12/20/2025
We have an Anatolian Shepherd dog. Her name is Freya . She was already trained and is three years old. She protects 2 cats , numerous shelties, 2 horses and three humans . It is there natural instinct to protect us. When a new animal comes we have to slowly introduce and let her know she is ours. I am absolutely intrigued by her instinct. She shared her bed and bowl of food with a 12 week old kitten. She adores puppies and will gently play with them. If two shelties start to wrestle to hard she walks over like a bouncer and just looks at them and they stop. We have to put her up if workers come on the property . She also stood over her first owner while help came for a heat stroke emergency . We have had coyotes close enough we could hear them and she spent hours barking making sure they knew not to come close to our property. She is stubborn and barks a lot but I feel so safe with her. It’s so amazing how gentle but fierce she can be.
