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𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧 🐾
Living in a high-tourist area, our dogs have to be more than just protectors, they have to be sensible.
Titan is our first dog in the 𝐑𝐀𝐃 (𝐑𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐝 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐠) 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭.
The vision? Building an elite, mobile team of guardians that can be deployed to wolf conflict "hot spots" to create a non-lethal biofence. For that to work, these dogs must be rock-solid. They have to know the difference between a predator in the meadow and a runner on the trail.
He was a total pro today, ignoring distractions and staying focused. This is why I love the Boz; they are the ultimate "gentle giants" until that switch flips and it’s time to work.
We are proving that highly-trained LGDs are the future of predator management in the West.

𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐭? 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐀𝐃 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐨 emeraldmtnranch.com/
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𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐬... 🦴

I’ve been doing some digging into the data for our breeding program, and I found something really interesting I wanted to share. I’m definitely not an expert, but I’m doing my best to learn so I can do my best by this breed and our dogs.

First off, if you aren’t familiar with 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐇𝐈𝐏, it’s a bit different as it also requires that the dog to be sedated for the radiographs. It actually measures "laxity" basically how much play or looseness is in the hip joint. One of the coolest things about it is that you can have it done as early as 𝟏𝟔 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 (𝟒 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬). For a breeder, that's a game-changer because you get a picture of a dog's hip health while they’re still just pups.

For a long time, there weren't enough Turkish Boz Shepherds in the database to have their own breed category. Our dogs were just being compared to the "all canine" average (which ranges all over from .26 to .76).

Well, as of July 2025, they finally have enough Boz Shepherds in the registry to have our own breed data!

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐁𝐨𝐳 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐝

⚫𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞: .𝟒𝟎

⚫𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝟗𝟎% 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞: .𝟐𝟗 – .𝟔𝟔

It’s a huge step forward to have a specific benchmark for our breed. It helps us make much more informed decisions for the future of these dogs.

Correct me if I’ve missed something important here, but I thought this was a great step forward for the Boz community to finally be, on the map.

Next time lets discuss OFA 🐾

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