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Get them horse dogs to pull you in a wagon.

Have a monkey ride shotgun.



And I like goat meat.


Is Catholicism a Ford religion?

Them dogs won't even fetch. Look at you like you're retarded. If i put them in traces they'd likely revolt and eat me.

Cabrito is supposed to be good? Dunno, but yeah definitely Ford. Like late 90's F150 with the lame front end. But it'll still get you where you're going!

What do the Conrad's have for dogs?

All joking aside, you really could. The birds around here love it when they get brushed. Looks like a dog exploded in the yard.

Check with waterrat here. He has a couple and lives remotely on Lake Iliamna where they have lots of brown bears. The dogs do some amazing things.

Bernese Mountain dogs were mentioned by someone... they are a very sad excuse for a breed. The incredible health issues and early deaths added to the cost of buying one make them about the most expensive dog to own... and least useful.

We have a couple of English Shepherds.

Dad has one too.

Thanks for the intel... looking at Anatolian info now.

Not bailing on KBD...

How nimble would a Anatolian be against a couple of 35-45 coyotes? Yes two or three against one kinda stuff.

On the serious side, I'd check with Yukon 254 as he has a remote lodge with bear issues and he keeps
bear dogs.

35 to 45 coyotes?

Do they have large talons?

Pound...

Thanks on the spectacular catch.

Love dog threads. Even those that go sideways. Working/sporting dogs fascinate me.

Its what I do.

Its what I do.

I guess the bears and yotes aren't quite so fierce up here every dog I've had except the one lap dog has had no trouble chasing either away and none got hurt. Have had about 10 different dogs they were all heinz 57s 70-100 lbs. Well actually Timber my wife's dog when I met her may have been a pure Blue Healer but he came from the SPCA so we don't know for sure. And right now I've got a pure Catahoula, jurries still out on her at 2.5 years old, she's done OK with the couple bears we've ran in to so far.

Anyways had to look up the Karelian dogs never heard of them. Cool looking dogs. Personally they sound a bit too keen on the job for my taste I don't want to have to find and pull a dog off a bear I want it to chase the thing a couple few hundred yards and come back or get it treed and come back when called. YMMV.

There are a lot of sheep owners around here, and they all think they have to own a Pyrenees All I know, is they don't have any idea where they are most of the time and when you drive by their sheep and pasture you better not have your arm hanging out the window. You will lose it. We have lot's of coyotes and some wolves, and they might do their job then but I doubt it.
Again all dogs are as smart as their owner. I would trust a Border Collie before any just because they are smart and can be trained..I don't know what a Llama would do with a bear, but they sure work good on coyotes!

Our WSL is still shedding. She loses anymore and we'll have to start telling people she's a Western Russian Hairless.

Karliea is in Finland and Russia and in the Old Country they weren’t used much on Bear.
I hunted with the guy who imported one of the first ones in Canada—in 1972. It was semi-silent on track—wouldn’t bark until it saw the moose and then did its best to hold it. We killed a lot of moose in front of that dog but he wasn’t much of pet—a real working dog.

If your serious...get a Plott hound. powdr

Not going to wade into the dog fighting aspect, but if you go with the guardian breeds get a pair. They work well together, and while it's more coin up front the dogs will thank you.

Yep, two can work together and why we have always had two dogs together when living in the sticks.