Dog Information & Links
LGD Informational Links & Articles
*some of the information may promote the erroneous and outdated idea of minimal human contact, however, the articles and information linked below also have some educational or historical value*
- Livestock Guardian Dog Education Network
- Legitimate Livestock Guardian Dog Breeds
- A Review: The Use of Livestock Protection Dogs in Association with Large Carnivores in the Rocky Mountains
- Livestock Guarding Dogs: Protecting Sheep from Predators by the USDA
- US Wildlife Services Fact Sheet: Livestock Protection Dogs
- Dogs for Reducing Wildlife Damage to Organic Crops: A Case Study
- Livestock Guarding Dogs: their current use world wide
- Livestock Protection Dogs in the 21st Century: Is an Ancient Tool Relevant to Modern Conservation Challenges?
- Dog Owner's Guide: Livestock Guard Dogs
- Livestock Protection Dogs for Deterring Deer from Cattle and Feed
- Guard Dogs to Protect Your Flocks and Herds
- Top 10 Best Guard Dogs Breeds for Livestock and Poultry Protection
- Don’t Give Up on Your Failed Guard Dog
- Do You Need a Livestock Guardian Animal?
- Bear Dogs: A Silvicultural Tool by Dennis Loxton
- Livestock discussion highlights nonlethal predator control
- Working Styles of Livestock Guardian Dogs
- Mountain Lion Foundation - Guard Dogs to Protect Your Flocks & Herds
More Dog Articles and Links!
FILE and LINK LIBRARY of dog articles I have found very education and/or interesting. Enjoy :)
Books
LIVESTOCK GUARDIAN DOGS:
GENERAL:
- Livestock Protection Dogs: Selection, Care and Training by Orysia Dawydiak & David Sims
- Livestock Guardians: Using Dogs, Donkeys and Llamas to Protect Your Herd by Janet Vorwald Dohner
- Brave and Loyal: An Illustrated Celebration of Livestock Guardian Dogs by Cat Urbigkit
GENERAL:
- How to Raise a Puppy You can Live With by Clarise Rutherford & David Neil
- Farm Dogs: A Comprehensive Breed Guide to 93 Guardians, Herders, Terriers, and Other Canine Working Partners by Janet Vorwald Dohner
Livestock Guardian Dog Media
- Video: Pastori Maremmani-Abruzzesi al Lavoro (in Italian) National Geographic video - wonderful video showing the shepherd's bond with his dogs
- Video: The correct behavior in front of Livestock Guardian Dogs (in English) this film shows people how to react around guardian dogs. It also shows the social interaction between the shepherds & their dogs
- Video: ROMANIAN CARPATHIAN SHEPERD DOG (English subtitles) this video showcases how LGD's that have been properly socialized and have correct temperaments should act with strangers when properly introduced
- Video: Casassus Nomadic Shepherd (in French) pay attention to the shepherds relationship with his LGD
- Video: Transhumance 2012, Laruns, France (in Dutch) this video shows sheep, horses and cows and a LGD in the transhumance
- Podcast: Guardian animals protecting livestock – Maremmas (in English) this presentation features Maremmas being used in remote locations with large herds of sheep in Australia
- Article: Maremma Sheepdogs protecting the endangered Little Penguins Maremma Sheepdogs are being used to protect the endangered Little Penguins in Australia
- Article: Walking with Shepherds a look into the lives of nomadic shepherds in Transylvania
- Video: Caucasian shepherd dog documentary film (in Georgian) this documentary is about the Caucasian Shepherd Dog, however, the description of desirable qualities should apply to many LGD breeds
- Video: Looney Toons Ralph Wolf & Sam Sheepdog
- Video: Frank Shirts: A Year in the Life of Raising Sheep (in English) sheep ranching in Idaho - public grazing using herders and LGD's
- Video: Wolves and Mastiff Guard Dogs Coexisting recovery of the wolf population in southern Europe and how traditional methods to protect livestock are coming back
- Article: Maremma sheepdogs guarding endangered eastern barred bandicoot back into existence (in English) Maremma Sheepdogs used to protect the endangered Bandicoot.
Dog Food and Nutrition
- Tufts Clinical Nutrition Service
- Purina Pro Plan Dog Food
- Diet-Mediated Heart Disease
- Royal Canin Health & Well-Being
- Raw Meaty Bones Diet
- Great Dane Lady - Canine Nutrition for Large Breed Dogs
- Why "Overgrowing" Your Large Breed Puppy is Dangerous
- Developmental orthopedic disease in large-breed puppies
- IVC Journal: Feeding Large Breed Puppies
Friends and Recommended Breeders
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