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What is a better guard dog?
Guard dog for livestock Goats, Pigs, Miniature cows? (3 of each)
Maremma, Akbash, Or great Pyrenees and good with handler.
First of all, you are not looking for a "guard dog"; a police dog is a guard dog. You are looking for an LGD (livestock guardian dog). Those three are all good LGD's but each one has a slightly different personality.
All three of those were bred to be livestock guardians, but their temperaments and approach is somewhat different. There are also some other good LGD breeds.
Livestock guardians were bred to protect the stock when the shepherd was asleep, so all these dogs tend to be independent thinkers to decide how to protect their charges properly. This ALSO means that they are NOT as good working with a handler as a herding breed dog.
A herding breed, like the Australian Shepherd, Border Collie, Blue Healer are all better working with a handler, but they are not as good as guardians. They NEED to work with a handler and have direction. They have much less tendency to do independent thinking and actions to protect the herd.
You will need to read up on all the dogs you are considering to learn the breed traits, but I'll summarize some of the important ones below:
- a Pyr uses pre-emptive barking to scare predators away. They have to be taught good bark/bad bark in some cases. They know their job and make independent decisions and are very smart. They are more challenging to train to work with a handler because their strength is making independent decisions as a guardian when you are not there to protect the herd with them. Most people find 2 pyrs is better than 1 pyr so one can rest while the other one works.
Pyrs can even take on cougars and bears. While one attacks up front, the other(s) sneak in behind the intruder to attack from the rear. Patient Paws is incorrect to say a pyr will not attack an intruder. It -IS- their LAST option, but if that's what it takes, that IS what they will do. But they use barking and intimidation to avoid it at as much as possible.
- an Akbash is much more likely to attack a predator than a pyr. They will attack even if outnumbered by the predator.
- a maremma is probably midway between those two, but I don't know them as well, so you'll have to google maremma breed traits to visit websites and learn more.
Other factors you must consider in your selection is how bad the predator problem is in your area. One of my friends finally got a second pyr when his single pyr hid because the pack of wild dogs would have killed it. She was a smart dog. She made sure she lived to fight another day. Now, with the help of her new pyr partner, she's doing great!
You need to google breed traits for each breed and read more. You have a lot to learn before you make a decision.
addendum: The Komondor is also excellent, but not available readily in some areas. That was the other dog I considered when getting our LGD's -!-
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