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About Colorado Mountain Dogs ...
Colorado Mountain Dogs are livestock guardians which are people oriented and friendly. They are derived from generations of working dogs and are a Great Pyrenees/ Anatolian Shepherd cross. We are working with all white, medium/ long coated dogs for Colorado winters. This cross has much of the appearance of the Great Pyreness but has a lighter frame, a finer muzzle, and hybrid vigor. This is not a "purebred" dog, but a cross. They are a working, versus a show dog. They have been bred for their temperments and gentle guarding qualities for generations and they do not have a show history. We're aiming for a gentle family/livestock guardian with high intelligence and sweet nature, perfect for families who have acreage and animals in Colorado.
Caspian comes home ...
We were ignorant city folk when we moved to the wilds of Northern Colorado and right away we had a lion eat our goats. We began to research livestock guardian dogs. We wanted to be protected from predators as much as we wanted our livestock to be safe! Many locals kept Great Pyrs, but they warned us that the breed did not have a long lifespan and we would need replacement pups every 6 years so that there would be an overlap. We researched other breeds but were worried about aggression towards people. Our neighbor was also researching LGDs for their llamas and sheep and they stumbled across two Pyr/Anatolian pups. He offered us the male - and there was just something about this pup.... We named him Caspian, after the Narnian King.
He came right off of a goat ranch and was the most calm intelligent beautiful dog we had ever seen. We could hardly believe that we had a dog like this. Caspian is the best dog we have ever owned or known. Our visitors are always amazed at him. He does examine every visitor, but is welcoming and happy to greet our guests... and they all have to shake his paw and hug him. Caspian is wonderful in the house. He is calm and knows where his toy basket is. But Caspian does not like to stay in the house for long because he can't do his job.
Caspian's abilities....
Caspian sensed the caution I had after the lion and responded to it. Starting as an 8 month old pup, if he saw me come outside at night, he would leap up and run around the house barking, run up and down the gullys, and then to my side. He'd then escort me to the barn with my hand riding on his back. When Caspian hikes with us, he makes large circles around us the whole way checking every bush, rock and tree. Caspian barks aggressively and loudly at strange animals, but is gentle to our chickens, goats and kittens. He noses them like a mom.
Caspian as a 12 month old pup... did I mention, Caspian is a BIG dog.
River and Snow come home... We had always known we would have at least two dogs because they can deal with predators more safely that way. When Caspian was a year old, we began to search for the same cross, 3/4 Pyr, 1/4 Anatolian Shepherd. We looked for all white, long coated dogs. We were excited to find two female pups that fit this description, and we shipped them to Colorado and named them River and Snow.

We wondered if they would work out, but were overjoyed to find that both of these girls had the same sweet, intelligent temperments that Caspian did. Both girls came off of goat ranches and were unrelated to each other.
River and Snow grew up and we were getting ready to fix all the dogs, but we were hesitant because of a flood of requests we'd had from Northern Coloradans who were taken by our dogs and wanted pups. River went to live with the Holbrooks, close friends of ours, and she now guards their 40 acre farm. River was bred to Caspian and we all held our breath. The pups were all white, med/long coated dogs and the most beautiful pups we'd ever seen. Everyone commented that they were like polar bear cubs!
Jackson going home with Ed Shirley to acreage in Conifer Colorado
A Caspian/River pup at 10 weeks.
The pups all found hones right away, and as the months went by, we heard nothing but rave reviews. People were telling us they had never had such wonderful dogs. We decided we had something very very special. We named them, "Colorado Mountain Dogs, and we bred Snow to Caspian.

UPDATE! Snow had 6 beautiful pups on Feb 20th 2009!
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Snow at a year old