Glada Fjäderfäns Gård has a lot of animals on their property.
And they all get along pretty well.
The animals all grow up together and are socialized to be friends. Especially, their black German shepherd Charon.
You see, Charon likes to look after the other animals on the farm.
I guess you could say that Charon is a champion of the little guy or little chick.
Charon likes to make sure that everyone on the farm is happy and safe.
“Many different animals live on our farm. Above all, we have chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, quails, emu, and dogs. We hatch all the chicks ourselves and every time the chicks are hatched we bring them together with our German shepherd dogs. So the dogs and the other animals grow up from day one. The dogs protect the farm and everyone feels comfortable,” Glada Fjäderfäns Gård Facebook page reads.
There might be a good reason that Charon gets along so well with all the baby animals on the farm.
“Dogs know to be gentle with babies because they want to protect the youngest member of their pack or family. This behavior is instinctual because dogs are pack animals that respond well to hierarchy,” Dog Parenting 101 tells us.
“Interacting with babies also increases dopamine levels and makes them happy. Dogs recognize that a baby is not a smaller person, but a defenseless member of the pack that needs to be protected.”
Charon has become internet famous for the doggo’s interaction with other tiny animals on the farm, especially the babies.
In fact, dogs are known to get along with different species because of their social nature.
Not only are dogs naturally social animals but they enjoy interacting with humans and different kinds of species.
“And because of the way we’ve bred them, they aren’t glommed onto anyone species—because we want them to be glommed onto us! —so they are much more accepting of other animals,” Psychologist Dr. Stanley Coren told Rover. “Dogs feel very uncomfortable when they’re isolated, so they would much prefer to be with other dogs, but they’ll settle. It’s a companionship kind of a thing.”
Charon was upfront and center after a batch of turkeys and ducklings were born.
Charon is often referred to as a “protector.”
The big pup can be seen nuzzling the little ducklings as they scamper about.
And for some stranger reason, the duckings are attracted to them. They flock to the German Shepherd like Charon was their mama.
It isn’t uncommon for dogs to take on a maternal role with other animals.
“All mammals have certain pheromones—simply biological scents—they give off, and they have a certain communication value,” Coren says. “Pheromones indicate if an animal is young and often we find female dogs respond to that and start to mother these animals very much as if they were their own pups.”
Check out mama Charon and her pups in the video below.
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