Re: [Blackbelly] Coyote fence ideas

2014-05-10 Thread Mark Wintermute
Hi Michael, Sorry everyone for the pre-mature "empty" post. As far as dog breeds look at your environment and climate. There are many good LGD breeds. The Great Pyrenees is least likely to bite a human but do not do as well in high temperatures. The Anatolians are from what I have seen more ag

Re: [Blackbelly] Coyote fence ideas

2014-05-10 Thread Mark Wintermute
Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Coyote fence ideas starting to look into LGDs locally. I'll try googling on the subject regarding the dogs themselves, but there are some AB-BB questions related to dogs I'd like to ask: male or female dog? does it matter? at what weight/age are the AB-BB lambs, that

Re: [Blackbelly] Coyote fence ideas

2014-05-10 Thread Michael Smith
starting to look into LGDs locally. I'll try googling on the subject regarding the dogs themselves, but there are some AB-BB questions related to dogs I'd like to ask: male or female dog? does it matter? at what weight/age are the AB-BB lambs, that they are less likely to get played with and accid

[Blackbelly] Coyote fence ideas

2014-05-10 Thread Elizabeth Radi
Not a fencing idea, just a story. We have lived in Colorado for 5 years now. We raise sheep and dairy goats. In the fall, the antelope congregate in our back property for breeding season. A few come back in the spring and have their babies a couple hundred feet outside our fence. They pay n