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My buddy has a Catahoula Cur - she's a sweetheart - but she does like to chase after chickens. I know you said you have goats - but your pic shows a duck: so same as with any dog, I'd watch your poultry if you have any! I'd also agree with one of the earlier posts...if this freebie dog has been city raised there's no telling how it will do around farm animals so I'd be really careful. I had a German Shepherd dog severely injure a couple of my sheep (he escaped an enclosure and got in with them while I was out - needless to say he is no longer living with us!) and I am convinced he did it "in fun/play". You might think he was a shepherd and would therefore be good with sheep...but not exactly!!! I could be wrong on this, but I think that the instinct in herding dogs isn't to protect livestock: rather the way wild dogs would have hunted herd animals. Guardians (like Pyrenees, Anatolians etc) consider their sheep/goats to be part of their pack - as opposed to part of a herd of potential prey they are trying to move around. Of course, each dog is an individual and despite typical breed characteristics may or may not act the way you expect!
We have a Great Pyrenees out with the livestock: she guards chickens, sheep, goats and one duck (!) and is altogether awesome. Unlike some pyrs she is a big people dog too - loves to be loved on by all of us - especially my 5 year old son. She was raised from a pup with goats and chickens - and came from working (guardian) parents and I wouldn't get another pyr without the same qualifications!
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Goats and sheep and chickens and turkeys, a cow, a duck, a pony, a donkey, three dogs, too many cats, a rabbit, a hamster, a small boy, my husband and me on a small farm in middle Tennessee...
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| That's why you've got to get your hands on the papers to what kind of stock the Cur comes from. One concern I have in all animals is how much line (in) breeding do they do. To much of a good thing isn't that good.
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