We've been looking into LGD's and been told Caucasians are considered as such. However in an earlier post I read it seems they weren't really meant as such. (Or am I not reading right?)
We have a sweet pit bull and unfortunately she has been put in a position where she felt she had to protect my husband.
But it showed us she was capable. However she usually just goes up to cars pulling in the drive (Mail, UPS, folks lost and in the wrong driveway) and people wagging and thinking everyone is her very best friend. I don't want her nasty but I wish she would be more alert to caution. Maybe it is a wonderful thing she is such a sweetie yet when a true threat comes she changes to a totally different dog.
Now that she is nearly 6 (and cause we also would like a LGD) getting a puppy now would be a good idea cause by time the pup is 2, Niki will be 8.
Anyway, as she gets older and I know her days will someday end, and due to us needing a LGD as well as a protector for us. I was wondering.
1) How do they do with strangers after they know they are ok?
2) Is there much of a difference between males and female?
(Protection ability)
3) Does spaying or neutering lessen their protective instinct?
4) How does someone go about finding a reputable breeder?
(PM me if you know of one)
5) Are their temperaments as extreme as a Fila?
(I had in the past checked into them and felt they were not for us)
I may have more questions later.
It would be nice to have one dog that can protect us as well as the livestock. We have folks coming up the driveway at times for the prior owners (who were of questionable nature-drugs) and I have a relative who is not emotionally balanced who leaved for months and sometimes years and then turns up on your door step unannounced that worries me. I love this person cause they are a relative but they frighten me and have behaviors that greatly concern me.
With what I have mentioned above would a Caucasian fit the bill?