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Description: |
vii, 216 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-216). |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Never perfect -- Life with Tucker -- Dog of nature -- Building the bond -- Guardian behaviors -- Complex relationships -- Asiatic shepherd dogs -- Large carnivores, new challenges -- Old world traditions -- Woe to the wolf -- Bear brawlers of the Balkans -- Turkish lions -- Survival tools -- Problems and benefits -- AfriCanis -- Predatory ploys -- Home on the range. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: In Brave and Loyal, Cat Urbigkit tracks her journeys from a Wyoming sheep ranch to learn about working livestock protection dogs around the globe. Using historic accounts, published research, personal interviews on four continents, and her own experience on western rangelands, she provides the reader an intimate look into the everyday lives of working livestock protection dogs. Brave and Loyal includes details on raising successful guardians, their behaviors, a discussion of breeds and historic use, an assessment of numbers for various predator challenges, the adoption and spread of programs to place guardians on American farms and ranches, problems and benefits associated with guardian dogs, predator ploys, and matching the dog to the predator challenge. Urbigkit's work provides the best information on working livestock guardian dogs around the globe, accompanied by more than one hundred beautiful color photos.--INSIDE FLAP. |