{"id":599,"date":"2024-02-25T21:04:34","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T20:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.closertonature.online\/?page_id=599"},"modified":"2026-02-10T13:13:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T12:13:04","slug":"livestock-protection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.closertonature.online\/index.php\/en\/livestock-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Livestock protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space]<div class=\"norebro-heading-sc heading text-center\"\n\tid=\"norebro-custom-69ecfb166cb56\" \n\t \n\t>\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<h1 class=\"title\">\n\t\tOur offspring in livestock protection\t<\/h1>\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<p class=\"subtitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=&#8220;20px&#8220;]<div class=\"norebro-text-sc \" \n\tid=\"norebro-custom-69ecfb166ccb6\" \n\t \n\t>\n\n\t<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\" style=\"text-align: center;\">From our litters, the following are actively guarding herds: Ada and Ava z Lesa \u010c\u00e1rskeho on the Krovinka farm, where they guard goats and sheep; Aqoush, Aegon, and Ba\u010da z Lesa \u010c\u00e1rskeho on the Mamian farm in Czech Republic, where they guard approximately 700 sheep, horses, and more; Apache z Lesa \u010c\u00e1rskeho on Plumfarm, guarding chickens and sheep; Bastien z Lesa \u010c\u00e1rskeho also on a farm with an independent farmer\/private agriculturalist in Czech Republic, guarding sheep, as well as Billie z Lesa \u010c\u00e1rskeho, also with sheep on a farm in Czech Republic; Adeline z Lesa \u010c\u00e1rskeho works with sheep in Slovakia, and besides her, dogs that went to farms as puppies include Basque z Lesa \u010c\u00e1rskeho and Bo z Lesa \u010c\u00e1rskeho.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Aella, Atea, Amigo (Czech Republic), Admin (Czech Republic), Brooke, Bodhi, and Barron are in loving families with spacious properties, where they reliably guard their families and bring them lots of joy.<\/p>\n\t\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=&#8220;20px&#8220;]<div class=\"norebro-gallery-sc gallery-wrap\"\n\tid=\"norebro-custom-images-69ecfb166e8e8\"\n\tdata-gallery=\"norebro-custom-69ecfb166e8e7\"\n\t\t>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"vc_row\" data-lazy-container=\"gallery\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\" vc_col-lg-3 vc_col-md-4 vc_col-sm-6 vc_col-xs-12 metro-style masonry-block grid-item gallery-image\" data-gallery-item=\"0\" data-lazy-item=\"\" data-lazy-scope=\"gallery\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tmp-image metro-image\" data-norebro-bg-image=\"https:\/\/www.closertonature.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8735.jpg\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gimg metro-image-hidden\" src=\"https:\/\/www.closertonature.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8735.jpg\" alt=\"Pastiersky pes le\u017eiaci medzi sliepkami s ovcami v pozad\u00ed\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay with-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-center text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tApache z Lesa \u010c\u00e1rskeho\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon inline ion-ios-plus-empty\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-description\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title\">Apache z Lesa \u010c\u00e1rskeho<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"subtitle small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\" vc_col-lg-3 vc_col-md-4 vc_col-sm-6 vc_col-xs-12 metro-style masonry-block grid-item gallery-image\" data-gallery-item=\"1\" data-lazy-item=\"\" data-lazy-scope=\"gallery\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tmp-image metro-image\" data-norebro-bg-image=\"https:\/\/www.closertonature.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PHOTO-2025-11-04-10-39-29.jpg\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gimg metro-image-hidden\" src=\"https:\/\/www.closertonature.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PHOTO-2025-11-04-10-39-29.jpg\" alt=\"Pastiersky pes medzi ovcami\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay with-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-center text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBastien z Lesa \u010c\u00e1rskeho\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon inline ion-ios-plus-empty\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-description\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title\">Bastien z Lesa \u010c\u00e1rskeho<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"subtitle small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\" vc_col-lg-3 vc_col-md-4 vc_col-sm-6 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class=\"title\">Bastien z Lesa \u010c\u00e1rskeho<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"subtitle small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\" vc_col-lg-3 vc_col-md-4 vc_col-sm-6 vc_col-xs-12 metro-style masonry-block grid-item gallery-image\" data-gallery-item=\"3\" data-lazy-item=\"\" data-lazy-scope=\"gallery\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tmp-image metro-image\" data-norebro-bg-image=\"https:\/\/www.closertonature.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8944-scaled.jpg\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gimg metro-image-hidden\" src=\"https:\/\/www.closertonature.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8944-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dva pastierske psy s ovcami v pozad\u00ed\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay with-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-center text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAqoush a Aegon z Lesa 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class=\"wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tmp-image metro-image\" data-norebro-bg-image=\"https:\/\/www.closertonature.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/a5726718-97f7-4f9f-9add-f716df4216fe.jpg\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gimg metro-image-hidden\" src=\"https:\/\/www.closertonature.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/a5726718-97f7-4f9f-9add-f716df4216fe.jpg\" alt=\"Pastiersky pes za opl\u00f4tkom s ovcami\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay with-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-center text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBastien z Lesa \u010c\u00e1rskeho\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon inline ion-ios-plus-empty\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-description\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title\">Bastien z Lesa \u010c\u00e1rskeho<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"subtitle 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\u010c\u00e1rskeho\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon inline ion-ios-plus-empty\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-description\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title\">Apache z Lesa \u010c\u00e1rskeho<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"subtitle small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"norebro-gallery-opened-sc custom-gallery\"\n\tid=\"norebro-custom-69ecfb166e8e7\"\n\tdata-options='{\"navClass\":\"\"}'>\n\n\t<div class=\"expand\">\n\t\t<span class=\"ion-android-expand\"><\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"close\">\n\t\t<span class=\"ion-ios-close-empty\"><\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8220;1\/2&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8220;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/kzmUDLUc5-w&#8220; el_aspect=&#8220;34&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8220;1\/2&#8243;][vc_video 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