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1stGear posted:IIRC, Great Pyrenees is one of those dog breeds that desperately needs and wants to work, so I hope you have a farm. Isn't their idea of 'work' just 'living with sheep' though. They don't even herd the sheep, they just hang out with them. 
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Facebook Aunt posted:Isn't their idea of 'work' just 'living with sheep' though. They don't even herd the sheep, they just hang out with them. They just chill until a coyote (or wolf, or bear, or eagle, or mountain lion, or snow leopard, or cheetah, or jackal, etc.) shows up looking for an easy meal. They're a great way to prevent losses and eliminate the need for hunting/trapping/poisoning important predators and they're used all over the world to reduce human-wildlife conflict. They are good and important puffballs and research articles about them have the best pictures 
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Kwyndig posted:I knew about ferrets but hedgehogs? Are the little guys that dangerous to local agriculture? Even though ferrets have been domestic pets for a couple thousand years, Cali still considers them wild animals and a rabies/environmental risk. A domestic ferret let loose usually dies within a day or two so they can't cause much harm to the environment. It's a law that's like 80 years old and also that state sucks. Anyway have a cute.   
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Instant Jellyfish posted:She's a working great pyrenees. She is very concerned about the state of the world. i'm not sorry these all to be on this page too she is the cutest little puffball 
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1stGear posted:IIRC, Great Pyrenees is one of those dog breeds that desperately needs and wants to work, so I hope you have a farm. Check their other posts.
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Tony Phillips posted:Check their other posts. Infinite Jellyfish owns a farm but I don't see any indication that Neddy Seagoon (the one i was quoting) does. VVV No problem, friend! 1stGear has a new favorite as of 05:58 on Dec 20, 2017 |
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1stGear posted:Infinite Jellyfish owns a farm but I don't see any indication that Neddy Seagoon (the one i was quoting) does. Yeah my bad. Sorry bout that.
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1stGear posted:Infinite Jellyfish owns a farm but I don't see any indication that Neddy Seagoon (the one i was quoting) does. I do not. But if I need one to be able to have that puppy, I'm not above considering a change in career  .
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https://designyoutrust.com/2015/03/siberian-cats-waiting-for-spring/
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1stGear posted:IIRC, Great Pyrenees is one of those dog breeds that desperately needs and wants to work, so I hope you have a farm. everything i have read and experienced says this is wrong. they are guardian dogs, but are perfectly happy guarding the family, and only need half an hour or an hour of exercise. they do better with a yard, and are great being put to use at what they were bred for, but its not like a corgi where they go nuts. they will bark quite a bit tho.
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xmas muffins assemble!  bonus double tummy time 
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im hiding you cant see me
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RFC2324 posted:everything i have read and experienced says this is wrong. they are guardian dogs, but are perfectly happy guarding the family, and only need half an hour or an hour of exercise. they do better with a yard, and are great being put to use at what they were bred for, but its not like a corgi where they go nuts.   the lady who absolutely had to have one of those, in a small house with kiddos.
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sneakyfrog posted:
That was a Maremma sheepdog. While similar looking to a Pyrenees, it was a Maremma she wanted/got.
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang posted:That was a Maremma sheepdog. While similar looking to a Pyrenees, it was a Maremma she wanted/got. oh thats right i knew it was one of those huge working dogs thanks friend.
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sneakyfrog posted:
Where can I read this story?
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Ah yes, the famous cock pussy bitch rear end statue.
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Trig Discipline posted:Ah yes, the famous cock pussy bitch rear end statue. lol what did u ever do to deserve a statue (figured I’d do that before everyone else did)
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StrixNebulosa posted:Where can I read this story? It's ok, she and her husband are both very tall! There are show pyrs that would be happy to be a throw rug but working animals really want to be outside with their animal buds. They are super independent and don't really care about what you have to say in the matter. A couple other PI lgd owners have had their dogs try to chew through a wall because they needed to go potty outside and no one was there to let them out and clearly that was the shortest route. Anyway, I wrote a paper on lgd use in conservation missions and here are some cute puppies from the literature I read.   
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There's something especially adorable about how much working dogs love working.
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thanks friend always forgot that one got gassed and was looking for it in the goldmine for some reason.
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Night10194 posted:There's something especially adorable about how much working dogs love working. Working dogs always remind me of this comic. 
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Night Danger Moose posted:Working dogs always remind me of this comic. All very important jobs 
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Oh wow that thread is incredible. "I'm 6'0 I can totally control a 100lb+ dog!!" "Obviously my kids will stay in their pens and never interact with this dog for 5+ years!"  
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I'm choosing to interpret this acronym as standing for "Large Good Dogs." I know I'm probably wrong but I don't especially need anyone to correct me. stereobreadsticks has a new favorite as of 17:29 on Dec 20, 2017 |
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StrixNebulosa posted:Oh wow that thread is incredible. I'm sad it doesn't include the followup where we found her posting on another site about getting the puppy some (large) rabbits to guard because it was obsessively guarding a tree from birds and other plants only like 9 weeks after she got him. stereobreadsticks posted:I'm choosing to interpret this adjective as standing for "Large Good Dogs." I know I'm probably wrong but I don't especially need anyone to correct me. Livestock guardian dog, but I like your version better Maremmas are real great if you have actual livestock for them to guard. 
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^^^ lol efb There was sort of a follow up thread, where someone found a thread on another forum about a woman who had to rehome a Maremma that sounded suspiciously like the original OP.
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang posted:^^^ lol efb same username iirc
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang posted:^^^ lol efb A happy ending, I think! No one died! I pray that the maremma got rehomed with a home with lots of sheep to guard, poor pup.
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SubponticatePoster posted:Where's Doggo I see at least two!
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I have a friend who has two rescue Chows, and despite looking like the biggest, fluffiest teddy bears in the world, they are so suspicious of outsiders that they border on downright unfriendly. One of them was abused as a puppy, so I can kinda understand the reticence, but the other has no excuse. Nothing is worse than giant floofy dogs that will not allow their floof to be scroofed. It breaks my heart.
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Night10194 posted:There's something especially adorable about how much working dogs love working. Sled dogs are particularly adorable lunatics. I would totally watch Ocean's 5.
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Trabant posted:Sled dogs are particularly adorable lunatics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw5M-4Fo2wE
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Alter Ego posted:I have a friend who has two rescue Chows, and despite looking like the biggest, fluffiest teddy bears in the world, they are so suspicious of outsiders that they border on downright unfriendly. One of them was abused as a puppy, so I can kinda understand the reticence, but the other has no excuse.
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