The Guardians

On our farm, everyone has multiple jobs. Our dogs are no exception to that rule. We currently have three livestock guardian dogs (LGD), 2 guardian assistants and three house dogs.

Pica and Ruffino are Great Pyrenees and their job is the monitoring and protection of the whole farm. They are the reason that we don't have to fence our garden or apiary as they patrol continuously. They also function as our search and rescue dog for any missing or escaping animals. They lead us on many search and rescue missions for them, too.

Claire is a Great Pyrenees/Akbash/Komondor/Anatolian Shepherd cross (all LGD's). She works and lives fulltime with our sheep herd.

Jericho (Ricco) is a Jack Russell Terrorist and loves nothing more than patrolling for coyotes, groundhogs, voles and moles and snakes. He also is Charles' faithful companion at chore time.

Stompy was the old lady of the bunch. She is now our celestial guardian. Molly & JoJo Monkey are our little teacup Yorkshires who keep everyone notified of everything!

Angela (Angie) and Miserere (Missy) are our two strays who came to stay. They help the livestock guardians and keep us all amused.