Not exact matches
This is a huge change
from only a century ago, when the majority of domestic cats and dogs were working animals, keeping rodents at bay,
guarding property, herding
sheep.
48) «Rock Dog» Smart Rating: 38.39 Release date: Friday, February 24, 2017 Genre: Children, comedy, adventure, music, animated Starring: Luke Wilson, Eddie Izzard, J.K. Simmons Description: For the Tibetan mastiffs on Snow Mountain, a dog's life has a simple riff —
guard a peaceful village of
sheep from the thuggish wolf Linnux and his rabid pack.
Here is the synopsis: «For the Tibetan Mastiffs living on Snow Mountain, a dog's life has a simple riff:
Guard a peaceful village of wool - making
sheep from the thuggish wolf Linnux (Lewis Black) and his rabid pack.
The researchers have shipped in dogs
from Europe to see how well they
guard sheep in Eastern Oregon
from wolves and other predators.
The Great Pyrenean dogs are
sheep guard, which are descended
from the Hungarian Kuvasz and the Maremmano - Abruzzese.
Wherever he came
from, the Great Pyrenees has several
sheep -
guarding cousins: the Maremma
from Italy, Akbash and Anatolian
from Turkey, Komondor and Kuvasz
from Hungary, and Tatra Sheepdog
from Poland.
With its roots in Turkestan, the Kangal comes
from an ancient lineage of mastiffs,
guarding livestock such as
sheep against large predators.
The Kuvasz (plural: Kuvaszok) was developed in Hungary to
guard cattle,
sheep, and horses
from predators and thieves.
Guard dogs help protect
sheep from being attacked by predators.No, this isn't a reference in some ancient papyrus about measures taken by shepherds to defend their flocks.It's the finding of a survey the U.S. Department of Agriculture just completed.
Guard dogs that protect
sheep and goats on African farms
from attacks by cheetahs and leopards are also helping out the cheetahs and leopards.
The breed's character and shape evolved
from its use with Foxhound packs and by the shepherds to
guard the
sheep and lambs against foxes.
It is a hard - working breed whose function is to
guard its flock; that flock may be defined as anything
from a person or family, to livestock such as horses, llamas, ostriches,
sheep, chickens, or goats.
They were responsible for herding cattle, herding
sheep,
guarding livestock and families
from thieves and wild animals, helping on the hunts and as hog catchers.
These Swiss mountain dogs arethought to originate
from breeding the working dogs used to
guard sheep with Roman army mastiff - type dogs.
Dogs protected man
from wild animals,
guarded their goats and
sheep, and in return, the man gave them food.
The breed was developed to
guard and protect flocks of
sheep from wolves and other predators.
History and Facts: Originally bred
from ancient wild dogs (dating back over 4,000 years) in the 1930s to
guard and herd
sheep.
Anatolian Shepherd Dog The Anatolian Shepherd Dog is an ancient breed of dog developed in Anatolia (central Turkey) for
guarding flocks of
sheep from wolves, bears, and jackals.