Gamebred, some of my LGDs weren't raised with livestock at all. Yet today they are guarding livestock like you wouldn't believe and still hunt down the occasional wild prey. The female in the picture falls into that category; she spent her first 3 years in suburban civilization, no training, no livestock, not even mountains. Then I moved to Montana and she picked it all up in no time. To tell you the truth, I had hoped they'd get at least to leave livestock alone and keep predators away. But these working LGDs do much more than that, they actively protect livestock from bodily harm. So no, they don't see the livestock as prey. At least mine don't.