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<blockquote data-quote="Arnold Ziffle" data-source="post: 7346" data-attributes="member: 43"><p>Herefordlover --- just curious, do you live on the place where you have cattle or are you an absentee owner? Unless you live in an area where it is by law or custom foolhardy or illegal to do so, may I suggest for your consideration the use of a trusty rifle, if its stray/wild dogs that you are worried about. Many folks around me like donkeys for "guards" against coyotes; don't know about guarding against stray dogs per se. In the Texas sheep and goat country people most commonly Great Pyrennes. They might also work for cattle/dog problems but I have no direct (nor anecdotal) experience.</p><p></p><p>I went to my place yesterday and was "greeted" by two large, scruffy looking mongrel dogs that ran out of my three sided cattle shed. I have a few week-old calves on the ground and a few more due in the next week or two, so I'm a little concerned about these mongrels. I know my neighbors quite well and the dogs do not belong to them. I didn't get too close to them (always concerned with rabies in these parts) but from about 40 or 50 yards and with the use of binoculars I could tell they had leather collars, but no visible tags. It being the holiday season of peace and goodwill I resisted the temptation to send some lead between their eyes, and merely chased them away via a tractor in high gear! But if I ever witness any agression, or if any new calves turn up dead, I intend to do the shoot, shovel and shut-up routine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arnold Ziffle, post: 7346, member: 43"] Herefordlover --- just curious, do you live on the place where you have cattle or are you an absentee owner? Unless you live in an area where it is by law or custom foolhardy or illegal to do so, may I suggest for your consideration the use of a trusty rifle, if its stray/wild dogs that you are worried about. Many folks around me like donkeys for "guards" against coyotes; don't know about guarding against stray dogs per se. In the Texas sheep and goat country people most commonly Great Pyrennes. They might also work for cattle/dog problems but I have no direct (nor anecdotal) experience. I went to my place yesterday and was "greeted" by two large, scruffy looking mongrel dogs that ran out of my three sided cattle shed. I have a few week-old calves on the ground and a few more due in the next week or two, so I'm a little concerned about these mongrels. I know my neighbors quite well and the dogs do not belong to them. I didn't get too close to them (always concerned with rabies in these parts) but from about 40 or 50 yards and with the use of binoculars I could tell they had leather collars, but no visible tags. It being the holiday season of peace and goodwill I resisted the temptation to send some lead between their eyes, and merely chased them away via a tractor in high gear! But if I ever witness any agression, or if any new calves turn up dead, I intend to do the shoot, shovel and shut-up routine. [/QUOTE]
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