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A penguin's best friend: guard dogs needed to save Middle Island colony from foxes
The Guardian ^ | 17 September 15 | Oliver Milman

Posted on 11/16/2015 5:58:54 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion

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To: SirPeredur

I did a Google search, expecting to find something big and brutish looking, but those things are seriously cute! BIG, and cute!


21 posted on 11/16/2015 10:29:30 PM PST by To Hell With Poverty (All freedom must be transported in bottles of 3 oz or less. - Freeper relictele)
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To: SirPeredur

Good, informative posting! Thanks.


22 posted on 11/17/2015 1:10:16 AM PST by octex
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To: MarMema
S’ok- I love fox. We have them here. I hate loathe and despise wolves. The new ones from Canada could easily kill these guard dogs, as he said. And me and you too.

Had a fox in our backyard two days ago - love to watch them go into "stealth" mode and gracefully glide into the brush.

23 posted on 11/17/2015 3:42:24 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: volunbeer

Could a “pack” of livestock guardian dogs take on a wolf pack of similar size though? (guardian dogs who are vaccinated, fed, dewormed,and strong)?


24 posted on 11/17/2015 5:18:04 AM PST by mdmathis6
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

FYI “little penguins” is a PC euphemism. They were originally dwarf penguins - or something else considered offensive (by those who care)when applied to human persons.


25 posted on 11/17/2015 7:00:04 PM PST by Oztrich Boy ('Life is a comedy to those who think and a tragedy for those who feel' - Horace Walpole)
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To: SirPeredur

I have a Pyrenees mix and all you said about big white flock dogs is true.

He’s not a smart dog, at but he is at his happiest protecting the cats, wife, or my kid, just hanging out 20 feet away, watching and adoring.

He wants nothing more than to protect others and make as little effort as possible. He doesn’t burn a lot of calories, and eats the same amount as his half sister (a terrier mix) who weighs half as much.

My next dog will definitely be some kind of big white flock guardian dog!


26 posted on 11/18/2015 7:25:02 PM PST by T-Bone Texan (The economic collapse is imminent. Buy staple food and OTC meds now, before prices skyrocket.)
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