The perfect farm and family guardian
When we first brought our goats home, we quickly realized we needed a protector for them. In spite of living on a small acreage in the middle of town we have had skunks, hawks, coyotes and mountain lions take livestock in our immediate neighborhood.
Due to some unfortunate experiences with rescue dogs as well as pure bred dogs we knew we needed to do our research carefully. We learned the hard way that poorly bred dogs can bring unwanted stress, expense, and heartache.
Being new to the livestock guardian dog breeds we joined LGD groups to learn all that we could. To our dismay we saw people posting with their own sad experiences with LGD's who showed aggression towards people and/or livestock.
Enter the Colorado Mountain Dog.
Somewhere in our research we stumbled on the Colorado Mountain Dog. This beautiful guardian is a breed being developed for farms and families just like ours. The more we read the more excited we became. What we needed was a dog who would partner with us in protecting our space, our animals, and most importantly, our family. The Colorado Mountain Dog fit the bill perfectly.
The breed founders have been using the science of genetics to breed desired traits forward and leave unwanted traits behind. The result is a people loving livestock guardian well suited for the small acreage urban farmers.
After almost 20 years of development, the breed is currently at the G4 level with the first purebred litters coming in the next year.
It has been an incredible experience to watch science come to life in the form of these intelligent, affectionate dogs.