Livestock Guard Dog Edition
Anything to do with homestead/farm life.

I bought this Anatolian Shepherd today to be a guard dog to my goats. My brother's dogs killed two of the goat's kids this year and I had to get him. His name is Io. Anyone have any useful information to share about raising and keeping LGDs? Me and the wife are going to keep him in the house with us for a week or two while taking him out to the goats and chickens daily and then move him out there with the goats. Think it will be hard to move him out there, we are already very attached to each-other, but will still spend lots of time with him.
I took him to the goat pen today and the goats were very curious and cautious but he was fearlessly interested in them and you can tell they have blood memory to be around these animals and protect them. His parents were absolute monsters so I'm expecting him to turn out huge. Hope he smites whatever comes into that goat pen.