The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host the webinar, The Kangal Livestock Guardian Dog Breed, on Feb. 26.

My favorite livestock guardian dog was Sovalye, an Anatolian Shepherd ... The history of the Anatolian Shepherd can be traced back to ancient times in central Turkey, where they were bred to ...

Gehring, T. M., K. C. VerCauteren, and J.-M. Landry. 2010. Livestock protection dogs in the 21st cen­tury: is an ancient tool relevant to modern conser­vation challenges? BioScience 60:299-308.

The text overlay on the clip reads: "When the neighbor's dog gets on your property, and the livestock know exactly ... a powerful and loyal flock guardian with ancient roots.

The internet has fallen head-over-heels with a dog who takes her job as a livestock guardian very seriously—even climbing ...

The herding dogs were bred to assist with the movement of livestock, and livestock guardian dogs were developed to protect domestic animals from predators. These two groups of dogs were developed ...