Livestock Guardian Dogs (LGDs)

LGDs are an important part of our livestock operations. Our 100 acre farm is in a very rural part of So. Oregon and is shared with coyote, bear, cougar, hawk, eagle, and smaller predators like fox, possum, racoons, crows and rats. Our dogs live with and protect our goats, sheep and chickens from all forms of predators. We have at least two dogs in each livestock group. They cover large areas and a single dog cannot adequately protect against a pack of coyotes/dogs or a single cougar.

We had a bad shake up in our LGD groups so most of our dogs are young and in training.

It’s a tough job breaking in new dogs! Trained dogs are worth their weight in gold and seldom available.

We were lucky to find excellent pups and a few great adults.