Liz O'Connell is a Newsweek Reporter based in North Carolina. Her focus is on pet news and videos. Liz joined Newsweek in 2023 and had previously worked at PetHelpful.com, the Charlotte Business ...

Livestock Herding Dogs vs. Livestock Guardian Dogs originally appeared on PetHelpful. There is a clear distinction between livestock herding dogs and those that are bred to guard livestock. As the ...

Livestock guardian dogs protect livestock including sheep, goats and cattle from predators such as bears, wolves and even robbers. Rather than move their animals around, like a herding breed would, ...

Livestock guardian dogs are rockstars in the canine world, even if most people never see them perform live. These unique animals are so important to the ranching industry that the Texas A&M AgriLife ...

Working dogs take their roles seriously. They understand that the livestock in their care depends on their vigilance for safety, and they work seamlessly with their canine partners to do their jobs.

Everybody has experienced an annoying co-worker in the past. You know what I'm talking about: that person who continues to bug you while trying to do your job even though you ignore them. That's what ...

When wolves began killing cattle and sheep on the Farrell ranch in Parshall, the owners, Nellie and Conway Farrell, tried nonlethal tools to keep the predators away. Fox lights flashed over their ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Two working farm dogs have gone viral after a video showed them sleeping through their shift. On July 8, WoollyShire Farm (@woollyshirefarm), in Virginia, shared footage of Donuts, a 7-year-old ...

As Colorado reintroduces wolves into the landscape, tension continues to rise as ranchers and state officials try to limit conflict with the predators. While many of the conflict mitigation techniques ...

The use of livestock guardian dogs (Canis lupus familiaris; LGDs) to deter predators from preying on domestic sheep (Ovis aries) and goat (Capra spp.) herds continues to increase across the United ...