Meghan

Meghan is a 2 year old female Spanish Mastin. However, due to the intensity of her character and her propensity to guard, she ended up back in foster – this time, on a farm that has working livestock guardian Mastins. It was quickly evident that those same instincts that made her a handful as an adolescent pet could be molded into the traits that make up an amazing livestock guardian dog. Now, 8 months and a lot of training later, Meghan is a tried-and-tested working livestock guardian dog with an impressive set of skills. She has been trained with poultry – chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese. She naturally protects against both land predators (foxes, badgers, otters, and more) and aerial predators (in our case, magpies, crows, and buzzards) – basically, anything that shouldn’t be in, near, or above her boundaries will be chased away. This includes mice/rats – a very useful skill for a poultry guardian dog to have! Through a fence, after being properly introduced, Meghan is friendly with male dogs. She will happily interact with male dogs when on a lead too but shouldn’t be off-lead with them. She’s prone to resource guarding random things from them, which can lead to a fight. Like many female LGDs, Meghan doesn’t like female dogs. She will mostly ignore them from a distance but makes a lot of noise if they approach her fence line. Meghan isn’t 100% trustworthy around cats. It’s best that she doesn’t have direct access to them, but can coexist with them on the same smallholding. The 2 cats she currently lives with choose to stay away from her. With people, Meghan is extremely friendly and sociable. She is gentle and sweet with children too. She loves being the centre of attention but also always has one eye on her surroundings – she will quickly abandon a cuddle if she spots something that needs to be investigated further! She isn’t a machine that’s going to immediately start working for you on day one, but once she has a solid connection with you, she would give her life for you/your animals. She is an amazing protector of her boundaries. Meghan is currently in foster in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. We’re hoping to find her a local-ish home, so that we can do a gradual transition. However, if you live further afield but have the perfect home for her, we would consider that too. Select CountyAvonBedfordshireBerkshireBordersBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCentralCheshireClevelandClwydCornwallCounty AntrimCounty ArmaghCounty DownCounty FermanaghCounty LondonderryCounty TyroneCumbriaDerbyshireDevonDorsetDumfries and GallowayDurhamDyfedEast SussexEssexFifeGloucestershireGrampianGreater ManchesterGwentGwynedd CountyHampshireHerefordshireHertfordshireHighlands and IslandsHumbersideIsle of ManIsle of WightKentLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonLothianMerseysideMid GlamorganMiddlesexNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshirePowysRutlandShropshireSomersetSouth GlamorganSouth YorkshireStaffordshireStrathclydeSuffolkSurreyTaysideTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWiltshireWorcestershire