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Is your parents' property fenced off? How does using guard dogs compare to having an electric fence?
by loandbehold 2y ago
Is your parents' property fenced off? How does using guard dogs compare to having an electric fence?
- world2vec 2y agoMy parent's neighbours, they're not my parents' goats (they only have a few to keep their property clean). The neighbours have a big piece of land and electrifying the fences would be quite expensive, the guard dogs seem to be doing their jobs quite well, no attacks since then.
- kaikai 2y agoI have livestock in an area with mountain lions, bears, and coyotes. There’s no fence that I could build that will reliably keep out a mountain lion, because they can jump very high and climb trees. Electrified fences with a high enough hot line will keep out coyotes and bears, but no one I know fences entire pastures that way. It would be very expensive and require a lot of maintenance. Livestock Guardian Dogs bred to protect livestock will do a much better job of scaring off and fighting predators. They’re specific breeds like Anatolians and Maremmas, not regular farm dogs.