Post by robynsa on Feb 4, 2014 8:22:48 GMT -5
For the last couple of years we have run a rehabilitation and rehoming project for LGDs (www.salgdr.weebly.com). Mostly Anatolians. Where we can, we take "problem dogs" and rehabilitate them with stock and send them out working again. If they show no inclination to work, we turn them into pets and find pet homes for them, typically on small holdings. We've so far rehabilitated 2 and rehomed 5. 1 Lesotho Highlands Dog and the rest Anatolians. We don't use Pyrs or any other LGD breed in South Africa mainly because their coats do not stand up to the very harsh climate. The dogs come from the Endandered Wildlife Trust's Conflict Mitigation programme. In short, it is a funded project intended to protect the remaining free-roaming African predators (such as leopard, cheetah, African Wild Dog, jackal and hyena) from lethal control methods such as shooting and poisoning. There are over 100 dogs working well in the field, and the breeding is so strict, that only the bare minimum don't make it as working dogs. We also rehome dogs from the Cheetah Outreach Trust's programme.
Today we received "Robbie", an 11 month old male Anatolian. He was badly neglected on his farm and on the second farm he kept returning to the farm house. We have two options lined up for him, the first being a jet-setting trip to the UK to live as a pet in the countryside! The second to a farm a few hours away, again as a pet. Sadly, Robbie won't work again after what he's been through.
He is a very sweet boy and has a lovely aura about him.
Incidentally, all of our rehomed pets retain a strong working drive and constantly protect the livestock and humans on their new properties. The only difference being that they are permitted to be around the people where, on commercial farms spanning hundreds and thousands of acres, it is a BIG no-no.
It is a very rewarding thing for us.
Today we received "Robbie", an 11 month old male Anatolian. He was badly neglected on his farm and on the second farm he kept returning to the farm house. We have two options lined up for him, the first being a jet-setting trip to the UK to live as a pet in the countryside! The second to a farm a few hours away, again as a pet. Sadly, Robbie won't work again after what he's been through.
He is a very sweet boy and has a lovely aura about him.
Incidentally, all of our rehomed pets retain a strong working drive and constantly protect the livestock and humans on their new properties. The only difference being that they are permitted to be around the people where, on commercial farms spanning hundreds and thousands of acres, it is a BIG no-no.
It is a very rewarding thing for us.