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Judi Lynn

(160,515 posts)
Fri Aug 8, 2014, 05:54 AM Aug 2014

Maremma dogs trained as bandicoot bodyguards – in pictures

Maremma dogs trained as bandicoot bodyguards – in pictures


After a Maremma successfully protected a penguin colony, a zoo plans to use them to guard marsupials

•Zoos Victoria trains Maremma bodyguards in bid to save bandicoots

theguardian.com, Friday 8 August 2014 04.39 EDT


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Cooper the Maremma gets acclimatised to bandicoots with a stuffed bandicoot toy.
Photograph: Beate Sexton [/font]

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2014/aug/08/maremma-dogs-trained-bandicoot-bodyguards-in-pictures

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Maremma dogs trained as bandicoot bodyguards – in pictures (Original Post) Judi Lynn Aug 2014 OP
Good dog! shenmue Aug 2014 #1
I have a dog that does that. littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #2

littlemissmartypants

(22,628 posts)
2. I have a dog that does that.
Fri Aug 8, 2014, 06:53 AM
Aug 2014

If a mouse gets in the house he will alert bark from a reclining position. Hilarious.

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