LIVESTOCK GUARDIAN DOGS:THE WAY OF THE PACK BRENDA NEGRI 

My Pyr is out during the day protecting the animals with his life, he's angry if I try taking him away from his job. At dusk the animals are Barned and he comes inside being the biggest, cuddliest baby I've ever seen.

Zeke, again thank you so much for choosing my ranch and my dogs and allowing me to share my philosophy of owning, training, raising and using these dogs. I have owned many LGD breeds including Kangals. All LGD breeds have something to offer, and all have unique traits and ways about them. As you say: they truly are fascinating dogs. What I hope people will do is learn to realize, there is a breed or combination of breeds for every situation that works best, and to keep these ancient breeds alive and used as they were meant to be - treated with the respect they deserve, and used in a humane manner to effect protection of livestock, and promote their use as non-lethal means of coexistence. I truly enjoy helping people understand these dogs better. I look forward to getting my book The Way of The Pack done early in 2018 and hopefully published soon afterwards. Peace, everyone…..thanks again.

Self-taught writer, internationally published author and long time rancher Brenda M. Negri earned a living horseback for many years as a working buckaroo on several huge cattle and sheep ranch operations in the 1970’s and 1980’s in Nevada, California, Oregon and Idaho. It was then she was first exposed to Livestock Guardian Dogs used by Basque sheepherders who would pass through the ranches she worked on with their bands of sheep. Working for and living with the famous Nevada, California and Idaho based Marvel Ranches family cattle and sheep ranching dynasty, she spent some time with world-renowned horse trainer, Tom Dorrance. His teachings along with the Marvel’s Dorrance-based horse training methods deeply influenced her training and rearing methods with Livestock Guardian Dogs. She is a devotee of European dog authority and trainer Turid Rugaas, and has been the first American LGD breeder and trainer to actively promote the understanding of canine body language to further enhance human and LGD relationships. Negri practices and advocates co-existence with predators and promotes organizations such as Living With Wolves. Negri’s papers and articles on working Catahoula Leopard Dogs; the desolate and tough ranch life of big outfit buckaroos; and numerous articles on Livestock Guardian Dogs, have been in print internationally for 40 years in publications including Dog World Magazine, El Mundo del Perro (Spain), Western Horseman, Molosser Magazin (Germany), Sheep! Magazine, Western Ag Reporter, Acres USA, Dairy Goat Journal, Goat Rancher, Working Ranch Magazine, Countryside, Backyard Poultry, RANGE Magazine, Nevada Rancher, Farm Show, The Shepherd, Western Ag Reporter, Goat Journal Magazine, The Akbash Sentinel, and others. Several of her papers on LGDs were included in the 2016 French published book by renowned French LGD expert Mathieu Mauries, Le Montagne des Pyrenees. Since 2009 Negri’s ranch-based Livestock Guardian Dog ranch kennel has produced LGDs that are now working in over 80% of the country. She has has been profiled in articles in RANGE Magazine, Cowboy Ethics and The Nevada Rancher. Her ranch and dogs were featured in an multi award-nominated 2012 short film, Working on Common Ground: Livestock Guardian Dogs, produced by Conservation Media and People and Carnivores. To date it remains the most watched film on LGDs ever produced. Her dogs and training methods are featured in three Dogumentary TVspecials. Negri served as a consultant to the American Sheep Industry owned Working Dog Liability Insurance program (workingdogliabilityinsurancedotcom.wordpress.com) and was responsible for writing it’s Loss Prevention Manuals and assisted in creating and implementing the ground breaking program in 2015 and 2016. She has served as an expert witness on a high profile trial involving Livestock Guardian Dogs. Negri, 65, resides on her small Cinco Deseos Ranch in Northern Nevada outside of Winnemucca. She runs a handful of livestock along with a large pack of working Livestock Guardian Dogs. Her popular blog is at spanishmastiff.blogspot.com. Her second book, The Big Out There: A Buckaroo Life in Words and Art, is a compilation of vignettes and drawings based on her time spent as a working cowgirl on large cattle ranches in four states.

We have a pyr mix. And I love her! My baby saved my nephew from being mauled by a pit bull. She was only 8-9 months old, and she didn’t care that she could have been hurt. she saw he posture of that dog change and she threw that dog down. I remember thinking my 4 year old nephew would have been s dead or seriously mauled without her. They love their people.

ok ,, that woman knows her shit! Props! Very interesting and well explain

It amazes me how livestock don't fear the dogs, but know by nature to fear coyotes, foxes, wolves, and other predators.. Cool..

I have an Anatolian/Great Pyrenees X 15 months old. I don't have a farm but we live on the wild country side in the Yukon. So, basically coyotes, wolves and bears around all the time. I am trying to learn as much as I can find on the guard dogs behavior and training. I found this video very helpful.Thank you Brenda!

I love Debra’s approach and raising guardian dogs. She knows her stuff and her dogs live successful lives.

As we hunker down with Coronavirus, this IS a good time to go and buy a copy of The Way of The Pack. Amazon - $30 - more than 40 chapters, more than 300 pages. A book that has put on Facebook, magazines, Blogs, and local newspapers!

I'm a rancher in mexico and its amazing how dogs will protect the flock of sheep have give dogs all mutts they stay out with the goats and sheep if I bring them home in the first opportunity they go back with the flock dogs are amazing in general.

I love this. I wish more ranchers in Eastern Oregon would practice non lethal livestock protection.

People are getting over the film, The Way of The Pack book on Amazon. Smart ones are buying it, reading it, and learning not just talk and talk about stuff. ;)

Excellent videos. This channel is a dream come true for dog lovers.

Dogs and humans have worked side by side since the beginning our oldest friends

I absolutely love learning from Brenda! Her knowledge and ability to communicate it is absolutely phenomenal

The Way of The Pack: Understanding and Living With Livestock Guardian Dogs is becoming famous.. Here are the latest book reviews! The Way of The Pack has become a classic. Thank you Brenda for showing me a more kinder way with Livestock Guardian Dogs. - Candy and Roy This book is full of practical advice for learning about LGDs, and how to give them the opportunity to live to their fullest potential. The best part may be the great stories Brenda uses to illustrate how to put her advice into practice. Relying on years of living with these dogs, her knowledge and experience is deep and her love and admiration for the breeds is evident. - Ms. Judd This is an excellent book. It is written in a short snappy way that reads like an instruction manual on the proper handling of livestock guardian dogs (LGDs). Brenda Negri explains the reasons for everything in an easy to understand way. She brings 40 years of experience with livestock, predators, and study of LGDs both here and abroad and shares it with the reader. - Sigmund Robbins Written with heart, soul, and passion. This is a great book if you are looking at LGD's or already have them. Give it a try and you won't regret it! - Nathan Negri Brilliant talk, thanks a million Brenda. - Jacqueline Judge I have read many of the articles she wrote in magazines. I was fortunate enough to belong to a forum that she posted on and her words of wisdom were treasured. To have her life's work in a book, is a book to read from cover to cover and read again and again. She teaches how toread a dog's body language and how to present yourself to the dog. She promotes a hands on approach to these dogs and being involved in their daily lives. This book is on my nightstand, I read it at night. I just completed it and will start over in order to absorb all I can. I heartily recommend this book to anyone with Livestock Guard Dogs. - Amazon Customer It doesn't matter if your pack consists of 1 LGD or 10 this book is an invaluable resource. Bravo for dispelling the "Hands Off" myth that has been perpetuated in the USA since the 1970s. So glad to find an author of LGDs that 'gets it'. Get the book, you won't be disappointed at all! - Missouri Homesteader This book is the kind of depth, thoughtfulness and brilliance that does not come along very often. Especially with LGD books, I have not seen anything like Negri’s book before. More LGD owners need to read this book and see what they can realize, too. I’ve bought three other copies for other friends, to help them. - CL Johns You are a great women, I truly wish people would have to take a class by you. Thanks for your incredible works!!! - John Petzold I love this. I wish more ranchers in Eastern Oregon would practice non-lethal livestock protection. - Deep Tracks I bought one copy. It turned into many more. Fantastic, great, wonderful. - H. K. This book has taken a new breath, contemplated and yes - even a much safer way to use and own LGDs. That includes using and being “okay” with all the predators, and no, that does not mean shooting them all for kill-joy, either! Read this book, see how much there is to learn on LGDs, and it will show such a new, kinder way. - John C. Ziller Stunning, deeply thoughtful and brilliant; this book can’t be read enough. - Kathy Kentucky Her book grabbed me. The You Tubes she put out have become classic, even millions of hits. My LGDs became even better dogs after reading this book (and the films) and I wish more people would see what is capable for them, too. Hands up, first class, five stars. - Y. W. A. This is not a book you can flip through, grab a couple key points then put on your bookshelf and forget. This is a book you keep next to your bed and read through over and over again. Whether you run livestock or have a livestock guardian dog as a family companion, this book has valuable information. In fact, if you plan to interact with dogs in any form, this book is a good read. - Let’s Talk Dogs…Logically! Blog The owner may have an error or two in her book, however, many people also know of what happened to her after the book came out on Amazon (her health, hospital and illness.) Regardless, what she has done in more than six years on her book has been read over and over. To me, that makes more sense. The wonderful pages of photos, resources, films, book ideas and more, make this book beyond the average dog LGD book. - Betty Taylor

Oh I just love this woman! You are just a wonderful person and I wish you health and happiness.

You are a great women, I truly wish people would have to take a class by you. Thanks for your incredible works!!!

Thanks for posting. Breaks my heart to hear about those pyrs being gunned down

This dear lady is spot on about LGD's. I know , because I have the personal experience of seeing the wrong handling by ranchers. If you know how to use these dogs right, you will not have predator kills. And most of all socialize your LGD's or you will just wind up with a half wild very large dog that may have to be destroyed in the end. Because these dogs have been bred for thousands of years to guard livestock, all the socializing in the world will never take it out of them. Run the right amount and the right kind of LGD for your operation and don't forget to socialize, and you will not have trouble with wolves, coyotes or bears, cougars or any critter who wants to have your livestock for dinner. Be smart and do your homework and buy good dogs who were bred to work. Good luck

A true pioneer! Thank you for loving dogs!

To help, to guard, to protect. We have humans who are similarly tasked who could learn a lot from these wonderful dogs.

We have an AS as a pet. They are amazing. They are definitely to be included in the fsmily unit. Very smart and loving.

Great video!!! This Lady knows what she is talking about. Thanks 🇺🇸

Wow what a great lady! Respectful woman and an educator to help bring about harmony between livestock producers and wildlife. Also bringing care to animals that are out working hard to protect livestock.

I hv a pyrador, she is the best dog ever. She always goes out in the morning to,patrol the perimeter of my house and at night to patrol the perimeter of my house. I don’t have livestock, or a giant backyard, but she makes sure I’m safe and protected. She is treated like a queen and has the run of my house. She’s my baby. I love how kind she is to all her dogs.

Amazing woman keep up doing great job for that dogs👍👍👍👍

Beautiful dogs! We have a couch GP and yes, she will still protect her flock by any means! 😁

I agree bcz our LGD Great Pyr is a versatile house and outside yard. Iris guards our chickens like they were my kids. Ive always trusted her and her me so I believe that is the connection. She instinctively knows what I need her to do and she looks to me for direction as well. Great video!! Thank you! For your experience and education on LGDs. What a heritage to be proud of! Love it! They are majestic!!!

Have you bought my book? Honestly, this is the best $35.00 ever spent on anyone to learn and know more about these dogs. You can simply buy a copy on Amazon.com - and guess what? Dogumentary TV is also highly mentioned on at the end of the book, too, because he did so much work. The Way of The Pack: Understanding and Living With LGDs is the book's Table of Contents. More than 40 chapters, over 350 pages! Prologue: What Is “The Way of The Pack?” On Being the Good Shepherd P is for Predator Self-Assessment & Discernment for LGD Owners Finding a Good LGD Mentor Finding a Good LGD Breeder Before the Dog, the Fencing Understanding and Using Canine Body Language with LGDs Guidance in Choosing LGD Breeds The Advantages of Running Littermate LGDs The “Brindle Factor” Feeding Your LGDs Food Aggression and Food Protection 13. LGD Puppy Training: The First Few Days 85 14. LGD Puppy Discipline: Using The “Mr. Miyagi Grunt” 93 15. Starting LGD Pups with Livestock 95 16. Starting LGD Pups in Lambing & Kidding Barns 101 17. Mentor LGDs 107 18. The Numbers Game: Running Enough LGDs 111 19. Adding a New LGD to a Pack 121 20. The Pack that Plays Together, Stays Together 131 21. The Use of Bells on Stock and Dogs 133 22. Livestock Guardian Dogs & Barking 143 23. Responsible Use of Protective Collars 149 24. LGDs Guarding Poultry 157 25. LGDs in Bear & Lion Country 171 26. LGDs Guarding Cattle 181 27. LGDs in Wolf Country 187 28. Respecting Boundaries: Roaming & Escape Issues 203 29. LGDs & Livestock: Some Situations & Scenarios 209 30. Dog on Duty! Approaching a Working LGD 215 31. Introducing LGDs to Guests & Visitors 223 32. Using Herding & Guardian Dogs Together 231 33. Portal Protection: What it Looks Like, What it Means 237 34. Causes of Conflicts Between LGDs 241 35. Dog Fights: During & After 253 36. LGD Health Care: Being Prepared for Emergencies 261 37. Extreme & Inclement Weather Solutions For Your LGD 267 38. Building and Using Livestock Guardian Dog Feeding Stations 275 39. Protecting Your LGD from Foxtails 279 40. Fire & Disaster Prepping for LGDs & Livestock 287 41. Old Man of the Mountain: Supporting the Aging LGD 295 42. The Future of LGD Use: Assets or Liabilities? 305 Epilogue: Where the Eye Goes Not 313 Recommended Reading & Resources 317 Livestock Guardian Dog Breeds 327 Sample Puppy Application for Breeders 329 Acknowledgments 337 About the Author 343

one of the best episodes yet.

This is the BEST dogumentary TV I have ever seen.

I commend you! I've been a life-long dog person, and because I've had goats in the past and presently have sheep - I've been looking for info on LGDs... your video is the BEST I've seen! I agree - it's not just throwing a pup with the stock and leaving them uneducated. I believe a canine is supposed to be a PARTNER with the human, a helper that takes cues - and together they manage the safety of the flock. A dog raised unexposed to other humans, and never learns to understand them can be a dangerous thing - especially a large one. I think people need a better education on how to be Pack leaders and to live in partnership with the canines that help them. They're not tools - objects - that don't think or reason. Educate from infancy, and a dog will do what their human needs. Good thoughts all around! Blessings on you and yours! ❤️

Every time I take my Pyrenees out in public with me, people always ask if he works. I always feel guilty when I say no, but he’s a good guard dog for the house. As a small female that lives alone, his job is to stay home and protect me 🤷🏻‍♀️ he does a good job.

Great vid. I like Brenda's organic and sensible training methods.

Brenda is one smart woman. Thank God there are people like her.

I can’t even believe I’ve come across a channel dedicated to dog stories and documentaries. I’m sooooo subscribing! What a time to be alive!

Thank you so much for speaking out about this. We only have two Kangals right now. Our farm is small and well fenced, so our two girls are plenty. However, I ended up getting them because they had not been raised correctly, and we put in a lot of work to get them to be the good working family members that they now are. Having LGDs is a great idea, but it absolutely only works if they are properly raised and trained. I really appreciate you speaking out about the correct way to raise these dogs. Thank you.

Great video and wise words from Brenda.

Very informative video and incredibly knowledgeable breeder. I have owned Great Pyrs and now Kangals for 10 years and read and watch information on LGDs all the time and I still learned a few things I didn't know about these dogs from watching this.

Nice video. I own a LGD that came out of southern Romania and now lives in Bavaria for the past 3.5yrs now. It's some type of a mix Akbash/ASD or indigenous CAS. It's white with biscuit in color, weighs 110 lbs, 74" cm tall, curly tail, well socialized with the family, protector of my family/property.

Great work Zeke!

Thank you Brenda.

Much respect for this woman and her knowledge

The hands off method is the perfect way to ruin what would have been a decent LGD. Its as stupid as the view of older farmers these days who leave their working dogs outside because "they won't work if you treat them like a pet". Personally, I have found that working dogs who are allowed in the house and are treated like a member of the family work twice as hard as those left outside and who only have contact and attention when they work.

Another great video!

Awesome introductory music! Love it

Thanks. Very helpful.

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ ALL these documentaries are great but this one is AWESOME.

Brenda's book, The Way of The Pack has been the foundation on how I've raised my LGDs.

Awesome video! Brenda answered a few questions I had and ironically it comes pretty close to training any dog.

Thanks for the video Debra!! Really enjoyed it and your dogs are amazing.

Great stuff here, much respect for your work ❤️

Spot on, LSGD were raised living with the flock and the Shepherd at in the mountains and pastures. Always in pairs

Just found your channel today loving it so far

Love the music in the beginning!

Killer interview, and well shot. How many dogs did she have in total?, and how many types does she own.....looks like pyranese, spanish mastiff, and kangels....did i miss any? Either way, great info and outlook by her.

Fantastic animals, you do an amazing job 🙏 bless

You are very wise and inspirational. Tahnk you.

those old timers were thinking in their old fashioned ways which focused more on the dog bonding with its flock and defending the flock... and that's about it... I completely agree with you! By forming a relationship with the dog the dog's defensive nature will then be provided over you as you are a member of its flock and family. I would imagine that if the neighbors showed a breed like this affection, treats and kinship every day in passing that those neighbors would ingratiate themselves into the sphere of what these types of dogs consider to be theirs to defend. Strangers shall not pass. But these breeds of dogs are loyal to their people and the property of their people and they have been bred to discern friend from foe, neighbor from thief, what is threatening and what is not. There is an important distinction that I would like to emphasize. These breeds are bred to be guard dogs of property and ranging livestock against multiple intruders and require no human supervision to do so. They often work as a pack of three or more. They are extremely intelligent, discerning and confident. These breeds represent the most independent and autonomous of all dogs. These aren't your average dogs that yearn to be obedient to your every , command. These breeds have been labeled as 'stubborn' when it comes to training but I don't think that is accurate terminology. When training this dog I should learn and understand its nature and the reason for its creation and existence. I then cannot fairly label it as 'stubborn' when it fails to perform against its nature. I choose a breed and work with it according to my understanding of its nature and temperment. These breeds can and will physically defend unto death against intruders that pose a serious threat. Much of what they do has been bred into their nature over the centuries. These are not bred to be guard dogs of people (otherwise known as attack-dogs.) (The Doberman Pinscher is one such breed) These guard dog types a person or people, and property from intruders on sight, by command or by inferred provocation depending on what they were trained to do. These breeds have lesser powers of discernment and self-reliance. However these breeds are highly trainable and incredibly obedient and disciplined at following commands. These dogs will certainly defend the property of their master (and the dog's home) without having to be told to do so. However these breeds of dogs cannot function in the capacity and at the level of livestock guardian dog. Without the master telling these breeds what to do and when to do it they would be lost and confused as to how to proceed in the wilderness, alone, in order to protect a flock in the face of an attacking pack of wolves. I just felt it was important to distinguish the specific tasks that these two very different groups of dogs were bred to do.

I have two Maremmas with my small flock of sheep ducks and chickens. The younger smaller female is the first out and barks to warn off predators. The huge male stays with the livestock and only barks when the threat is serious. They are an amazing team and are loving gentle giants.

I enjoyed this talk

I love all types of dogs especially the herding dogs !

Great interview

Awesome!!!

Much appreciated. They are very intelligent and social dogs and should be handled as such.

good for you...and looking forward to the book.

I don’t know why but I just love LGD breeds, such amazing dogs.

Thank you Ms. Negri, indeed bless you, for sharing your enlightened views on how LGDs should be integrated with a livestock operation,, and for your work as their advocate. On our dairy goat farm we have loving relationships with our LGDs, and to us these wonderful creatures are probably the best thing about farming.

Great video as usual.

I love this.

Great video. My understanding of the old country way of raising LGD's was that the dogs also guarded the children of the villages, which tells me that the dogs were handled and played with as puppies by the children. These are hero dogs!

Very interesting video.Thanks for the upload and a Merry Christmas.

My husband and I have two great pyreenes for our farm to protect our goats in Tennessee and we have fell in love with them!! They amaze me everyday with their love towards us and their protection of our animals. I respect your statement regarding it's good to socialize them because we worried about that having ours as puppies and we couldnt resist spending lots of time with them. Once we got our first herd of goats and put them in with them at 5 months and 7 months, they were naturals at becoming their protectors and herding them when I needed them to. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and confirming we are doing the right thing! We plan to let them have a litter of puppies when they are at least 2.5 years old and I can't wait to experience that with them!

This woman is wise beyond her years🌟♥️☮️🕉 I love her!!

So agree. Great video.

Brenda - very nice and educational video!! In modern ranching & farming often times the predators are killed including the wolves that are barely recovering in the northern states. People need to be educated. Old school livestock guarding and protection of ranch by using dogs is a worldwide heritage. Thanks for your hard work on your ranch and time that you put in raising and training these beautiful dogs to their job properly.

I like her and her thoughts about LSGD's. I have a great pyrenees as a pet at home and she takes good care of us. Thanks for the video.

We had the kuvaz marama x they were great with the sheep and when we got out of the sheep they worked very well with our herd of Arabian horses. We had 32 foals born on our farm and they were one big family.

SUPER Fantastic advice for socialization! congrats you are SOOO right I am a big fan of what you promote as far as being in the house. The old ways you talk about are just wrong If I were there I'd give you a huge huge and a great big medal.

I raize Great pyrenees They gard my ranch and sleep on the couch they are the best grading. You are so right Love you view

Fantastic

Really informative .......

Ty

The dark coated dogs are huge !! If your average to tall, they are BIG. A wonderfully informative video.

She said it exactly as it should be. Thats how it works best for my dog. She loves to scare stuff off and protect. She acts like A bear...stomps her feet...moans like bear.. I love her beyond words. I have a hard time walking and she helps me alot. She helps me up and diwn stairs too. Very versatile dog! I eas told mine was a CAS but she looks like a Kangal. Yep..she loves being a perimeter dog!

Best guard dog breed 👌👍 nice dog take care

some of the finest working dogs are housedogs also

You should make one on best family oriented guard dogs

I like this woman.

This is my 2nd time watching a dog video with Brenda Negri.I really like what she has to say.I have a 1yr old Anatolian shepherd and she does run out of the yard.I have 5wks until I can have the builder make my 5ft fence on my 3acres,I would like to get a pup from her big guy Spanish

She has excellent knowledge .

the more I listen to you the more I love your attitude, common sense I could kiss you. 😄😘

The Way of The Pack book (on Amazon.com) will be coming in towards the end of this month on a special newspaper review. I'll post up on it when it's done!

Do vids on greyhounds please. Keep up the great vids 👍

Thank you for not treating them like that! They need socializing!!

there's so much we don't know about dogs. if you have experience with dogs, you might agree when i say they know more about us then we know about them. what are they thinking? what are they feeling? do they know they'll only live for 8 years? what do they want out of life? what do they expect out of life? we don't know these things. but is it really too much to give your companion a small amount of gratitude for doing what you expect? he gives you 100% every day, all day. is it too much to acknowledge? and what is it? gratitude. what is it? a warm smile, a warm meaningful touch, a place in your heart. the dog may not know the kings english, but he does know if there's a place in your heart for him.

Thank you so much for the information you gave. I have 5 LGD's (Cross of Anatolian/Akbash/Pyrenees/Maremma) that I've raised from birth on our ranch and soon will begin training with young sheep. Each one has shown a different breed characteristic and has taken on the look of each breed. All super loving and I have trained them to accept visitors, they bark until I say it's ok then they wander off playing or sleeping and eventually will come around to be pet by my guest. My greatest challenge will be introducing them to sheep. They are use to chickens & horses already. They are going on 10 months old now and I hope to let them stay/live with the sheep after they get use to them on our land. It should be interesting, I plan on having the sheep in a small pen close to the house until they accept them, then putting one with the sheep as I monitor it's behavior. I've taught them commands that I repeat and I find they are sensitive to voice tones and in all truth, of all the dogs I've had in the past, they are the least amount of work to train. I spend alot of time with them, so consistancy and remaining alpha has allowed for peace within the pack. I don't allow them to fight and break it up immediatly if it starts. There are three males that are still sorting out. Interesting is the observation of how they never fight the females even if they attempt dominance. One is their mother and the other a sister. It must be a unspoken pack rule. They also take turns with the omega role, which is similar to the hunt, but never injuring each other. They were also raised with our small jack russel cross and a house cat, so they are gentle with the little dog and leave the cat alone. If you have any advice on the introducting of sheep, please share. Thank you.

We have lost so much over the centuries due to man's getting and I quote 'smarter'. There is definitely a need for a return, in so many areas of our life and our philosophy, to the old ways where things are in more balanced and have a better sense of harmony, not only for us but for all living beings on this planet. I support you in your views and would definitely look forward to reading your book. Animals are such an extension of us and they have been part of us for so long and then man came along and said this is what they should be and this is how they should look and stand and sit and it's become a train wreck a travesty. We were given Dominion and we have ruined it. And now it's time to get back ...some things that are best are the things that are the simplest we just need to get outside of ourselves.

This woman knows her stuff guys, listen to her. Can't believe anybody would send hate her way. Everything she's said was accurate and true in regards to Central Asian Shepherds.