Meet The Penguin Protector, Oddball

[@ErnestoTani]

Oddball passed away in Feburary 15 2017. Rest in peace Fluffy girl. .

[@natashasavage8039]

Awe.... RIP ODDBALL 💔

[@bxddievxbesx7322]

ITS A BOY NOT A GIRL

[@Nirrrina]

I bet Oddball still keeps an eye on her penguins.

[@lealani.enterd.thechat4782]

NOOOOOOOOOO OMG I CRIED WHEN I THOUGHT SHE DIED IN THE MOVIE WE WACHED IT AT SCHOOL I CRIED AWWWWWWWW RIP 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺😭😭😭😭😭

[@Gman47ssss]

@@bxddievxbesx7322 did I not hear them say she learned to protect them pretty well?

[@Nirrrina]

Maremmas are such goofy lazy fluffballs by day & strong noisy protectors by night. Or at least that's the impression I got by watching Toby on Gold Shaw Farm channel on KZbin. His best friend is now the barn cat Pablo Escabarn Cat. They even share food & Toby ensures Pablo gets as much as he wants by not letting the geese close until done. Toby loves to eat fresh eggs but he never cracks any himself. But when he finds a random one laid outside at night. He brings it to the area in front of the coop. Then leaves it there whole. The next day his human will pick them up & because they can't be sold. He cracks them open into Toby's food bowl. Toby learned this all on his own too. In fact it was awhile before they figured out it was Toby collecting them. If you really want to see a maremma at night working. There's a video all about Toby & shows him working during the night. He goes from fluffy adorable cuteness to I'm not messing with that.

[@manhtuonghuynh8124]

Dogs can help for multipurposes ! Best Human Friend.

[@onlyinohioyes]

oddball, the reason why we were getting a maremma, my dream dog. thank you Oddball, we miss you and love you very much

[@chaozhong4684]

I really don’t understand how this video will get dislikes? Everything in this video is just beautiful. Think about it people.

[@suesue5142]

ITS the internet, just ignore the haters.

[@anticipayo]

KZbin should ban accounts from foxes

[@goodasgoing]

@@anticipayo 😁😃😂

[@Pentapus1024]

That old guy is great

[@sicksideworldwide1599]

He is more at one with nature than the most of us

[@HauintedWillow]

I adore Maremmas! They are great guardians, though ours goes over board protecting us XD

[@jrm35]

what a fantastic story, and Swampy is a gem of a character

[@jmass8699]

A load of ideas the younger generation could learn from him.

[@rinaldo8754]

I've just seen the movie Oddball. And now I'm here. Thank you Swampy and Oddball!

[@waynepayne9875]

They made a movie about Swampy and Oddball, its really funny and family friendly. It's filmed in Warrnambool and the film is called Oddball.

[@rasberrybombay2]

love how y'all protect animals and I loved the movie oddball

[@lauracorsi1524]

It's s s wonderful story! I only want to point out that maremmas were not originally bred in Northern Italy, but in Central Italy, in an area in the South of Tuscany ( where I am from ) called Maremma, from which they got their name.

[@domenicodimemmo]

This dog is absolutely from mountain of Abruzzo (center italy)

[@tomreed-oe7hi]

Maremma is Tuscany what are you talking about

[@tammyelliott8032]

I have a maremma/goldendoodle mix I'm trianing to be my PTSD service dog, she's 5 months old now, I've had her since she was 8 weeks, and she's honestly a natural! Smart, gental, she made me fall in love with the maremma breed. Amazing dogs!

[@tammyelliott8032]

@Aimee Bane, I didn't know anything about Maremmas before getting Aspen, now their one of my favorite breeds. The goldendoodle is the goofy part of her personality I think, lol! Do you have issues with your maremma barking? Haha

[@leighsaunders3278]

A formidable bloke with an enormous amount of achievements under his belt. His Marsh Motorsport racing seats were legendary back in the day. ( complete with sheepskin covering ) I believe Swampy still has 1 of the original HDT race cars in 1 of his chook sheds.

[@primategaberocco]

They're not from northern Italy, but Abruzzo region, Abruzzese is in their full name. Central region of Italy.

[@Timbo6669]

Technically, Maremma is north of Abruzzi but…..you’re right. They even used to be two distinct breeds - the Maremma and the Abruzzi. It wasn’t until early last century that they became one breed.

[@fishingisliving8934]

My dad knows swampy we always go swimming at middle island

[@arleighbeutel2956]

Dabomz FAM Boys awesome

[@johnfa51]

i have a female of sheeperd maremma,fantastic dog.

[@MaxThyme]

Beautiful south sea island, lovely blue ocean, gorgeous weather, and a blonde... trouble is she's got 4 legs!

[@ServerTheSevenRoblox]

Oddball is one of my fav actors LOL

[@robertoorsi5771]

In the central part of Italy; Appennini mountains parts of: Low Tuscany, Abruzzo, Lazio to protect " ancient sheeps transumanza" from wolves attacks. Intead of english and welsh use to eat lambs and good wool; the qualilty of italian sheeps is'nt good for eating lambs and wool production. The main use was and is today the production of pecorino cheese that is of very good quality.

[@asganaway]

What? Are you serious? A huge part of tradishional dish from Rome are based on lamb meat, that's because in the 16th century there was a taxt applied by the Vatican state that taxes every sheep lamb included and the "transumanza" arrive in Rome/Lazio region in spring so the Sheppard was use to sold to butcher at a good price the lamb before the taxman shows up, that ignite a cooking tradition for that kind of meet that is preserved till nowdays

[@sicksideworldwide1599]

Chooks in dinner suits 😂

[@elizabethbogdan5273]

I wish I was as peaceful as this man.

[@bigbob1699]

I love working dogs who are smarter then any boss I ever had .

[@berkantbekler5877]

Who is a good boy?

[@sharonloomis5264]

You don't bite, you just hang on until you get their attention. LOL

[@postie6461]

RIP Oddball

[@n00bma5ter69]

Swampy is a great guy!

[@YT-jg3kz]

KZbin send me this after Gold Shaw Farm mentioned this movie

[@Jolandatommy]

Maremmano-Abruzzese, from central Italy not North..

[@Pikachu_Duck_Lemonade]

I just saw the movie, and omg, this is so sweet! ❤

[@feralbluee]

i didn’t know chickens 🐓 had such different personalities. animals continue to amaze me. and some humans think they’re above earth’s creatures - nope! (and, yes, unfortunately, some humans are below animals in many ways.)

[@coffeedrinkinggirl]

just amazing....wow

[@honestlylauren2876]

This made my day

[@Serai3]

So do the dogs live on the island 24/7? I imagine they'd have to, for this to work. Great idea, though unless the dog has something to do with actually reducing the fox population (so that eventually there are no foxes to guard against), it seems what this man is proposing is establishing a completely new set of social parameters for these penguins. It'd be interesting to come back in thirty to fifty years and see what's what on this island. Will the dog sentry still be there, third generation of a line of penguin guards? Will the penguins have become so acclimatized to the presence of their guardian that they start to include the canine in their social structure? Will they inevitably become inseparable? Interesting to contemplate the possibilities.

[@ZombieChimpanzee]

if you had a wide enough gene pool of guardian dogs, and give them enough time, yeah I could see the dogs and penguins become as inseparable as the dogs and their normal domestic flock animals. I think they should also look into ways to reduce invasive fox populations simultaneously, but keep the dogs for protection against the foxes and future threats.

[@Citrine_Cottage_Sys]

I'm not sure but it seems like they wouldn't have to be on the island all of the time. The penguins go out to hunt during the day and are only really on the island at night. Then again this type of dog might not want to ever leave the island. The island becomes their territory and they want to stay and protect it.

[@Nirrrina]

Being left with their protectees 24/7 is what they were bred for. They're happy being there. But they also enjoy some human attention too. I'd love to see what happens in the decades to come.

[@sharonloomis5264]

Have read the comments and am having trouble with the situation. Does anyone go to the island? What would the dog eat?

[@maddox7493]

Nice Video From Georgia :)

[@sethlucc9469]

The maremma dog actually real name is Abruzzese Shepard dog originally from the region of Abruzzo centre of Italy and not northern Italy

[@ikeyasector]

You can never train a cat like that.

[@davidbillingsley5097]

Where does it’s water come from!?

[@alisonlee3314]

Brilliant

[@bxddievxbesx7322]

I just got a maremma he is a boy he is 5 months we rescued him from an abusive owner, so could y’all give me some tips

[@justmona9647]

I wonder if they kept up by keeping dogs on the island, even after Oddball passed away?

[@HauintedWillow]

I am pretty sure they have them there still.

[@jeffallen8135]

Yes they do still have them. They have about eight dogs that they rotate around so they can have a break from the island.

[@danaya1202]

Good story! off topic though... that man has a huge chunk of meat out of his knee. Ouchies!

[@lindaowens933]

Maremma,saregreatdogs

[@peskies1981]

So one has noticed that’s he is protecting chooks not pengiuns

[@juststevieprothings7621]

heard theres a movie about it

[@lindaowens933]

Yesthereisandagoodone

[@ChannelHTS]

where can i find a fo;low up of this story

[@mrang100]

+shane agnew This week in TV presented by National Geographic, in Discovery channel, Oddball: rescue of the Little Penguins.

[@captainbuzz2161]

shane agnew or just watch oddball the movie

[@danaya1202]

The movie is amazing!

[@astroboy6014]

Good bois :)

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

Foxes are not native. Europeans brought them so they could fox hunt. I’ll stay off my soap box. Good for the guardian dog idea...brilliant. Do you think this breed would be a good assistance dog?

[@johnseabrook1029]

Probably not. They’re very vigilant with their role as guardians. But they don’t respond to commands like say a Kelpie or a Labrador will. Very independent breed.

[@jerseypooh4664]

Pity that they don’t use guardian dogs worldwide to protect all endangered animals from predators etc. so many animal shelters full of unwanted dogs etc, imagine the impact this project could get if it were implemented across the world.

[@tamaliaalisjahbana9354]

So who protects the penguin now?

[@rmf1979-j2b]

i want a soft maremma

[@koi_p0nd]

I watched the oddball movie

[@tofunny4165]

👍🐕👀🌊🐧🖼😊

[@lindaowens933]

Maremma,saregreatdogs