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  1. drake01

    Livestock guardian dogs

    I amazed that people have ever been able to keep there animals and not have them all slaughtered off by predators, must be every Tom dick and Harry that ever owned a few chickens had a true " livestock guardian" to keep the coyotes in check. People have used different dogs of all types mutts...
  2. drake01

    Livestock guardian dogs

    On large scale operations you do need proper LGD's, but on smaller homestead type farms with some chickens and a goat or pig there really isn't a need for those dogs IMO I live in new York and our coyotes are smaller then yours I would guess and not as plentiful. I have never seen a pack with...
  3. drake01

    Livestock guardian dogs

    My female caught a coyote at my dairy farm when she was around a year old, I thought I would be going to the vet. She bite on to his head and a little shake that was it. Crushed his melon. She will even move stuff like tires and pallets to get mice and rats. They were never bred to be prey...
  4. drake01

    Livestock guardian dogs

    Let me be clear I have no expertise in lgds. But for a 5 acre piece of land is it necessary to have such a large dog. I would think if your only really dealing with predators up to coyotes and stray dogs my vote goes with Doberman pinchers. I have 2 and 5 acres they can cross in about 25...
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