Episode 44: Livestock Guardian Dogs (AKA Predator Stories) with Natalie Thurman

I've been sitting on this conversation for MONTHS. Thinking about how funny Natalie is, and how much information she was willing to share with me. Reliving some of my scarier moments growing up surrounded by hundreds of thousands of acres of forest- and the animals that come with living there. Natalie breeds and trains livestock guardian dogs- and what I learned is tons of stuff that I was wrong about. I had ideas about what these dogs do, how they're trained, and how their brains work. This week, and the next 2 weeks, we will take a look into all of that together- and this episode is just the beginning.

Natalie is my final guest for Season 2. I've (obviously) edited part 1, but there is still a TON of information that she was gracious enough to share with me, not once, but 3 times, including a whole session that didn't get recorded, and I want to make sure that I am sharing all of it with you because I think that it's super important- SO this interview is being split into 3 parts rather than 2 just because of how much (AMAZING) info I have for all of you.

You can find Natalie at @practicalfarmgirl on Instagram, at Apex Anatolians on Facebook, or at ApexAnatolians.com!

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