Dogs are a valuable asset to the ranchers who employ them, but critics say they’re often not treated as such, and are largely left unprotected by Utah’s animal cruelty laws.
As the dogs were imported to America, certain notions about their training and care came with them and still persist in some parts of the ranching world, Costanzo said.
They roam across massive areas, with the dogs at his ranch traveling four to seven miles each day, and are extremely hardy in the cold, he said. Last winter, he recalls watching a livestock guardian dog frolicking in fresh snowfall, having the time of his life. Jensen also vaccinates his LGDs against some diseases, treats them for ticks and worms, and hires full-time herders who camp near the sheep and feed the dogs each day.
The women, Sarah Later and Shelly Dawn Rovira, celebrated on social media that they’d rescued a dog named “Grace,” a Great Pyrenees who’dafter it was alleged the dog’s owner abandoned her in the snowy mountains. A bill passed by the Utah Legislature this year could make criminal cases involving livestock guardian dogs more common., states that the livestock guardian dogs are “presumed to belong” to the owner of the sheep they are guarding — potentially making it easier to prosecute people accused of stealing the animals.
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