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To: MEpajamaMONSTER
I'm a sheep rancher. The coyotes came and the people went nuts. I had a plan. The wolves then came and the other farmers again went nuts. I had a plan that was working. The cougar has now arrived and I still have a plan working that covers all three. The only time I've lost stock is from stray dogs just having fun, chasing sheep to see them run. Sheep tend to break legs like a twig.

My plan was twofold.......First I went and got a Great Pyranese Guardian dog. There is nothing that those dogs will not fight to the death, and not the guardian dog being on the losing side(they are very dangerous however once imprinted on the livestock, and will engage to kill any other species of animal including the two legged kind if they are where they are not supposed to be)

Next, establish as much rabbit habitat in your area as possible. If you see rabbits, you will not have any threat from predators to your livestock or family. I even went to those small animal auctions and bought all the bunnies I could haul each week. I turned em loose in the surrounding few square miles during the spring and summer. I spread a few bales of good alfalfa hay flakes thruout the surrounding area every few days during the heavy snow pack as feeding stations(and thus predator buffet's") for the rabbits.

I've got coyotes and wolves all around me and have not lost one lamb or ewe to predation. It's why God made bunnies!

9 posted on 12/07/2004 5:26:57 PM PST by blackdog (May Islam meet Tennyson's "Ninth Wave" in my lifetime.)
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To: blackdog

Man, that is sick. I love it!


21 posted on 12/07/2004 5:56:44 PM PST by patton (Drei Kinder sind bloss eine Anfang...)
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To: blackdog
I have a Great Pyrenees...but I can't imagine him fighting anything. He is a great big mommas boy, and I have no doubt that he would defend me if needed, though.
38 posted on 12/08/2004 12:15:29 AM PST by codyjacksmom (Proud, new 1st time grandma as of 11/07/04....now it's payback time!)
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