[Jacob-list] copied e-mail comments on getting rid of stray dogs.....

[iseespots]

Hi all,

This came across last month on one of my e-mail lists and really caught my
eye......don't think I could do this, but sure did make me think and might
be of some benefit to others on this list.

SNIPPET:  Over the years I too have  had problems with stray dogs getting
into the
livestock.  It's not a pretty sight to see a 1300 lb milk cow come in for
milking with an udder ripped wide open.  Nor is it a pleasant sight to see
ewes or lambs maimed to the extent that the animals must be destroyed.  It's
never an easy problem to cure.  My solution is to get the rifle out and make
damn sure the culprit never leaves the place.  I then get my loader tractor
out,  put the offender in the bucket,  go out in a field,  dig a 3 foot hole
with the loader and  bury the carcass.   I do not mark the grave.  I WOULD
NOT under any circumstances use poison on stray dogs.  Coyotes maybe.

This is off the subject, but from time to time when I have bitches in season
I will get stray intact males coming  on the place.  Some of these dogs are
quite clever and can find ways to get in with a bitch in heat.
If the dog is friendly I will catch him and castrate him on the spot.  Then
I
send them on their way.  I never see them again.
END OF SNIPPET.

Mary Ellen
ISeeSpots Farm www.iseespots.com
Home of Jacob Sheep, and German Angora Rabbits,
colored German Angora crosses and a few French.
Renewable fleeces, loving personalities, friends.