Re: Donkey, mule, lama or dog?

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Hi Bill,

I live in northern Az in big time bear country. I use 2 mature great pyrs and 1 coyote,cat and bear eating Airedale terrier Oorang type. Airedales are highly underrated LGDs. She's a real dream dog. If I bring it on the place it,s ok, but if it wanders on, adios. She doesn't bother cats, guinea pigs, ferret,goats, other pet dogs, or the rabbits. but she makes quick work of the wild things. For the most part mules/donks will alert or fight if cornered but the dogs will challenge early on and guard their perimeter better I think. My grandpa had about half dozen airedales he hunted with then turned them out in the cows the rest of the time.

Norma Jean

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Subject: Donkey, mule, lama or dog?To: grassfedbeef@..., pasturepoultry , rawdairy Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 7:11 PM

When we were building our new house there was a lot of bear scat around the edge of the fields. One neighbor counted 13 in the field across the road eating peanuts. I had not seen any more sign since we moved in, so I had not been two worried. Until today. A neighbor had his watermelon patch demolished, over night. One mile from us. And today I saw a 400 pounder in the road at 7:45 AM while I was enroute to work. While I am not surprised when my daughter who lives in Eagle River, Alaska sees bears, I did not expect to see them in Eastern Cumberland County. I may take up bear hunting.SO my question is this: Will a mule guard stock as well as a donkey?How about a lama? Anyone with experience there?Verses LGDs such as Great Pyrenees?I want to hear it all. don't hold back. I am likely to buy one of the above in the next couple of weeks.Bill DunlapRoseboro,

NC__________________________________________________

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What does LGD stand for? sorry i'm naive I guess!?

 

thanks

jen

Hi Bill,

I live in northern Az in big time bear country. I use 2 mature great pyrs and 1 coyote,cat and bear eating Airedale terrier Oorang type. Airedales are highly underrated LGDs. She's a real dream dog. If I bring it on the place it,s ok, but if it wanders on, adios. She doesn't bother cats, guinea pigs, ferret,goats, other pet dogs, or the rabbits. but she makes quick work of the wild things. For the most part mules/donks will alert or fight if cornered but the dogs will challenge early on and guard their perimeter better I think. My grandpa had about half dozen airedales he hunted with then turned them out in the cows the rest of the time.

 Norma Jean

njwingz@...

Subject: Donkey, mule, lama or dog?To: grassfedbeef@..., pasturepoultry , rawdairy

Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 7:11 PM

When we were building our new house there was a lot of bear scat around the edge of the fields. One neighbor counted 13 in the field across the road eating peanuts. I had not seen any more sign since we moved in, so I had not been two worried. Until today. A neighbor had his watermelon patch demolished, over night. One mile from us. And today I saw a 400 pounder in the road at 7:45 AM while I was enroute to work. While I am not surprised when my daughter who lives in Eagle River, Alaska sees bears, I did not expect to see them in Eastern Cumberland County. I may take up bear hunting.

SO my question is this: Will a mule guard stock as well as a donkey?How about a lama? Anyone with experience there?Verses LGDs such as Great Pyrenees?I want to hear it all. don't hold back. I am likely to buy one of the above in the next couple of weeks.

Bill DunlapRoseboro, NC__________________________________________________