“Though dogs rarely prevail like Casper, packs of coyotes attacking pets have grown somewhat common in rural and growing suburban areas that abut wildlands throughout the Untied States.”
I beg to differ with the cretin who wrote the above idiocy. A livestock guardian dog is NOT a pet. It is raised with its livestock, so the dog defends it’s flock without question.
Casper reminds me of my own sheep dog Cola, growing up in the 50’s. He was a lean, mean, buttkicking, dog ear chewing machine. Never lost a fight. And the neighbor dogs gave him lots of room. My Mom had a soft spot for him and would occasionally give me a quarter to bike to town to buy him a pound of liver.
The dogs guarding sheep around here almost always prevail vs coyotes, eagles etc. And while they aren’t pets, they do respond to the guy who feeds them, when it isn’t coyotes or eagles doing so,
That Pyrenees is no pet. It is a working dog and it did its job fabulously. There are several fierce breeds of guard dogs. I cringe when I see them kept as pets.