Pleasant Valley Ranch Polish Tatras

08/28/2025

The best way to explain how a Tatra bonds to its livestock is to let them both show it themselves........

06/10/2025

Workin' sheep dogs. 🐑🐶

05/31/2025

We didn't train the pup to behave around the lamb....
We trained the Ewe to train Pup!

Work smarter, Not harder!

05/29/2025

An LGD Never Retires” – author unknown.

At some point in time, the young LGD becomes the old LGD. He can’t run as fast anymore, if at all. His claws have been worn smooth, and his few teeth are no longer sharp. His joints ache, he is no longer slender and muscular, and his hearing and eyesight are no longer acute and keen. He has passed his watch over the flock to the younger pups he taught and raised. Occasionally, he passes some of his pups while he wanders amongst the flock; those pups who remember him present themselves with courtesy and respect. Other young pups ignore him, not knowing who he is or recognizing the scars he has earned from fighting predators over the years.

But, when the wolf arrives, the one thing that has not left the old LGD is his indomitable spirit; he still yearns for the fight with the wolf. The younger LGDs rush to protect the flock, and despite the wear of time and age, the older LGD runs in alongside them, a testament to his unwavering dedication.

There are times when the old LGD confronts the wolf alone by himself. The wolf appears, and the younger LGDs, for whatever reason, are not around – they can’t be everywhere at once. The wolf circles and snarls; he isn’t afraid of the old dog. Yet, it is still within the old LGD to rise up, take a stance, bare his teeth, and growl. He will still take on that wolf, for he still protects the flock and will, as he always has, to the end of his life if necessary. He does this because it is who he is, what he is, an LGD!

This unwavering determination is a testament to the indomitable spirit of the LGD that protects our livestock daily.

05/25/2025

It's not every day we find a lamb and a pup in the hog yard and being able to get a picture of it is pretty cool.

05/21/2025

Perfect Harmony

05/06/2025

04/09/2025

Starting to frolic. Will be following the big dogs out to learn their jobs very soon.

04/09/2025

Mama making sure they all behave!

04/06/2025

First "big pup' meal for these pups. They are doing awesome!

04/06/2025

Spring brings morning showers, beautiful flowers, and Tatra pup adventures!