With wild dogs continuing to present a major issue for livestock producers, a group of Eyre Peninsula locals are embracing the benefits of guardian animals. Loading... Some producers in the far west ...

Beloved guard dog Eudy who was bred to protect a group of penguins on a remote Australian island will receive a public memorial after serving 10 years of service before her death. Eudy, the ...

On Middle Island in Warrnambool, Australia, there is a peculiar conservation solution involving little penguins, marauding foxes and maremma dogs. A world first, the Middle Island Maremma Project ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. When Bruce Gibbs first owned Maremma sheepdogs at his home in Tharwa, the neighbours complained so much he had to rehome them. Their ...

This is Mezzo, an Italian sheepdog puppy. Cute, right? But don't be deceived by his fluffy face, this adorable Maremma will soon weigh about 40 kilograms and become the fierce, fox-fighting guardian ...

I remember meeting a farmer who only visited his sheep on the weekends, leaving his three Maremma dogs to look after them during the week. This was a great arrangement until lambing time when his dogs ...

Now, the death rate is zero thanks to the watchdog efforts of two Maremma canines who have adopted the birds as their own. The sheepdogs guard l2 chicken pens at Gumview Free Range Eggs farm, near ...

The 11-year-old hound and her sister Eudy have been guarding Middle Island, just off the Victorian coast near Warrnambool, since they were two-year-old puppies. But now the loyal servant has to give ...

Specially-trained guardian dogs from the Alps could be used to help protect new born lambs from sea eagles. Highland falconers are training two Maremma sheep dogs to look out for the large birds of ...

Dogs and birds don't usually get along. Even docile puppies often turn into hellhounds when they get to chase a flock of the feathered creatures. Yet several ...

The world's smallest penguins are being protected from foxes by a group of specially trained dogs. On Middle Island in Australia the colony of little penguins who live there were suffering badly from ...