We traveled to Auburn CA to talk with Dan Macon, a Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor with the University of California Cooperative Extension about his own livestock operation and his utilization of Livestock Guardian Dogs. We sat down with Dan to learn about the need for these dogs, their training and their viability in livestock operations. We were also fortunate to visit Dan's flock of sheep and meet the two dogs, Elko and Dillon, who spend their lives as an integral part of the heard preventing predation from coyotes, mountain lions, feral dogs and even bears. Livestock Guardian Dogs live with their herd day and night. In fact they often prefer the company of their herd to the company of humans.

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