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A New Look at the Economics of Livestock Guardian Dogs

Last month, between dog food and vaccines, we spent just over $103 on our three livestock guardian dogs (LGDs). For the first part of April, our two older dogs (Bodie and Elko) were with our ewe-lamb pairs on annual rangeland west of Auburn. Our...

Posted on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 8:18 AM
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Environment, Natural Resources

The Right Dog for the Job - or the Right Job for the Dog?

When it comes to livestock protection tools, there are no "silver bullets".... I want to start this blog post by saying I'm convinced that livestock guardian dogs (LGDs), if properly bred and bonded, are the most effective livestock protection tool...

Posted on Friday, April 29, 2022 at 10:08 AM
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Environment, Natural Resources

Is it a Tool Box? Or is it a System?

Predator Protection in Rangeland Livestock Operations One of the first projects I worked on when I started this job was a publication called Livestock Protection Tools for California Ranchers. Working with a number of other advisors and extension...

Posted on Friday, January 28, 2022 at 10:56 AM
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Environment, Natural Resources

Bonding LGDs to Cattle - #6

If you've been following our effort to demonstrate techniques for bonding livestock guardian dogs (LGDs) with cattle (either on this blog or through my @flyingmulefarm Twitter or Facebook accounts), you'll know that Sam the LGD pup got off to a great...

Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at 8:28 AM
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Environment, Natural Resources

Bonding LGDs to Cattle - #5

On to the Next Phase   We've reached a new phase in our effort to learn how to bond a livestock guardian dog with cattle. As we described in previous blog posts, we are learning that we need to bond Sam, our 7-month old LGD puppy, with cattle...

Posted on Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 11:11 AM
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Environment, Natural Resources, Pest Management

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