While I vote in favor of the LGD's and the farmers, always, I just pray to GOD I'll never have to live near someone who employes a LGD. From what I'm told, these dogs run their perimeter fence and literally bark all night long. It is horrible if you are not a dog-lover and need to get a decent nights sleep. We ARE dog lovers, but we have had neighbors who had dogs who just yapped all night and it really makes you crazy. I wish there was some easy resolve. Comparing these dogs to a tractor or another piece of farm equipment isn't fair since most farmers don't run their big tractors at 2 O'clock in the morning! I'm in California and familier with Riverside county...a sad place where the city is literally swallowing up the 'country". Good luck with this situation...I support you but I sure wouldn't want to be your neighbor!
Many Blessings~
Deb Buckler
--- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, "Poet" <romanticpoet1962@...> wrote:
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> Seems to me the argument would be that to a livestock farmer; a guardian dog is as necessary to the Livestock Farmer; the a tractor of other equipment is to a vegetable, or fruit farmer; just because it is a living animal itself; it is as much a vital tool for farm security as any machinery is; since California has some pretty strict laws pertaining to the killing of various endangered predators; shooting or poisoning them is not an option; so having (a) dog(s) pretty much is a necessary deterrent to Wolves, Coyotes, Wild Cats, Raptor birds/Eagles, etc.
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> --- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, JoyfulHeartsFarm@ wrote:
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