Dogs have been employed to protect an array of resources from various species of offending
wildlife. Historically, livestock protection dogs (LPDs) protected domestic sheep and goats
from predators based on development of a strong bond between protected and protector.
Within reason, developing that bond between a LPD and other species of livestock should
be achievable. We conducted several studies in which we raised and bonded LPDs with
bovine calves and evaluated them for protecting cattle in a variety of settings. Though …