How to Train your CASTRO LABOREIRO DOG

Training Your Castro Laboreiro Dog

The Cão de Castro Laboreiro is a highly rugged, intensely protective livestock guardian from Portugal. They are fiercely independent and naturally suspicious.

Key Training Tips:

• Massive Socialization: Their guarding instinct is profound. Without massive early socialization, they will view all strangers as deadly threats.
• Expert Handling Required: They do not take orders easily and view themselves as the alpha. You must be an incredibly calm, confident, and experienced leader.

They are deeply devoted working dogs that require a vast territory to protect, not an apartment.