Coyote populations are at an all-time high. Modern coyotes are clever and adaptive. Previously they were only found in open prairies and deserts, however nowadays Coyotes roam most forests, mountains and farmland, and have even colonized large cities. These adaptable animals will eat almost anything: rabbits, rodents, insects, reptiles, fruit, fish, deer and even dead …
I have many stories about Kuvasz protecting alpacas, turkeys, chickens, goats, cats and children. A family has even purchased a Kuvasz to protect their foals, after their neighbour had a foal killed by a bobcat. Livestock Guardian Dogs are commonly used with silvicultural workers on the British Columbia reforestation projects. They use about 6,000 sheep …
Although Kuvasz have an innate instinct to guard and protect, you can’t purchase a puppy, stick it out with your sheep and expect it to know what to do. Yes, these dogs do have a natural instinct to bond and protect with whatever it lives with, but a puppy does need a certain amount of …
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Livestock Guardian breeds share the same important behavioural characteristics, showing attentive, trustworthy and protective behaviour to the livestock with which they are raised. They are not bred to herd or move the stock, which can trigger a predator to attack, but instead place themselves between the stock and the threat and bark loudly. The mere …
What’s the difference between a Kuvasz and a Great Pyrenees? I get asked this question a lot, so I thought I would put it in writing. These opinions are from my 30 years of owning and breeding Kuvasz … and from talking to hundreds of Great Pyrenees owners (and general research). Great Pyrenees are definitely …
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