Lucky Creek Ranch Bullseye |
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A big dog at roughly 120lbs, Bullseye is as of 2021 on his 3rd year of livestock protection work with many more to go. He lives day in and day out with his herd of goats, accompanied by another dog he has been with since young adolescence. Bullseye is very reserved and aloof with strangers, he prefers to sit back 10 or 15 feet, observe and bark; he has no want for attention from outsiders. He is fine with his regular people, not overly affectionate but friendly and gentle. As a guardian he is never more than a few yards away from his herd, wherever they go he goes and many times he will lay in the shade of the wood line and watch them while they graze in the open. He has courage and has shown the ability to turn it up from simply barking to confronting and fighting the threat in an instance where two stray dogs entered the pasture during kidding season in an attempt to attack goat kids. Bullseye did well, held his ground and with the aid of his LGD partner ran the threat away. He is not one to scout ahead as the goats move around and prefers to conserve his energy by following and keeping them close enough to protect, waiting for them to pick an area, so he can lie down and watch over them. He does an excellent job of marking all the pasture posts and delineating his territory. He works both day and night and it is common to hear him barking at night or in the early morning hours as he patrols the area after the goats have bedded in the barn. He currently has two successful litters under his belt that have produced some excellent working dogs. More photos of Bullseye |
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Lucky Creek Ranch Target |
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| Entering his golden years LCR Target may have one or two more litters left to sire. A salty veteran he has 9 years of LGD work under his belt, his partner and mentor dog passed recently. Accordingly Target has been removed from the larger goat fields and relocated closer to the main home where he can use the tractor shed to watch over a flock of geese, and ducks as they lounge about the pond to keep the foxes in the tree line at bay. Obviously slower now than he once was, his new position only requires his presence, a loud bark and territorial marking to get the job done. Always on the larger side for a Great Pyrenees at 155lbs+, I felt this mass provided him no real benefit in our hilly, brush filled environment as goats are fairly mobile and he was forced to carry that size following the herd about everyday. He lumbered about, not a slow mover, but certainly not a dog that could quickly go from flank to flank in a pasture or run down other canines; at top speed he has more of a long gallop than a sprint. He's big, he knows it, and is of the mindset that he'll wait for the threat to come to him and save energy. His bark is powerfully loud, and he is of average intelligence. Just an all around solid LGD, no flaws, no cowardice, not lazy, just a big boy that knows how to use his size and sound to intimidate. He's a maximum result's for minimum effort type of dog. | ||
