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Guard Dog Behavior
EditGuard dog behaviour is the behaviour of dogs maintained to protect livestock, property or people, and in its livestock-guarding form it is organised around attendance on the herd: guardian dogs spend a high proportion of their time accompanying the livestock they are kept to guard and confront predators that approach closely, vocalising and moving away from the stock to challenge incursions [1]. Whether protection also depends on defence of a territory enclosing the stock, rather than repulsion at close range, remains contested [1][2]. The bond between dog and guarded animals is not automatic, and attendance, hence protection, varies with the strength of that bond [3].
guard dog behaviour
livestock guardian dogs
attendance
territorial defence
predation
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- Linda van Bommel; Chris N. Johnson; How guardian dogs protect livestock from predators: territorial enforcement by Maremma sheepdogs. Wildl. Res. 2015, 41, 662-672. [CrossRef]
- Lee R. Allen; Ninian Stewart-Moore; Damian Byrne; Benjamin L. Allen; Guardian dogs protect sheep by guarding sheep, not by establishing territories and excluding predators. Anim. Prod. Sci. 2016, 57, 1118-1127. [CrossRef]
- R A McKellar; T L Kreplins; P A Fleming; Chicken’s best friend? Livestock guardian dog bonding with free-ranging chickens. Transl. Anim. Sci. 2023, 7, txad014. [CrossRef]
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