I'd hunt the dogs or their owners first.
need a donkey to protect cows from dogs..any suggestions..have 1 neighbor close..has young male, should i castrate him
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If you catch them harming livestock, they can be killed.
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We have had a couple of cows that would run down a dog if they could...
My longhorn cow ... my pasture ornament... is very quiet and easy going... does not use her horns on anyone and will only shake her head if someone is crowding her space... BUT she HATES dogs... and I am assuming coyotes, since we NEVER see any in that pasture....she raises her calf right along with the others, and this is where I calve out my first calf heifers.... but there are no dogs running through the cattle...
My longhorn cow ... my pasture ornament... is very quiet and easy going... does not use her horns on anyone and will only shake her head if someone is crowding her space... BUT she HATES dogs... and I am assuming coyotes, since we NEVER see any in that pasture....she raises her calf right along with the others, and this is where I calve out my first calf heifers.... but there are no dogs running through the cattle...
Caustic Burno
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Texas dog law.
You are correct on they can be eliminated.
Best policy is always SSS!
People are funny about dogs and its never their dog that causes a problem.
You have to remember a 25 cent dog can cost you big $ quick in hay or gut shot cattle.
That's why I like my donkey.
50/50Farms
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Anybody who shoots a man's cows over a dog ought to be real careful when they walk to their deer stand. Lot of accidents happen.Texas dog law.
You are correct on they can be eliminated.
Best policy is always SSS!
People are funny about dogs and its never their dog that causes a problem.
You have to remember a 25 cent dog can cost you big $ quick in hay or gut shot cattle.
That's why I like my donkey.
About how many dogs in this pack of strays, and what all kind of dogs make it up?
Caustic Burno
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That plays both ways.
That's what people forget.
50/50Farms
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That's very true, and I don't believe in courting trouble with anybody, but folks like that do need to remember that they can't just run roughshod over the world.
Ouachita
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We were given a pair of jennies about 15 years ago and they've been great at keeping wild critters and dogs away. They almost put me over the fence when I got a new black coat for Christmas one year. They were accustomed to me wearing the brown Carhartt. I then gave the black one to my mother-in-law.
I had to put one down last summer. If anyone needs to know how much red oak firewood, diesel and old tires it takes to burn a donkey, send a message.
I had to put one down last summer. If anyone needs to know how much red oak firewood, diesel and old tires it takes to burn a donkey, send a message.
50/50Farms
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Was burying not an option?
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I have had problems with dogs on two of my properties, one the hog doggers during deer season, another just the neighbors dog's ruining our deer hunting, this one has been the most difficult, I asked him several times to keep his dogs off, and he was a smart azz about it, so I called game warden 5 times now, the other just running hogs while we were hunting, I didn't see any chasing cattle so far, and I'm not just going to shoot them, having hunting dogs myself when I was young, I'm a dog lover.
One of the biggest butt chewings we ever got from our daddy was coon hunting during deer season, we waited from then on.
One of the biggest butt chewings we ever got from our daddy was coon hunting during deer season, we waited from then on.
Ouachita
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It was August last year, 110 degrees during the drought. My FEL wouldn't dig a hole to properly bury. I managed a pit to lay her in. It was a Saturday and couldn't get any equipment out that day except the RVFD with the water truck on stand-by (Those guys can drink a lot of beer at a donkey roast)
50/50Farms
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How did it smell?
Ouachita
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Not bad, after the hair burned off, but we couldn't talk anyone in to roasted weenies over the coals.
