Goshen Highlands

Katya is an excellent and attentive guardian to the sheep on our working farm. She guards the sheep within electronetting fence, but does jump the fence to defend her territory if required. She is not a wanderer, and freely jumps in and out of the fold at will, making sure her sheep are always safe and guarded. She does do some perimeter checking as well and is keen to stay within boundaries. Katya is also a very social LGD with our family and frequent visitors to our family farm. She can be somewhat aloof to new people, but that is good for her job description. She is a very sweet and submissive girl and loves our children dearly as well. Katya is Pennhipped and scored a 0.40, which is a mild risk for hip dysplasia, which makes her a great breeding candidate for the Karakachan breed. Her sire is a direct import from Bulgaria, which is from unique genetic lines within the breed, and her dam is descended from some of the best lines for great hips in the domestic Karakachan lines. She has a lot to offer the breed, including her exquisite and unique coloring.

Buck is an excellent guardian on our working farm. Buck mostly has experience guarding his family of humans, but he also guards sheep, and his most favorite thing to guard - babies! It doesn’t matter what species of babies, Buck finds the babies on the farm and is a diligent guard. During our last lambing season, Buck blossomed as a livestock guardian and assisted with lamb delivery, post partum cleanup, and was diligent guardian to the lambs after birth. He even guarded a lamb that had been rejected by a ewe and mothered him until he alerted me to the issue. Buck is a linebred pup out of Tri Quest that was specifically bred for tight hips in domestic lines. His Pennhip results are pending until the end of March.