[AlpacaTalk] Re: guard llama
Wishing everyone the best in this industry that I love.
None the less want to send a reminder:
Llamas are wonderful Alert Guards but they are Not a Guarding
-Fighting/Protector
with crias and keep track of their charges and they Will push
those charges to whatever safety is available before turning to
face the "enemy" .
However, I beg, don't think of Llamas as disposable barriers between
your animals and the roving "gangs" of neighborhood dogs. As we
have seen NOTHING survives when there are enough dogs or when
the predators work in teams.
Please, remember that it is Your Job to Respond to their Alert Calls.
even if you are not "sure" you heard it. No excuses you have to
show up!
You are the critical final layer of protection between your animals
and your neighbors' sweet 'fluffy, rufus, and butch....' who are
evil H&!! spawn when they get to run loss, UNattended.
I've lost whole week's worth of sleep over the years, to strange
sounds and cria watch and I have 6' No-climb exterior fences
with another 18"+/- buried; with all of this, I still have had loses.
Now I am planning how to expand the paddocks around the barns
and inner shelters just to have them closer to the house (to hear
better at night, during cria season, and to make winter hypothermia
watch easier).
I recommend you follow my habit when responding to an Alert, I
carrying 2 guns.
1 is a paintball gun sends them home with a mark that is also
a warning.
The other gun has as its companion, a nice shiny shovel.
I'm not evil or a dog hater or an angry hermit I just don't want to
be the next person to have to post that I'm out of the camelid
industry because dogs or hunters or other evil doers have
demolished my herd. It is my personal nightmare.
My best to all and in particular to those who have managed to
come back from such devastating losses. May no one have to
post such enormously sad tidings again.
Blackpearlfarm
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posted by Chaddo at 4:23 PM
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