For those wondering, Casper continued to do well, and won ‘Farm dog of the year’ in '23.
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Woof is dog for "You may test that assumption at your convenience"
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deltapi@lemmy.world 26 minutes ago
Rose_Thorne@lemmy.zip 15 hours ago
Herd dogs were bred to protect the herd. While many may show a more gentle demeanor most days, when the time comes, they are absolute machines.
Funnily enough, I live close to DeKalb. Great Pyrenees are one of the more common herd dogs around here, and are a great example of gentle giants that will crush throats. They adopt just about anything smaller than they are, treat anything they see as their territory, and are known for tracking coyotes for miles just to exterminate them all for fucking with their stock.
It doesn’t end with their herd, either. They can be highly responsive to their owners. You start showing any signs of tension, they will put themselves between you and whatever is bothering you.
Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 hours ago
It doesn’t end with their herd, either. They can be highly responsive to their owners. You start showing any signs of tension, they will put themselves between you and whatever is bothering you.
Well I can’t get one because the fucker would try to wedge itself between my brain and the bottom of my skull
cynar@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
That’s a trick many/most breeds of dog can pull off. It’s amazing how well a wet nose, and a slobbery smile shoved in your face can break a bad cycle.
There’s a reason they are used as emotional support animals so often. They can guard us from ourselves almost as well as this dog did the sheep from coyotes.
EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 hours ago
Well, do I have a fun fact for you then: Cheetahs are such anxious and easily stressed animals that zoos consistently failed to set up breeding programs until somebody had a bright idea and paired up a cheetah cub with a golden retriever puppy to be raised together.
Growing up with a lifelong friend in such a chill and loving dog breed allows them to live a lot less anxiously, and has been so successful with keeping cheetahs happy and healthy that the practice has been adopted all over the place.
Dogs are full of love and want to help, even if that’s by simply existing in the same space as you.
Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
"Are you really going to die, to save a sheep?
“Someone is”
Rose_Thorne@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
That’s another terrifying thing about when they’re on the hunt. They have been found in near-death states, still fighting.
So sometimes that “someone” is everyone involved.
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 3 hours ago
and are known for tracking coyotes for miles just to exterminate them all for fucking with their stock.
“It was just a fucking sheep!”
“you can either hand over the perpetrator, or you can die screaming alongside them!”
Rose_Thorne@lemmy.zip 3 hours ago
There is no choice. There is only kill.
I am not kidding when I say they are akin to a Terminator. Their only thought is to eliminate the threat until there is no threat left. Rip and tear, until it is done.
curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 13 hours ago
They can be highly responsive to their owners. You start showing any signs of tension, they will put themselves between you and whatever is bothering you.
When we watch my sisters dog, my wife has to use a vibrating collar for the dog. He reacts to everything as a potential threat to her, and that ramps up with my kids being there.
If its just me walking him, he tends to just be a roaming doofus. If I add in our (little and much older) dog, he’s fine until the moment our dog reacts.
Its actually extremely wild to me just how responsive they are to those around them.
eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 hours ago
They’re also not deferential or clingy like a lot of dogs (and honestly, why a lot of people want a dog).
Pyrs/Maremmas have a job to do and they don’t want to sit around being scratched while staring into your eyes.
stupidcasey@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Coyotes are actually pretty small, if it was wolves it would be a different story and if it was wolverines he’d be dead and if it was X-Men wolverine he would be Rogue’d:
Rooster326@programming.dev 4 hours ago
Casper weighted 85 lbs. The average coyote is ±35 lbs.
Imagine fighting off 11 Baboons and killing 8 with your bare hands in a single night. Because that’s the equivalent.
ngdev@lemmy.zip 3 hours ago
arent non-human primates like insanely strong? its more like killing eight 7th graders with your bare hands
omgboom@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 hours ago
That dog is at least part Great Pyrenees, and those dogs were bred to protect livestock from wolves and bears. We had them growing up, my parents still keep a couple. It’s not unusual to wake up to 4-5 dead coyotes in your yard.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 13 hours ago
Is coyote meat any good?
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 hours ago
Probably not. Most nonaquatic predators are awful tasting and very unhealthy to eat due to the buildup of heavy metals and other nasty stuff from further down the food chain.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 3 hours ago
Assuming it’s similar to dog, no, but there’s people in Switzerland who probably would consider it a delicacy.
tekeous@beehaw.org 10 hours ago
Those coyotes didn’t expect to meet the Good Boi of DeKalb, Woofer of Woe, the Hound Who Watches the Herd. Legends says no coyote can kill him and he can lift three sheep in his mouth
DanVctr@sh.itjust.works 6 minutes ago
They were also inner Atlanta coyotes, they aren’t exactly the most fierce. Casper is still a badass tho