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  @catherinestarr840911 күн бұрын

  Why instead don’t you learn how to train a dog? Well, not you. You clearly have no understanding or connection with dogs.

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  @catherinestarr840911 күн бұрын

  Jesus Christ! What is wrong with you? Cruel.

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  @catherinestarr840911 күн бұрын

  And yes, I have an Akbash. Who guards goats. He was TRAINED. KINDLY.

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  @tamulivestockguarddog8 күн бұрын

  @@catherinestarr8409 The devices in the video work well and are not cruel to the dogs. They do not hurt them unlike e-collars that many people use.

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  @mitkodimitrov839622 күн бұрын

  i want,thank you for video.The history of our bulgarian sheperd dogs is verry sad.The breed was twice almost dissapear,first in start of comunism and after his fall.I was kid in Bratcigovo after fall of comunism,when my favorite biggest guard dogs,wich guard bulgarian bivoly(buffalo),was killed.They are not so big now,but peoples try to revive breed,from 20 years.This dogs work in packs 5 10 dogs scare the bears and wolfs.They will fought for domminance,few times is ok,lieve to finish,they will not kill each other,if you not encourage this,has bin used in our army before,is dangerous dog,must be carefull.BTW i never heard our sheperd dogs,to seriously injure any kid hihi.They are verry good with family kids(from old times,if sheperd dog bite and attack kid,to be put to sleep),but not with adult strangers,and is maybe,from oldest breed in Europe,since thracians.Are your dogs,from Stefan Popov kenne club? Healt and happynes

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  @lisawatson5744Ай бұрын

  When is too young for a dangle stick? We have a 5 month puppy that wants to play with the sheep, but this causes them to run away, enticing her to chase.

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  @tamulivestockguarddogАй бұрын

  I would recommend a chain drag instead for that age. Or putting the pup in a pen with mature rams for 2-3 weeks. They won't tolerate that behavior. Reach out if you have any more questions.

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  @lisawatson5744Ай бұрын

  Thank you!

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  @harvestplantationАй бұрын

  We adore this breed and imported a pair of Karakachans from Bulgaria. It took 9 months to find the perfect pairing and they go back three generations guarding sheep in the mountains. They guard white dorper sheep on our farm and we are breeders. We have 9 adult Karakachans on our farm and often have pups available. They are phenomenal livestock guardian dogs.

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  @spooky1267Ай бұрын

  why would texas A/M do an interview with someone who contradicts Bill Constanzos work and research?

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  @tamulivestockguarddogАй бұрын

  No sure what you mean by that. Can you explain?

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  @lauralee2514Ай бұрын

  I have an Anatolian Shepherd, 2 months now. Kinda of a rescue, he's about 7-8 months, not sure. He was in a pen with goats before I got him. I worked with him on a leash when not in his poultry pen (alone) on leash he'd meet the cows and get used to the chickens and guineas. He is a fantastic dog! I am seeing these amazing qualities in him, what an incredible breed. He barks occasionally at night, with purpose and then stops! He still needs work with the guineas when they get worked up he wants to chase them, of coarse. Your advice is very appreciated...he was a challenge when I first got him, I thought he was way too much dog for me, he's already a mammoth compared to what I'm used to...but I knew I would not and could not give up on him.

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  @tamulivestockguarddogАй бұрын

  What can we assist you with for this pup?

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  @lauralee2514Ай бұрын

  @@tamulivestockguarddog Heidi explained a lot, right now I have no specific question. I am seeing some progress, he is an adolescent male so I need to be patient, and this gave me much insight.

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  @kathycarraher50142 ай бұрын

  Why don't you use the more scientific ,positive reinforcement training methods. Isn't Texas A&M a college? Why are you still so heavily focused on punishment and medieval devices ?Check out Karen Pryor and her dog training tech. Also Zoospenceful they show how they train zoo animals to cooperate with treatment and care by using positive reinforcement. It is amazing.

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  @tamulivestockguarddogАй бұрын

  AgriLife is part of Texas A&M but not part of the university itself. We conduct research and extension work. Most of the small producers who follow our page do not understand that the large producers we work with do not have the time to use clicker training and a bunch of positive reinforcement techniques on their LGDs. The dogs are generally lucky enough to receive socialization on many ranches. So they need training methods that work without a human around all the time. That is why we still recommend the devices in this video. Using a shock collar to train a dog is more cruel to them than the devices we suggest in this video. They are effective at stopping the behavior with little human interaction. I'd be very interested in seeing how clicker training will stop an LGD from chasing livestock in a pasture.

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  @GrowGrounded2 ай бұрын

  Btw our maremma puppy is about 70 pounds. Her mother is 80 pounds and father is about 105 on a farm in New Jersey

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  @StefanosPolygenis2 ай бұрын

  Karakachan or sarakatsan is a 100 100 Greek people's!

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  @harvestplantationАй бұрын

  One of our Karakachan pups is going to a lovely Greek family.

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  @GrowGrounded2 ай бұрын

  do you have a link to the collar?

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  @tamulivestockguarddog2 ай бұрын

  Which collar?

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  @GrowGrounded2 ай бұрын

  @@tamulivestockguarddog the “invisible fence”

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  @shariscroggins-js4bv2 ай бұрын

  Btw I don't have a G.P but I do have a Akbash Shepard dog

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  @shariscroggins-js4bv2 ай бұрын

  I didn't watch the entire video . I had to stop at the shock collar. Sounds to me and with some experience, these pups have an abandonment crisis. And it takes some time and patience to help them overcome it. It's no telling what these pups have been through in this young age.. I wouldn't recommend a shock collar of all things. Should try and recommend a clicker. It doesn't hurt the pet, won't give them anxiety and seems to work on getting the attention.

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  @tamulivestockguarddog2 ай бұрын

  I'd be interested to see how clicker training would work on an LGD that is chasing livestock in a pasture. Also, LGDs are not always food-motivated like pet dogs. They don't overeat like pets will on a self-feeder.

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  @shariscroggins-js4bv2 ай бұрын

  @@tamulivestockguarddog after a couple months of daily training with my boy surprisingly he no longer tries to take me for a high speed chase through the woods after greeting deer or squirrels in the morning. And I agree with the self feeding thing. The thing with these LGD is my boy came dragging butt nearly emaciated in the middle of nowhere. He had a huge gash on his head and back leg and was swollen so bad it looked like it was gonna explode . I knew I was about to have my hands full when I first saw him. Nobody claimed the ads ,FB posts and state wide lost and found . Didn't have the heart to take him to animal control either. But as far as a clicker or a shock collar for that matter i truly don't see either stopping them from chasing or herding livestock.

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  @basheerjeje63693 ай бұрын

  Hello Angelo! Found this channel via TAMU's faculty directory for the college of animal sciences. I'm an incoming freshman majoring in Animal Science and would like to ask if I could volunteer for the Livestock Guard Dogs programs as I think it would be a great learning experience. Looking forward to hearing from you!

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  @alphawag3 ай бұрын

  Thanks for the info!

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  @abbyu2093 ай бұрын

  Thank you for posting.

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  @XY-uc1tw3 ай бұрын

  I do not know much about this breed but Karakachan is sure a Turkish word, which means something like "Blackrunner or Blackish color". There are a big Turkish minority in Bulgaria and they live there since many centuries. That explain where name comes from. The dog itself looks similar to Alabai (Alabay In Turkmen language, Ala means a mixed red-braun color and bay means rich). It looks like Turks took their dog with them from Central Asian into Caucasian, Turkey, Bulgarian and other old-ottoman territories.

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  @mitkodimitrov839622 күн бұрын

  karakachans are not turkish peoples,but thracian,mate.They always has bin lived most in Bulgaria,but in Greece too,Thrace is called the land,before Bulgaria,1400 years ago.Check the DNA analisys hah,who told you,they are turkish?

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  @XY-uc1tw21 күн бұрын

  ​@@mitkodimitrov8396 I just talked about the word "Karakachan", which seems Turkish, and where it may come from. Now checked people "Karakachans". According to the wikipedia, they have been named after a Turkish word, but their ethnicity is unclear, and today they are assimilated by Greeks. Anyway, They moved and lived there during the Ottoman Period, which means they had many contacts with Turks and Nomads.

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  @andreaskyriakopoulos29769 күн бұрын

  @@XY-uc1tw Yes the word Karakachan is 100% turkish given from the ottoman period . The Karakachan people , based on foundings and linguistic research , are believed to be most likely one of the pre-doric/dorian tribes (for example Spartans were doric and on the contrary Athenians were ionian , were the word yunani in turkish derives from) . What is interesting and creates this uncertainty about their roots is that , Karakachan people were themselves nomads , nomadic shepherds in a sense , so throughout their whole history they never remained in one place moving constantly through the balkans . After the fall of the Ottoman empire and the emerging of smaller countries and communism , since the open borders ceased to exist , many of them were trapped in the different balkan countries like Bulgaria in our case .

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  @TheidmetКүн бұрын

  Well that's not surprising, Bulgaria was occupied by the Turkish empire for 300 years, before being "liberated" by Russia in 1877 and then eventually forced into becoming a part of the USSR. Bulgarian people are probably more familiar to other Slavs, and the language itself is moderately understandable to a Russian speaker, for instance, but the Turkish influence on their culture is definitely there. However, Karakachan (the "people" and the dogs) are Bulgarians or Balkans, for sure, even if the name was given to them by Turks and somehow stuck. The dogs are not Turkish in origin. I saw a few of these dogs in Bulgarian, in the Gotse Delchev region, which is quite close to Greece. I only spent a very small amount of time in Greece, as I quite prefer Bulgarian culture.

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  @anngully99883 ай бұрын

  If you buy a dog that has been with sheep can you switch them to goats with same type of training?

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  @tamulivestockguarddog3 ай бұрын

  Yes, you should be able to rebond them to goats. But understand that if the dog is past the 5-14-week timeline, the bond will never be as strong, and it may cause the dog to guard a neighbor's group of sheep instead.

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  @anngully99883 ай бұрын

  @@tamulivestockguarddog oh wow that does make sense. Thank you so much!

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  @nicolekondrlik35913 ай бұрын

  Thank you for this. I learned so much

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  @BettyBrennan4 ай бұрын

  Thank you for mentioning that FB Page. I've been on it and confused. I don't have a dog yet as I'm just getting started with sheep. The coyotes are intense so will need to soon after better fencing. Do you put an 8 week old pup right out with the sheep?

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  @Vet_Dr_Hamza_Jawad4 ай бұрын

  👍

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  @cacogenicist4 ай бұрын

  Ideally you have multiple adult LGDs to help with the correcting. And correct they will. Pyrs and Anatolian dogs and Caucasian Ovcharkas and such are not behaviorally _identical._ Info about the differences would be interesting.

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  @kristijantadic84764 ай бұрын

  My dogs are only chasing them when im not around.

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  @tamulivestockguarddog4 ай бұрын

  Use a dangle stick or a drag. They work 24/7.

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  @Julesy9804 ай бұрын

  What about the Invisible Fence brand gps collar? I have a large acreage, but mainly want our Anatolian puppy to stay close to the barns and house (an acre or two, probably). Does it matter which one I get? Does the Invisible Fence battery hold a charge longer than 18-22 hours?

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  @tamulivestockguarddog4 ай бұрын

  Invisible Fence collar lasts about 2 -2.5 days once the dogs are trained to the fence.

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  @530eman5 ай бұрын

  Great video, thank you! What are your thoughts on acquiring a LGD a couple weeks before you get your sheep? Is this in any way detrimental because of the dog having no animals to bond with for 1-2 weeks…? Thank you

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  @tamulivestockguarddog5 ай бұрын

  I would get the livestock first and then the dog. Have the breeder keep your pup a little longer as long as they have it with livestock. Weeks are like months in a puppies brain development. They need to be bonding to livestock from 5 -14 weeks of age. If they are not bonded during that time, it could lead to roaming and other issues later in life.

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  @mashworthful5 ай бұрын

  Rocks from heaven :)

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  @leebstill5 ай бұрын

  This video is amazing thank you so freaken much for this

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  @abbyu2095 ай бұрын

  Thank you for the video.

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  @KellysGarden5 ай бұрын

  hmm the jumping on people response took a turn really quick to the shock collar... this is dangerous. dogs jump to be social with you. they want your attention. you would not want to create a negative or fearful association with this desire, it can trigger aggression at worse, fear of people at best. Instead, focus on rewarding desired calm behavior. Do not open gates until they are calm. do not even look at them if they are jumping on the gate. only move closer if they are calm. if they are frantic and jumping, turn away and do not approach until they are calm. if they jump on you when you walk into the gate, walk right back out. she will learn quick this way.

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  @BadCompany_35 ай бұрын

  In regards to the 25-30% you said doesn't make it, they need to be a pet saying that to a inexperience breeder they may think they all make great pets and they don't. Any LGD breed needs to be around in close proximity to what they bond with if it's a human that dog is going to want to be their shadow and if they have a job outside the home the dogs become unhappy and develop behavior issues.

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  @abbyu2095 ай бұрын

  Could you explain the bonding pen?

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  @tamulivestockguarddog5 ай бұрын

  Sure! Our pups go into a bonding pen that is 60' x 60' in size at 8 weeks of age. At 12 weeks they move to a 1 acre pen. At 6 months of age they should move into approximately a 25-acre pasture and at 10 months of age move into a 300-600 acre pasture with other dogs and livestock. I recommend hot wire in your pens and invisible fencing in your bonding pastures. The bonding pen's purpose is to ensure the dog is in close contact with livestock during the critical bonding window of 5-14 weeks of age. That's why it's important to buy a working pup exposed to livestock from birth.

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  @languageofhorses53245 ай бұрын

  My neighbors working Great Pyrenees livestock guardian dog keeps coming to my house to help me and my dog feed the horses and go for walks. She is always welcome here. I am the property adjacent to hers and she started coming around when my health got bad. I really feel like she has come to protect and watch over us.

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  @deannfrey34693 ай бұрын

  Ours did that with our neighbors as well. He added them to his guarding perimeter. They were so in love with our Max. He just passed. He lived well past his breeds average.

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  @languageofhorses53243 ай бұрын

  @@deannfrey3469 I'm sorry to hear your dog passed. I believe she added us to her perimeter. 💯💜

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  @philliphall51985 ай бұрын

  Dry dog food is surly killing our dogs and LGDs, we know the truth at 75 years of having dogs

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  @casamexico78386 ай бұрын

  I have a transmontano here in Spain and she is incredibly alert, always on the lookout for threats, has amazing eyesight and hearing. She runs up to threats, puts her big chest out, sends out booming barks and loud fearsome howls and scares everything away. 3000 years of breeding and she knows her job. She is absolutely adorable as well by the way.

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  @philliphall51986 ай бұрын

  These are not house dogs or yard dogs There farm or ranch dogs for protection of livestock City folks don’t need these dogs period, they must be raised and live with livestock period 😊 Sorry it’s the truth

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  @BadCompany_35 ай бұрын

  Facts leave them working people!

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  @philliphall51986 ай бұрын

  They learn faster with grown LGDs and by 8 months there very good at protecting goats and chickens If a puppy eats or attacks a chicken the older dogs will roll him for it after a few times he knows

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  @amberemma61366 ай бұрын

  Did any figure out the actual titles to the two books he recommended for training resources?

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  @derekkonosky35596 ай бұрын

  18 hrs of battery life seems very limited. How effective have you found it needing to be charged at the least daily?

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  @tamulivestockguarddog6 ай бұрын

  The 18 hours of battery life is only if the tracker is being used. Without the tracker, we have seen up to 21 hours of battery life. Eventually, the dog will learn the boundaries and not approach them, which also helps with battery life.

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  @asktodd20006 ай бұрын

  Great information; however, I’d really appreciate seeing the research that proves a raw meat diet is harmful to dogs. From my independent research, the “food safety” issue seems to be weak argument against. The point that a raw diet “scares you” is not definitive. That said, I do very appreciate the channel.

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  @tamulivestockguarddog6 ай бұрын

  Most vets do not recommend raw diets because they often contain E. coli. and salmonella. Also, unless you are a nutritionist, your dog is not getting the proper amount of vitamins and minerals in a raw diet. Feed a quality commercial kibble to maintain the proper condition of your dog.

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  @philliphall51985 ай бұрын

  They think God didn’t make dogs to live with out the dog food market Table scapes and raw meat is natural food Dry food is fast and easy to feed for 5/10 years and dead dog

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  @caveman19747 ай бұрын

  I bred my big game hounds to be excellent lgds

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  @caveman19747 ай бұрын

  Misinformed LGDs are high prey drive high defense drive The fostering trait is unrelated

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  @amberemma61366 ай бұрын

  Can you point me to some resources backing what you're suggesting? Just curious and just now learning about LGDs

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  @MHow19007 ай бұрын

  What do you use for your invisible fence?

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  @tamulivestockguarddog7 ай бұрын

  We have been using the Invisible Fence Brand system on 6 pastures of 100-200+ acres in size for about 2 years now. We have also been testing the SpotOn Fence system. Both have pros and cons. The SpotOn Fence company is actively working with us to make improvements to their collar. A special LGD collar should be available sometime next year.

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  @GrowGrounded2 ай бұрын

  @@tamulivestockguarddog do you have a link?

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  @skerriesfultons7 ай бұрын

  Can the buried line version be buried near an electric fence? Does it cause interference? If so, how far away must it be buried?

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  @tamulivestockguarddog7 ай бұрын

  We did not test the wire version as our pastures are too large. The GPS-based system does not need a wire to work. I'm not sure why you would need an invisible fence along with hot wire.

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  @abbyu2097 ай бұрын

  Great info, thank you for posting!

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  @priestesslucy32997 ай бұрын

  Any chance you could do one on the Spanish Mastiff?

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  @tamulivestockguarddog7 ай бұрын

  If I can find a qualified speaker for the breed, I would be happy to set one up.

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  @jeffwest91958 ай бұрын

  Thank you this video Very informative and interesting

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  @amandakennedy80888 ай бұрын

  Matt Carriker at Off the Ranch channel needs help catching wild sheep at his Abandoned resort. Know of any herding dogs that could help?

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  @tamulivestockguarddog8 ай бұрын

  Sorry, we only have a couple employee-owned dogs that help round up stock at the Center. I would recommend making a post on Facebook instead. I think you will get a wider reach.

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  @abbyu2098 ай бұрын

  Thank you

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  @annielindley32408 ай бұрын

  Thank you for answering my GVD question.

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  @tamulivestockguarddog8 ай бұрын

  Texas LGD Association - www.texaslgdassoc.org or @texaslgdassociation