Livestock Guardian Dogs Online School

31/07/2024

WOW!
Our Introduction to Livestock Guardian Dogs online course is available for an outstanding 50% discount! This is a great opportunity to get an intro to the wonderful world of LGDs and figure out if you need one (or more than one)!

Check it out:

Learn more about livestock guardian dogs, how they function, and how to select the right one for you!

11/01/2024

If someone tries to sell or even gift you a puppy under the age of 8 weeks, just say no!

Don’t be party to that puppy’s rough start in life because you wanted them sooner, or because mom was “over it and won’t let them nurse anyway.” Maybe they are telling you that there isn’t any good reason to hold them any longer now that they can eat puppy food. Or they will take them to the pound if you don’t buy them right now.

Don’t fall prey to opportunists who do not put the puppy’s needs and well-being first.

Puppies don’t just need their mother for sustenance. They need her AND their littermates for early training lessons. Things like “oh, teeth hurt” (bite inhibition) and how to say “no” and to recognize and respect that communication from others (social cues). Your puppy is cute, but cute can only get them so far in life.

So please, please take the time to find an ethical source for your next puppy, whether that is a breeder, rescue, or shelter. You won’t regret it.

08/12/2023

How do you know if you need a livestock guardian dog? The first step is to figure out your predator score, which measures the risk you have from predators on your property. Here's a free quiz you can fill out to get your Predator Score now: https://www.livestockguardians.net/predator

20/10/2023

Check out the blog about the SportDog 100A Invisible Fence system that we use, plus a video of how the setup works and our official shopping list if you want to add this to your fence line!

SportDog Invisible Fence Posted on October 20, 2023October 20, 2023 by Nat Posted in Livestock Guardian DogsTagged containment, dog, fence, invisible fence, Lgd, livestock guardian dog, sport dog We have gotten a lot of questions about our fencing and how we keep our dogs contained. We have 47″ ta...

02/08/2023

Hey hey, Boo Boo! Little griz out and about a mile up the road this morning. Remember to be bear aware, and pay attention to your surroundings when you come to play in the woods!

06/06/2023

One of our Cotton Patch Geese trios out and about on this toasty day!

27/05/2023

🚨Rare opportunity to have a NWG Sarplaninac pair!!🚨

Mila and Kaylee are a bonded mother/daughter pair of Sarplaninac looking for a new farm! Both girls are spayed (not breeding prospects)

If you are looking for a working pair ready to go, please reach out!

29/12/2022

This weather is off the chain, and not in a great way! Going from -38° to 42° isn’t good. It’s stressful on the animals. The freezing rain is causing some fun challenges outside, and the snowpack is going to be funky through the rest of winter just because of this super eccentric weather pattern.

Looks like next week will see us back@in the 20’s, which is my absolute preference! If we can hold below freezing, but above 10° for the rest of winter… or at least until February (when we usually have our coldest temps), that would be greeeeeeeat!

Pictured: new puppy Daisy in our LGD pack! Check her out at

24/10/2022

🍂 Welcome Fall! We are preparing for winter, and the are enjoying the last bits of grass and weeds they can snag before everything is covered in snow! These geese are special because of their history, and they are new to the mini farm in 2022! We look forward to their spring goslings 🍃

11/10/2022

Our first dozen quail eggs!!

02/10/2022

Today is a great day! Our first quail egg was laid today, from our August 17th hatch!

28/09/2022

The quail are grown up! Watching for our first eggs and starting to split them out into breeding and grow out groups! Exciting times 👌

13/08/2022

We’ve gotten some much needed rain this week! Also, I have successfully grown some rose bushes this year 🌹 It’s beginning to look a lot like fall on the mini farm 🍂

10/08/2022

The puppies are 3 weeks old!

04/08/2022

Alfalfa pellets, beet pellets, cracked corn, black oil sunflower seeds and a balanced pellet blended up for the critters! helps keep skin and hair happy through these extreme temps, and this blend is a good treat for everyone!

02/08/2022

The piglets are getting some good meals in with momma Elsa 🥰

31/07/2022

Quail! Eggs are in the incubator and we are hoping for baby quail in August! Have you ever tried quail meat or eggs?

29/07/2022

Tinker is enjoying this heat wave!

24/07/2022

Baby Kunekune piglets are so cute 🥰 Tapeka x Mahia Love 💕 the best will be registered and a few available for breeding homes. The rest will make outstanding pets and grow outs.

We are retaining some of our gilts this year and will be looking for a new boar next year. Always looking ahead and planning with the animals!

19/07/2022

Our newest friends on the mini farm are Cotton Patch Geese! These babies came from a preservation farm in Washington state, and they aren’t used to people. I’m working on that! Slowly but surely, they will love me 💕😅

17/07/2022

Piggy pool! We hope you are enjoying your summer and taking some time to cool off with friends 💕☀️

06/05/2022

Our last UKC Sarplaninac litter turned 2 years old this week, and this is one of the males- formerly Darryl! While we made the tough choice to shift focus to AKC Anatolian Shepherd dogs, we love seeing updates on all of our Shar pups who carry the legacy of our program. Happiest of birthdays to the Office litter!

01/05/2022

Severine is in heat! That means we may have some news in a couple months over at Apex Anatolians 🥰

30/04/2022

Willow maintenance has been neglected too long! We are making up for lost time this year.

20/04/2022

Their album cover for the new spring single “Second Breakfast is Late AGAIN” - a harrowing tale of how alfalfa hay access 24/7 is simply not enough to sustain this much cuteness! They are the real victims here. 😉

18/04/2022

Happiest of Birthdays to Infi's 2021 puppies! It's a good time to schedule some booster vaccines and schedule their annual Vet exam

07/04/2022

Moolow got her blood drawn and a tuberculosis jab today! She’s getting a full biosecurity screen to make sure her milk is safe for everyone to drink! I also pulled hair for UC Davis to run her protein type.

Exciting day!

30/03/2022

Wilbur is our Mahia Love boar. He is the sire of the current litter of bacon seeds 🥰 he’s very gentle, but for everyone’s safety, we will be cutting his tusks down soon. I’ll make a video about it when we do!

30/03/2022

This little piglet might need to stay… I just love her hair 💜🐷💜