Willow City Farm breeds, trains, and sells Livestock Guardian Dogs to approved farms.
Our last 2024 breeding was born on December 6th and the pups will be ready for their new farms around February 8th, 2025. This purchase is for the deposit of your LGD. The remaining $500 will be due at pickup. The pups are 1/4 Italian Maremma and 3/4 Great Pyrenees. These pups' parents and grandparents were all born on our farm. (Read more here.)
All our livestock guardians come exposed to goats, sheep, horses, cows, alpacas, poultry (all kinds) and most importantly, other dogs (including family pets (2 Great Danes and a chihuahua), people and children! Our children are ages 13, 11 and 4, and our working farm is open to the public. Pups come well-socialized from a young age. We will not expose the pups to our hogs unless requested, as many of our pups are placed in areas where wild boar are a common predator.
All pups will be exposed from birth to chicken and goats full time in their own pasture. From about 5 weeks and up they can be moved to a pasture with horses, cattle, alpaca, and hogs if requested. We have six total adult livestock guardians training our pups on about 75 acres.
When you place your deposit, we encourage you to let us know about your farm so that we can be sure we expose them to an environment that will be similar to their new farm.
You are welcome to come see them as they grow, and we're also happy to work with your pup specifically with the animals you'll have them work. For instance, do you have a turkey farm? We'll be sure to raise them in the poultry pasture so they come as ready as they can to your farm!
Our working LGDs can trace 10 generations of working dogs. We sell them as working dogs, but every once in a while we have a dog that we feel may make a better family pet than a working dog. When that happens, we will happily place our Great Pyrenees in a family home that makes the best match for pup and family. Our dogs are not registered, nor do we provide any breeding papers as they are intended to be LGDs and not show dogs.
Sorry, deposits are non-refundable.
December 2024 Livestock Guardian Dog - Deposit Only
If at any point the placement of your dog does not work out for any reason, we are committed to ensuring the well-being of our dogs and will gladly take your guardian back.
Our priority is to find a suitable environment for each dog, so we ask that you contact us directly if challenges arise. We are here to support you and the dog throughout the process and will make arrangements to bring the dog back without judgment or hesitation.
Please note, however, that while we will accept the dog’s return, no refunds will be issued. Your peace of mind and the success of your guardian on your farm are our utmost concerns.