Life in a Zoo The Real Thing: Kurye and Deer in the Front Yard

Our Front Yard

Can you see the three deer in the front yard?  Faline is on the left, Daisy has her backside to us, and Lily is facing us near the big white dog.

Life in a Zoo the Fictional Version: Ira the Akbash Dog

How would you feel if a giant dog whose shoulders came up to the height of your dining room table came charging at you out of the dark?  If you were on a sheep ranch or a farm, you might encounter such an animal, and it would be well worth your time to get out of his way.

Canni nursing a young fawn

There is a chance that you have encountered an Akbash dog. Akbash is a Turkish word meaning “white faced dog”. It is the name of an ancient rare breed of dog from Turkey. hey have been used for thousands of years as a guardian for sheep and goats.

This is a LGD, Livestock Guarding Dog. They do not herd the sheep, moving them from place to place.