Herd dogs were bred to protect the herd. While many may show a more gentle demeanor most days, when the time comes, they are absolute machines.
Funnily enough, I live close to DeKalb. Great Pyrenees are one of the more common herd dogs around here, and are a great example of gentle giants that will crush throats. They adopt just about anything smaller than they are, treat anything they see as their territory, and are known for tracking coyotes for miles just to exterminate them all for fucking with their stock.
It doesn’t end with their herd, either. They can be highly responsive to their owners. You start showing any signs of tension, they will put themselves between you and whatever is bothering you.
It doesn’t end with their herd, either. They can be highly responsive to their owners. You start showing any signs of tension, they will put themselves between you and whatever is bothering you.
Well I can’t get one because the fucker would try to wedge itself between my brain and the bottom of my skull
That’s a trick many/most breeds of dog can pull off. It’s amazing how well a wet nose, and a slobbery smile shoved in your face can break a bad cycle.
There’s a reason they are used as emotional support animals so often. They can guard us from ourselves almost as well as this dog did the sheep from coyotes.
My dog is usually a chaos demon but if you’re feeling particularly down she will grab one of her toys and keep pushing it into your hands until you play with her as a distraction. Dogs are incredibly emotionally sensitive and empathetic and sometimes that wet snuffling nose is the only thing that gets me out of bed
"Are you really going to die, to save a sheep?
“Someone is”
That’s another terrifying thing about when they’re on the hunt. They have been found in near-death states, still fighting.
So sometimes that “someone” is everyone involved.
and are known for tracking coyotes for miles just to exterminate them all for fucking with their stock.
“It was just a fucking sheep!”
“you can either hand over the perpetrator, or you can die screaming alongside them!”
There is no choice. There is only kill.
I am not kidding when I say they are akin to a Terminator. Their only thought is to eliminate the threat until there is no threat left. Rip and tear, until it is done.
That dog is at least part Great Pyrenees, and those dogs were bred to protect livestock from wolves and bears. We had them growing up, my parents still keep a couple. It’s not unusual to wake up to 4-5 dead coyotes in your yard.
Is coyote meat any good?
Probably not. Most nonaquatic predators are awful tasting and very unhealthy to eat due to the buildup of heavy metals and other nasty stuff from further down the food chain.
Ah, figures. Otherwise it could be a source of free meat.
The comment is not entirely correct, it’s more if it’s a scavenging predator or live hunter. Something picky for food they have hunted themselves like a mountain lion can be amazing meat, or a bear feasted on berries or live fish. But if they’ve been scavenging like a bear with dead fish and garbage or a coyote, it can be horrible meat. Depends on species too as well as diet.
Isn’t it all in the way you cook it?
There are ways to make meat taste ‘better’ But if there is some odd flavour sitting in a meat, sometimes it’s not worth it to try and find something to cover it. Also a difference between meat texture, humans don’t tend to like gamy tough meat, usually some level of fat to it, and coyotes fighting with sheepdogs have most likely not been getting fat. I wouldn’t want to deal with coyote meat unless in a survival situation
Assuming it’s similar to dog: No, it’s quite nasty, but there’s people in Switzerland who probably consider it a delicacy.
Coyotes are actually pretty small, if it was wolves it would be a different story and if it was wolverines he’d be dead and if it was X-Men wolverine he would be Rogue’d:
Casper weighted 85 lbs. The average coyote is ±35 lbs.
Imagine fighting off 11 Baboons and killing 8 with your bare hands in a single night. Because that’s the equivalent.
arent non-human primates like insanely strong? its more like killing eight 7th graders with your bare hands
Yeah. If we think of gorillas as the T-Rex of the primate world, then on paper baboons are pretty much the velociraptors. About half the weight of a human, really fast, and packing 6 inch canines.
so if gorillas are t-rexes and baboons are the velociraptors, what would humans be? or, say, rhesus monkeys?
I was 6’ tall in 7th grade, and no, I wasn’t held back. I’m still 6’ tall now. I didn’t do any vertical growing after the summer between 6th/7th grades.
still nowhere near strong enough to take on a fully grown adult human male im sure lol
Good question. I didn’t have occasion to test it. If we assume a good herd dog is roughly equivalent to Joe Rogan in his prime, I likely would have died though, yeah.
If we assume a good herd dog is roughly equivalent to Joe Rogan in his prime
…wait, are we rewriting Rogan into a top fighter, now? He didn’t even compete after his teenage years, did he?
Not saying I could get as close as even touching the man, to be clear, but let’s not act like he fought professionally for years
Lol, no. But Rogan in his prime is still way more capable than the average adult.
joe rogan is literally 5’3"
wtf, really? I always remember him being close in size to contestants on fear factor. Was that all trickery, or did I just never notice?
Yeah but most 11 year olds aren’t anywhere near 6’
I don’t think we he was arguing that it wasn’t impressive insomuch as the pictured animals are wolves and he absolutely would have lost that fight.
Disclaimer: I’m not actually what the one on the right is, but the one on the left is definitely a wolf.
For those wondering, Casper continued to do well, and won ‘Farm dog of the year’ in '23.
https://www.fb.org/in-the-news/usa-today-meet-casper-peoples-choice-pup-winnerIf I remember correctly, Casper went also missing for a few days - he was hunting the remaining coyotes to finish the job.
Those coyotes didn’t expect to meet the Good Boi of DeKalb, Woofer of Woe, the Hound Who Watches the Herd. Legends says no coyote can kill him and he can lift three sheep in his mouth
We’re surrounded… that simplifies things!
- Lt. General Chesty Puller
They were also inner Atlanta coyotes, they aren’t exactly the most fierce. Casper is still a badass tho
