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Raising and Training a Livestock-Guarding Dog, EC1238 EC 1238 Reprinted May 2002 $1.50 Raising and Training a Livestock-guarding Dog J.R. Lorenz and L. Coppinger uarding dogs are useful tools for reducing livestock DATE. G losses to predators. Success depends on the inborn abilities of the dog and on proper training. This OF publication provides suggestions for bringing out the best performance in your livestock-guarding dog. We’ll review the basics of guard- ing dog behavior and methods for OUT starting a pup with sheep. We’ll discuss problems that you might IS encounter during the training process, as well as possible solutions. Basic behavior patterns are the same for any of the Old World breeds, such as Anatolian Shepherd, Castro Laboreiro, Great Pyrenees, information: Komondor, Kuvasz, Maremma, Figure 1.—These 8-week Maremma pups are being raised in the lambing barn. The Polish Tatra, Shar Planinetz, and vertical boards nailed to the feed trough give pups a place to escape from a ewe Tibetan Mastiff. Our suggestions that may butt. Sniffing nose-to-nose is the start of social bonding. Note the similarity will work for any of these breeds. of the interaction between this lamb and pup to the ram and adult dog in Figure 2b. Furthermore, over the past 200 years, the Navajos have used the same methods to train dogs for guardian behavior that are compatible with devices. Deciding where you want duty in New Mexico and Arizona.current your operation. the dog to work and which sheep Training a guardingPUBLICATION dog uses Successful training produces an you want the dog to protect are techniques that are much different adult that’s trustworthy with sheep, other factors in developing a suc- from those used in training a dog for attentive to sheep, and protective of cessful training program. obedience, hunting, or herding. sheep. These factors build on one Training a livestock-guardingmost dog another: protective behavior is isTHIS primarily a matter of raising the mainly the result of trustworthy and dog with sheep to establish a social attentive behavior. bond between sheep and dog For Training may include specific (Figure 1). It’s a process that Jay R. Lorenz, former Extension goals that blend with your operation. depends on supervision to prevent wildlife specialist, Oregon State Perhaps your dog must not jump bad habits fromhttp://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog developing and on University; and Lorna Coppinger, fences, must adjust to rotational establishing limits of acceptable faculty associate, Hampshire College, grazing, or must avoid antipredator Amherst, Massachusetts. Basic guarding dog behavior Livestock-guarding dogs have traits that distinguish them from other breeds. They tend to retain puppylike characteristics throughout their adult lives—licking the muzzle of an adult, food begging, play wrestling, following parents or littermates, staying near a home or den site, barking when something new or strange approaches, and absence of predatory behavior. The frequency of display of these behaviors varies among dogs, but it DATE. can be encouraged and reinforced in Figure 2a.—These three different submissive poses of an adult Maremma allow a dog through learning and positive sheep to investigate, and each one fosters dog–sheep bonding. Here, eyes are experience. Your dog will direct squinted and ears are back; forepaw and rearOF leg are raised. The dog is prepared many of these behaviors toward the to roll over on its back as in Figure 4a. sheep as if they were littermates or parents. Livestock-guarding dogs also tend to follow a routine. Establish- OUT ing an acceptable routine for a growing pup will help to set the IS pattern of adult behavior. A well- established pattern or routine often is difficult to change. For example, a pup that never learns to jump a fence may never become a fence-jumper as an adult. However, if fence jumping becomes information: an established routine, it’s difficult to correct. Trustworthy Figure 2b.—Eyes are squinted, and ears are back in this nose-to-nose sniffing. The absence of predatory behav- ior is the basis of trustworthiness. Livestock-guarding dogs are current selected to displayPUBLICATION investigatory and submissive behaviors that do not threaten sheep or other livestock. Approaching sheep with ears back and squinted eyes,most avoiding directTHIS eye contact, and lying on the back are called submissive behav- iors (Figure 2). Sniffing around the head or analFor areas is called investi- gatory behavior. Both are desirable behaviors, signs thathttp://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog your dog has the right instincts and is working properly. Figure 2c.—Again with squinted eyes and ears back, the dog avoids direct eye contact with sheep. 2 Raising your pup Social bonds During the first year, training should emphasize socializing your dog with sheep to form social bonds. Social contacts made shortly after weaning are believed to be important for correct social contacts as adults. Young pups confined with sheep are more likely as adults to prefer sheep to people or other dogs. Similarly, lambs that are raised with a dog willDATE. show an attachment as adults to the dog with which they were raised. An important point is Figure 3.—This is a display of approach-withdrawal behavior. There’s real uncer- that the sheep–dog bond involves tainty here: The dog’s hackles and tail are raised in a posture of dominance or OFtraining both sheep and dog. aggression, but his ears are back and he avoids eye contact with the intruder— Many producers find lambing postures of submission. The dog circles between sheep and intruder. Will this season to be convenient for starting display become aggressive? The chance that it is enough to ward off most might a pup. Pups can be started inside a predators. Note how calmly the sheep are feeding in the background. OUT barn or shed. Allow the pup to mingle with lambs in grouping pens. Timing the arrival of a pup with Attentive to the sheep or homesite,IS if chal- lambing can be difficult. Therefore, The attraction of a guarding dog lenged, with tail between its legs. any of the strategies below can be to a homesite and to surrogate litter- This is called approach-withdrawal used to start a pup any time of the mates is the basis of attentiveness. behavior (Figure 3). year. Flock guardians are selected for A predator—let’s say a coyote— Rearing your pup with sheep their ability to follow other animals. usually avoids the threatening From the start, it’s very important Following a moving flock and approach-withdrawal behavior of a information:to keep your dog with sheep and to sleeping and loafing among the sheep guarding dog. Attacking a predator avoid contact with your house, with are signs of attentiveness to sheep. generally is unnecessary, and it people, and with other dogs— A dog that retreats to the flock at rarely occurs. including littermates. the approach of a stranger is show- Interactions with potential Pen your newly weaned pup with ing another good sign of a sheep- predators often involve complex six or more sheep for 8 to 16 weeks attentive dog. Researchers have behaviors that are difficult to inter- (until it’s 5 months old) near water, shown a direct correlation between pret. Approach-withdrawal behavior current bedding ground, or other points attentiveness to livestockPUBLICATION and a may quickly shift to an aggressive where the sheep gather (Figure 4). reduction in predation. Therefore, display of dominance or a hasty Possible pen locations are a lambing success depends on training your retreat to the sheep. It might be barn, lamb creep, night corral, or pup to follow sheep. coupled with defense of food or pasture. maternal-like defense of a young Protective most One Texas rancher started a new lamb. THISThe basis of protectiveness is pup in a welded-wire pen under a The distance of the approach your dog’s ability to react to devia- shade tree in a pasture. He kept six toward strange activity increases as tions from the routine. Consequently, sheep in the pen at all times, rotating For the dog matures. The distance a dog flock guardians are selected for their sheep several times a week to give travels varies with individuals but ability to bark at new or strange all flock members an opportunity to rarely extends beyond the bound- activities. http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalogmeet the dog. aries of the property. Because Typically, a young pup will He kept food, water, and shelter protective behavior develops as a respond to a new or strange situation for the dog and sheep in the pen. He result of good trustworthy and by rushing out and barking with tail placed a salt lick outside the pen to attentive behaviors, it doesn’t raised over its back or it will retreat draw other flock members near the require specific training. 3 dog. He let the pup out to exercise several times a week. Hampshire College used a variation of the Texas rancher’s system. Pups were placed individu- ally in pens containing a calf hutch with a lamb or a ewe. Heavy-wire cattle panels formed the sides of the pen. Wire panels were mounted on insulators and connected to electric fencing. Another variation used by ranch- ers in Oregon is training pens made out of fencing wire. Training pens can be made using a combination of DATE. woven, barbed, smooth, or poly wire. Any metal fencing material can be mounted on insulators and connected Figure 4a.—At 16 weeks of age, this AnatolianOF pup is in a well-fenced dry lot with to an electric charger. ewes. The pup’s submissive posture allows sheep to investigate.
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