Authors: Jan Wieczor/Christian Raffetseder This pasture season in the Stelvio Pass, livestock protection was practiced with livestock guarding dogs from Abruzzo. The young shepherdess
Livestock guarding dogs
Livestock protection on high alpine terrain
Around Sulden, shepherdess Celia Martinez Aragon practises guided grazing beneath the Ortlers, which have an altitude of 2700m above sea level, with her 6
Encounters with livestock guarding dogs in tourism areas
Celia the shepherdess guides her 400 sheep and goats, as well as 6 Cane di Pastore Maremmano Abruzzese livestock guarding dogs and her 3
A Shepherd breaks new ground. An update from Vinschgau
The climb to Erich isn’t easy. The hike from the cattle pasture up to him and his flock of more than 400 sheep is
Shepherding with livestock guarding dogs in Stelvio National Park
The Stelvio National Park, with its green meadows and white peaks up to 3905m high, borders the Swiss Engadin National Park in the Grisons
Well protected: Livestock guarding dogs on the Soy-Alm
On Sunday, the 24th of July, a group of interested people from the general public, accompanied by pet dogs, hiked up to the Soy-Alm
The livestock protection courses are kicking off with dog days in South Tyrol!
The parter from South Tyrol, together with the Salern competence centre, organised the two first trainings on the topic of livestock guarding and herding
Working dogs you might see on pastures
Happy 2022 from LIFEstockProtect! As the project is moving towards training dog teams for work with our competence centres, we thought it would be
A New Law For The Protection Of Herds And Livestock guarding dogs In Italy
Three Italian organisations DifesAttiva, Io non ho paura del lupoand Eliante presented a law proposal in a webinar on November 18, 2021. This 17-article
How are livestock guarding dogs protecting livestock?
Livestock guarding dogs protect livestock on pastures from predators like the wolf. They are raised together with the animals and guard the herd, especially
