Re: [pyrnet]Guarding styles

["Linda Weisser" <lmweisser@home.com>]

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From: <clhenke@juno.com>

And I have also heard that in a general way males will go out
to meet a conflict, while females will guard more at closer range,
keeping what she is protecting closer to her>>

I think that it depends a great deal on the individual dogs and the type of
guarding situation.  I placed quite a few dogs on a 13,000 acres (yup, you
read that right) ranch in MT that was fenced and cross fenced in 900 acre
sections.  They had 1,500 head wool ewes and lambed 3-4,00 lambs a year in a
two week period.  The first dog they got from me was a male.  They loved
him, but....  the succeeding 6 dogs were bitches.  She said that she would
never have another male.  He was clearly more predator aggressive than the
bitches.  He was the one that killed whatever coyotes zigged when they
should have zagged but she described him as "lazy".  Said that he loved to
hang out with the guys at the sheds and pens.  Whereas the girls went right
to their jobs, didn't care much for human socialization and were totally
single minded.  I find most of these distinctions in the companions and show
dogs that I breed also.  The males are more aggressive with other dogs but
they are more touch-feely with their owners.  I LOVE the bitches and their
"I'm the best and you can share that with me" attitude.

Linda