Christmas turkeys protected by 50kg guard dog - and apprentice puppy in training

Maremma sheepdog Bear, three, has spent the last all his life keeping a watchful eye over the 750 birds each year. <br /><br />Farmer George Ford, 35, from Somerset, UK, enlisted a sidekick for Bear - 11-month-old pup, Star - in the summer and she is being trained to look after the chickens and the turkeys.