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[Roy Morgan <k1lky AT earthlink.net>]

[Not from Roy]

Thanks, Ray. I have been playing around with the idea of getting an  
Anatolian from a man I know in Virginia who makes produces really,  
really nice dogs..(a sheepman, he also does BCs), but we've been so  
busy trying to get settled I put it on the back burner. I might maybe  
expand my thinking a little. I know for sure I don't want the other  
traditional guard dogs, like a Pyrenees, I'd never really thought of a  
Rottie that way. I might have to ask around my sheep friends a little  
more and see if anyone else has had experience in that direction, too.

Cheers,

Moon


On Oct 6, 2008, at 10:38 AM, rayzentz AT aim.com wrote:

> on livestock.   While I have not owned stock, I did have Loki with me
> on ranches and such.   They are also herders, but not to the extreme  
> of
> some breeds.   They herd by knocking, which sometimes contributes to
> the fear.   When I would run and play with her, Loki would often knock
> me in the direction she wanted me to go.   When you have a 150 pound
> dog knocking into you, you do have a tendancey to go her  
> direction   ;-)
>
> Ray
>
> She never did that with the little ones, though.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 6:37 am
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Homestead Dog
>
>
>
> My daughter has two Rottweilers and loves them.
>
> But there is a caution on Rottweilers: these are powerful dogs that
> can be dangerous to people and other pets. In the last year I have
> heard of incidents that cause me to say that I would never get such
> dogs except as puppies. Both incidents were dogs obtained as adults.
> The results were ugly. In both cases the owners had to put them down.
>
> I've gotten dogs as adults and pups. Pups are the way to go. I have
> empathy for dogs in pounds and shelters and newspaper ads where the
> owners want to give them away. But I will only bring a pup into our
> family.
>
> With an adult dog you never know for sure what bad habits or
> temperament traits they possess.
>
>
>
>
> On Oct 6, 2008, at 7:09 AM, Roy Morgan wrote:
>
> > [Not from Roy]
> >
> > Oh OH...yup, big ol' second on Rotties...I've loved the few I've had
> > contact with. How are they with livestock, any idea?
> >
> >
> > On Oct 6, 2008, at 1:54 AM, rayzentz AT aim.com wrote:
> >
> > > I haven't heard this mentioned.   I have owned Rottweilers.   Well,
> > > trained, in my opinion, nothing better.   When living in MT, our
> > > first
>
>
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