This message is from: "Melinda Schumacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Janet, I'm curious about your guard dogs. What sort of breeds make such good guard dogs? How are they with people or other animals that belong on the property? Do they react to strange people the same way as deer? Melinda On 3/17/07, Tamarack Lamb & Wool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This message is from: "Tamarack Lamb & Wool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We also use guard dogs which tend to keep the > deer on the outside of the fence (but unlike other dogs do not go chasing > them throughout the neighborhood, the dogs are content to stop when the > deer > jump the fence). > > Unfortunately our guard dogs do venture into the swamp and woods and it is > there that they pick up all manor of ticks, along with lyme disease. I've > used frontline on the dogs with pretty good success. > > Janet > -- Coaching with Melinda Schumacher, MD Personal Empowerment through Creative Expression and Equine Experiential Learning "You wander from room to room hunting for the diamond necklace that is already around your neck." ~Jalal-Uddin Rumi "As she knotted the reins and took her stand, the horse's soul came into her hand, and up from the mouth that held the steel came an innermost word, half thought, half feel."~paraphrased, John Masefield Fly Without Wings www.flywithoutwings.net Gestalt Practitioner www.gestaltcleveland.org The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
