Whispering Pines Puppies

Our focus in breeding puppies is to provide exceptional livestock guardian dogs (LGDs) for those who need to protect their livestock or their children from predators. For this reason, our puppies are a mix of four different breeds: Great Pyrenees, Anatolian Shepherd, Akbash, and Maremma Sheepdog. Each of these breeds has ancient roots as dogs bred to protect flocks from wolves and other predators.

Great Pyrenees is the breed most dominant in our puppies. This breed is well-known as a premier livestock guardian dog and offers many excellent traits. Great Pyrenees grow to be quite large, protect a large area, and bond strongly with their animals.

Their booming bark deters most predators even without a confrontation. They also do a good job dealing with strangers and are very gentle with children. In keeping with their breeding, they are quite comfortable working without human direction. Furthermore, their coat naturally cleans itself and is well-suited to a guardian dog’s life.

However, purebred Great Pyrenees do have some issues. Most notably, they can struggle with hip and elbow problems as they age, which can severely degrade their ability to guard the animals entrusted to them. Bloat is another issue for this breed, and it is life threatening.

To compensate for such weaknesses of this breed and to add other complimentary traits, we include other guardian dog breeds within our puppies’ mix.

The next-most dominant breed in our puppies is Anatolian Shepherd (also known as Kangal). This dog breed has one of the strongest bites among well-known breeds, which gives them added capabilities in dealing with predators that choose to challenge them.

This breed has many similar characteristics to Great Pyreenees, since it too was developed to be a guardian for flocks. Members of this breed are large, well-adjusted to working alone, bond strongly to their charges, and courageously protect their territory.

Most importantly, Anatolians rarely struggle with hip problems or with bloat. Thus, including this breed in our mix helps protect against two of the most serious health problems that occur in the other breeds. In addition, including this breed tends to add color to the puppies, which we think makes them just that much cuter!

Akbash is the third-most dominant breed in our puppies. This breed is a little-known guardian dog developed in Turkey.

Once again, it shares many traits with the previously mentioned breeds. Dogs of this breed look much like Great Pyrenees.

Including this breed offers an increased ability for the dog to work independently. Furthermore, the addition of this breed strengthens our puppies’ defending instincts.

Maremma Sheepdog is the least dominant breed in our puppy mix. This breed is slightly smaller than the others, but it's members show excellent devotion to their work. Furthermore, maremma sheepdogs have very strong protective instincts, which grow stronger as the dog matures.

All in all, we believe the combination of these four breeds in our puppies makes for outstanding livestock guardian dogs that have great health, excellent devotion to their work, and strong relationships with their charges and their owners.

Gordon

Henry

Hiro

Spencer

Toby

Additional Puppy Photos

Tanto

Tanto is our big male livestock guardian dog (LGD) and the dad of each of the puppies shown above. He is a mix of Anatolian Shepherd (50%), Great Pyrenees (25%), and Akbash (25%).

He is a lot like a teddy bear toward people he knows and he loves to be petted. However, guarding his territory is serious business to him, and few who have heard his deep bark would challenge him. It's no wonder, since at 115 lbs. he is big enough to take care of any predator around.

At just over 5 years of age, he is in the prime of his livestock guarding career. He has been very healthy throughout his time with us and faithfully patrols his territory each day.

Bandit

Bandit is one of our LGD females and the mom of the puppies pictured. She is mostly Great Pyrenees, with some Anatolian Shepherd, and a little bit of Maremma Sheepdog.

As expected, she is somewhat smaller than Tanto, being about 95 lbs. Also, she is more laidback than other of our female guardian dogs. She will not beg you for attention, but she loves it when you come and pet her.

Patient and careful, she makes a great mom for her puppies. When not caring for puppies, she too guards the pasture and daily scouts her area. She has been a healthy dog for us since she was born about 5-and-a-half-years ago.

We are a family raising puppies and other critters on a beautiful 35-acre spread in rural eastern Colorado. In addition to raising puppies, we also have chickens, goats, and sheep.

We depend on our livestock guardian dogs (LGDs) like Tanto and Bandit to keep our animals safe from coyotes, mountain lions, and other predators that roam our area. We keep our puppies with the goats and sheep from the start so they can gain experience protecting animals from a very young age. As they grow up, they learn how to be top-notch LGDs as they watch dad and mom patrol the area and protect their charges.

Each day we pet and play with the puppies for several minutes so that they will be well-socialized with humans, as well as with the animals they have grown up around. After they reach about 10 weeks old, we love to have them go to other homes where they can use their guarding expertise to keep their new friends safe.

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Gordon

$500.00

Gordon was born on April 25, 2024. He weighed 14.4 lbs. at 8 weeks old when he got his first shots and was dewormed. At this time the vet said he looked to be in good health.

He is an especially patient puppy, and will wait in one spot longer than most if he thinks something good is coming. Like all our puppies, he loves to be petted and to be given treats or goat milk.

For more information, please send an email to whisperingpinesranch@mtnradar.com

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Henry

$500.00

Henry was born on April 25, 2024. He weighed 16.1 lbs. at 8 weeks old and remains one of the largest puppies from his litter. He has gotten his first shots and been dewormed. Additionally, the vet said he was in good health.

He seems especially prone to hanging out with the animals, and we look forward to the further development of his livestock guarding skills. Like all our puppies, he loves to be petted and to be given treats or goat milk.

For more information, please send an email to whisperingpinesranch@mtnradar.com

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Hiro

$500.00

Hiro was born on April 25, 2024. He weighed 12.5 lbs. at 8 weeks old when he got his first shots and was dewormed. At this time the vet said he looked to be in good health.

As a smaller puppy for this breed, he would be a good fit for a family concerned about managing a giant dog. He demonstrates exceptional loyalty and even would protect his sisters. He also loves to play, and, like all our puppies, he loves to be petted and to be given treats or goat milk.

For more information, please send an email to whisperingpinesranch@mtnradar.com

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Spencer

$500.00

Spencer was born on April 25, 2024. He weighed 13.8 lbs. at 8 weeks old when he got his first shots and was dewormed. At this time the vet said he had a clean bill of health. He likes working solo, away from other dogs, though he is happy if you come and see him. He likes it best when he can have your undivided attention. Like all our puppies to be given treats or goat milk.

For more information, please send an email to whisperingpinesranch@mtnradar.com
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Toby

$500.00

Toby was born on April 25, 2024. He weighed 14.8 lbs. at 8 weeks old when he got his first shots and was dewormed. At this time the vet said he looked healthy.

He has shown a heightened interest in guarding the animals and is one of the larger pups in the litter. Like all our puppies, he loves to be petted and to be given treats or goat milk.

For more information, please send an email to whisperingpinesranch@mtnradar.com