• SARGEx117@lemmy.world
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        Livestock Guardian Dog

        Things like Great Pyrenees, Kuchi, most things with “shepherd” in the name, mastiffs. Breeds like that.

        Anecdote time: I have a Pyrenees collie mix, and a small terrier. The Pyrenees protects the terrier when they’re outside, mostly from the hawks/owls that like to fly around the fields looking for rodents. But I have gone to check on them before and opened the door just in time to see the Pyrenees barking up a storm chasing off a coyote. I’m confident that a coyote wouldn’t be able to get through my fence and attack the terrier before I could grab something and fight/scare it off, but I know with the Big Boye out there I don’t have to worry about it (but still do, people tell me I Dan leave them out there for longer periods but I keep pacing by the windows and back door to check on them every minute or so they’re out there)

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      I don’t think most people realize how small coyotes actually are. Depending on the type, coyotes weigh on average 25-35 pounds, with the largest males not topping 45 pounds. The smallest male Great Pyrenees weigh 100 pounds, and can get up to 160 pounds. Those coyotes didn’t stand a chance, didn’t matter he was outnumbered 10 to 1. Imagine the average adult male versus ten five-year-olds. They might do a little damage, but they don’t stand a chance of winning.

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      There were two though. The other one stayed protecting the sheep while this guy went on a hunt for 2 days straight.

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      I have a Great Pyrenees and couldn’t agree more. Not super surprised about killing the coyotes either; my GP is insanely sweet to familiar humans but has a viciousness towards strange animals like I’ve never seen in another dog before. And those coyotes were probably a 1/4 of its size.