Walker said the large rugged dogs, often topping 100 pounds, have been used for thousands of years for guarding flocks throughout the world. But aside from some interest by U.S. producers in other ...

Sarah Letts is a Maremma lover and breeder. She homesteads with the breed on her ranch in California. Where she raises sheep, chickens, turkey and cattle. Her dogs defend her property and possessions ...

A farm in central Massachusetts is doing things the old-fashioned way by using dogs to herd sheep, instead of ATVs. It's at Little Brook Farm in Sunderland where 6-year-old sheepdog Bett does her job.

He likes to patrol at dawn and dusk He goes around and does a perimeter of the property He does some scent marking checks for ...

Livestock guardian dogs protect livestock including sheep, goats and cattle from predators such as bears, wolves and even robbers. Rather than move their animals around, like a herding breed would, ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. — Nearly 60 sheep dogs competed at the Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo’s sheep dog trials on Monday, Feb. 3. During this competition, the dogs and handlers showed off their skills by ...