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Originally Posted by elchivito
My boys are purebred Anatolian (Karabash) and I have a Maremma female. Her crossed puppies bring good money. I sold her last litter for 1K to 1300 apiece. They all went to Utah sheep farms after being conditioned with my herd. We've never needed any donkeys or llamas or ostriches or anything else. They readily reduce coyotes to unidentifiable bits.
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My initial flock came with the purchase of the house, including the two donkeys. Had a neighbor with a much bigger sheep outfit, he had some Maremma dogs. Awesome.
My young girl I have now is Pure Anatolian mixed with Akbash. She doesn't work, as I have no sheep, but she does a great job of keeping the house safe..
I have one dog left from the sheep days, he is about 11 and has slown down a bit, and enjoys retirement. These LGD breeds are the best in the world, mostly because most of them still do the job they were bred for. Thankfully, they really are not good pets for most people, so the breed has not been screwed up for the most part.