NH homesteader
Herd Master
Oh and why would the rescue not want an animal to do what they were bred to do? They're usually given up because they're not house pets... So they want them to go be house pets?
Asking for ideas on how to "manage" coyotes
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Oh, the subject of shelters has been disgust (discussed) at length here. You'll have a tough time finding anything positive. But it all makes the "save the animals" folks feel good about themselves...
NH homesteader
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One of my dogs was a "rescue". His mom was rescued pregnant and I got him from them. Best dog ever. But, if he had been adopted by someone without dog sense, he would have been a nightmare. He is not an easy dog. I'm not against rescues but I am against the "save everyone" rescues. Or ones that don't bother understanding the animal they're "rescuing".
babsbag
Herd Master
The IPM article that UC Davis puts out says that coyotes would rather dig under a fence than go over a fence and I think mine do both. I know they were going under at first but I fixed that. Our ground is so hard that they can't easily dig under but I found an area of my fence where the fence was stretched around a curve and it was too tight and the posts were starting to lean in quite a bit; it looked like a perfect spot to easily go over the fence. I fixed that yesterday. It was right near the scat that I found and also near a leaky sprinkler valve that I was allowing to leak for the guineas. I will be fixing the valve today too and the guineas need to find other water. I need to remove that attractant.
Baymule
Herd Master
@babsbag here is a link to a rescue site. Yes most of them want their precious "mix" (of what?) to go to a forever home where they can sleep on the couch. But I have found some real good dogs on this site. I was looking on this site one night (before we moved) and DH asked why. I told him that we would need another dog. The very next day a man walked in DH's job with a GP puppy and that's how we got Trip. LOL
http://greatpyrenees.rescueme.org/Texas
MsDeb adopted a Pyr mix from Austin, Tx and it was relayed close to her, she lives in Kansas. So even if you find a dog that isn't in your state, check on it anyway, you never know.
edited to add;
http://www.txpyrs.org/TGPRescue/Public/AdoptableServlet?COMMAND=LIST®ionNo=-1
there are actually working dogs on this site!
http://greatpyrenees.rescueme.org/Texas
MsDeb adopted a Pyr mix from Austin, Tx and it was relayed close to her, she lives in Kansas. So even if you find a dog that isn't in your state, check on it anyway, you never know.
edited to add;
http://www.txpyrs.org/TGPRescue/Public/AdoptableServlet?COMMAND=LIST®ionNo=-1
there are actually working dogs on this site!
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soarwitheagles
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Hi babs,
We have had coyotes on our property often. Just last week we heard them fighting and yipping, establishing their territory. We have never lost a sheep. We did install a large light in the sheep pen that borders the forest. This light comes on at dusk, and turns off at dawn, and it lights up the entire area.
I read somewhere that lights at night keep coyotes at bay...
Do you have your areas well lit?
We have had coyotes on our property often. Just last week we heard them fighting and yipping, establishing their territory. We have never lost a sheep. We did install a large light in the sheep pen that borders the forest. This light comes on at dusk, and turns off at dawn, and it lights up the entire area.
I read somewhere that lights at night keep coyotes at bay...
Do you have your areas well lit?
babsbag
Herd Master
No lights at all unless I hear something and turn them on and even then the lights are only where the goats are and that isn't my problem area; the dogs take care of the goats. I will have to look into getting power to the other area... I wonder if a motion activated light would work.
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soarwitheagles
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Not sure if motion activated lights do the job. Here, after lots of reading, I ran an electrical line and a Ethernet cable underground to the sheep pen, installed one of those dusk-to-dawn photo-sensor lights, and a couple of HD IP cameras just in case, but for some reason, the coyotes stay completely out of this pen.
Is it possible to run a temporary electrical extension cord to the area in need, and hook up a super low wattage light at the end?
babsbag
Herd Master
It is possible and I am working on it already.
Last night my LGDs went crazy. I crawled out of bed at 4 AM to go and see what the commotion was all about. Had my high powered light and my low powered gun, but I was ready. I didn't see anything worth barking about but they sure did. All was quiet after I went back to bed. I feel like I am under siege.
Last night my LGDs went crazy. I crawled out of bed at 4 AM to go and see what the commotion was all about. Had my high powered light and my low powered gun, but I was ready. I didn't see anything worth barking about but they sure did. All was quiet after I went back to bed. I feel like I am under siege.
