Westie is right on target with this information. My pyrenees is just over a year old, over 100 pounds and he is really protective over his "family". For example: we get some really nasty thunder storms here. When it starts to rain, lightning, etc. my dog runs around the pen and makes the goats get under cover. He then lays out in the rain to make sure they don't come out until it is over. He patrols the fenceline all night. He will get in between any of us or his goats and anyone he does not know until he hears me tell him it is okay. I have to say that we had a real problem with predators when I first started all of this. We put an electric fence up, but they still sometimes got in. Since I got my LGD, I have not lost even one animal to a predator! When they are little and even now, Westie is right... you can look in their eyes and actually see the thought process! Really amazing. If I had to leave for a hurricane and could only choose one animal to take, it would be my dog...he is, as far as I am concerned, my most valuable asset for livestock. Good job Westie!!!!