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Caucasion Mountain Dog
wrdwrthy:
I'm considering adopting an caucasian mountain dog. I would probably keep him outside as I already have two indoor dogs. Can anyone give me further information on this rare breed? What about breeding them?
Please email me with your answers.
Leah...:
Would this dog have a job? such as sheep/goat protector? i don't mean to sound rude, and i am hoping i took this the wrong way, but why would you buy a dog, then let it live its life outside? training, socialization, and love are all needs that dogs have, and they must get these things on a regular basis, or they will go bonkers! and why would you breed a dog that will probably end up nasty because it was shoved in a backyard all day w/o attention?
sorry to be mean, but this really rubs me the wrong way. i hope you didn't mean this the way i took it, i hope you are going to keep it outside, but also give it all the attention it needs. i doubt you have the wrong intentions, because you are researching your breed before you buy. YAY FOR YOU!!!!!! if anyone has a nicer way to say what i just said, please, go ahead. also, talk to the person on this board (name escapes me) that has a central asian ovchaarka and a caucasion.
Leah
P.S. I suck at first impressions! Welcome to BPO, i am Leah.
Gypsy Jazmine:
--- Quote from: Newfie_Lover on October 03, 2006, 05:27:22 pm ---Would this dog have a job? such as sheep/goat protector? i don't mean to sound rude, and i am hoping i took this the wrong way, but why would you buy a dog, then let it live its life outside? training, socialization, and love are all needs that dogs have, and they must get these things on a regular basis, or they will go bonkers! and why would you breed a dog that will probably end up nasty because it was shoved in a backyard all day w/o attention?
sorry to be mean, but this really rubs me the wrong way. i hope you didn't mean this the way i took it, i hope you are going to keep it outside, but also give it all the attention it needs. i doubt you have the wrong intentions, because you are researching your breed before you buy. YAY FOR YOU!!!!!! if anyone has a nicer way to say what i just said, please, go ahead. also, talk to the person on this board (name escapes me) that has a central asian ovchaarka and a caucasion.
Leah
P.S. I suck at first impressions! Welcome to BPO, i am Leah.
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It's BabsT that keeps a CAO & CO...& They are "housedogs" & Babs takes them very seriously & in return they take her very seriously...If any LGD is kept as an outside dog I feel they need to have a traditional job to do!!...I have 3 Great Pyrenees & would NEVER think of keeping them as outside dogs without livestock to gaurd...As it stands with them heavily socialized & trained they are still a "handful" & our training is not an event but more a way of life...Leah, your first impressions are true & straight forward...I can see you understand! :)
tanimara:
Hi... Jackie Wood here. I want to put my two cents worth in here.. as usual!...LOL
As most of you know, I raise and breed Great Pyrenees dogs which are very similar in back ground to an Ovcharka. I have raised and bred this breed for 20 years with pride and love. All of my dogs except the 2 new show pups are outside dogs. They live with their goats and do a job. Ovcharka's like Pyrs are a working dog. Working dogs live outside. I would never dream of taking them away from thier goats to bring them inside. As Chelle can tell you all from recent experience, a true Livestock Guardian will morn over being removed from thier wards they care for and if they have very strong guardian traits they will express that guardian instinct in any way they can. That's how strong that instinct is.
training, socialization, and love are all needs that dogs have.... You are 100% correct on this. My dogs get all of that. But they will remain outside doing their work and as Chelle can testify.. they are happy campers.
I think most of our confusion over this just comes from different lifestyles. Just because we live differently does not mean your way is wrong or my way is wrong. Just different.
This is not a critisism of your words Leah. It's merely an observation that I felt needed expressed.
Jackie
This is the world of the working dog. Pictures from top to bottom are.....
Ovcharka headshot
Great Pyrenees with Boer goats
Anatolian Shepherd with kid
Esterela Mountain Dog (long hair) with kid
Ovcharka Collage
Pyr helping doe clean up after having a kid
Tibetan Mastiff
BabsT:
Where would you be adopting this dog from...
Unlike Pyrs Anatolians etc... CO & CAOs arent as much as a traditional flock guard. Most COs are now used as sentry guards (some are still with flocks) and CAOs are mostly guarding of nomadic tribes not stationary flocks.
They cant just live outside with nothing and if you are adopting and older/mature CO then there is a lot of bonding, training OB etc... you need to do. a CO that is not bonded/dedicated to owner isnt a good thing.
If the dog is of correct temp, they will guard you will their life.... meaning...peop le cant come and go in your house, strange animals will not be tolerated, which you said you have 2 other dogs so that may be an issue etc...
if you like you can email me.... babs.t@verizon.net
and when i mean protect, here is a visual... all this person did was raise his voice to me in a menancing way. that is Zero my CAO and chara is my CO...she is too young still to be evaluated
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