Yes I completely agree with you.treeclimber233 said:I agree with "getting one that is bred to do what you want it to do". LGD are bred to WANT to stay with the animals. It was very humbling to learn my GP was more worried about the animals at the barn than he was about me. Even as a small puppy if I brought him up to the house he would only stay a little while and then WANT to go back to the barn. Most people want a dog to think the human is the center of its universe. LGD's do not think like that. While they enjoy their humans coming to the barn they want to be at the barn. I would think a Newfi would WANT to be with the humans more than with the animals at the barn once the human leaves. Even tho they look a lot alike, they have been bred for different reasons. Just my two cents......
Based on my experience with both LGD and non-LGD breeds, I have to say what a difference it makes when one gets a well bred LGD.
It just comes natural to them to guard anything you trust them with, but they also guard their people and the property.
It's like they know exactly what you expect from them.