Great Pyrenees - Livestock Guardian Dogs
These photos were taken in Northern California near Cloverdale, which is about 2 hours North of San Francisco. I was on my way back to the Bay Area from a trip to Mendocino and Ft Bragg, and saw these Great Pyrenees watching over their charges. I love the history of farm dogs, so even though these aren't Boerboels, they are images of working farm dogs. Real dogs.
This was my greeting as I pulled off on the side of the road with my camera. I think he is serious. He did not hesitate to come charging at me, and then stopped at the fence line with a low warning. When I turned to leave, he went back to protecting his cattle.
In the last photo, you have to look real hard but you will see one that is just a tad bit different than the others. It took me about 5 minutes before I saw him.
These Great Pyrenees are true working farm dogs. There were some dogs in the pastures with cattle, and different dogs in the sheep pastures. The dogs in the cattle pastures seemed much more interested in making sure I was not going to advance on them, while the dogs in the sheep pastures stuck close to their charges.
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