ways that both protect livestock and support conservation efforts. Led by researchers at the University of Tasmania, Zoos ...

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 ...

Editor’s note • This story is available to Salt Lake Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for supporting local journalism. Animal control found the Great Pyrenees dog limping along the Deer Creek ...