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Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Re: [AlpacaTalk] Re: guard llama

 

WOW, you people are so nice to intruders.. Everyone knows where I live that I have miniature animals and alpacas and after loosing a tiny foal and 1 cria to the neighborhood roamers I had enough. I contacted the people surrounding me and let them know I have a no warning rule.  If your dog enters my property it is dead, same with coyotes, foxes and bobcats.  To be honest the wild critters are rarely a problem and My miniature donkeys 2, jennys and 1 jack patrol the property.  I have had to shoot as many as 5 marauding dogs at one time and they belonged to 3 different neighbors, once they pack up it is impossible to stop them without shooting them.  They go about killing everything they can corner or catch including other pets like small dogs ( I have 5) cats (Have 11) as well as chickens, my peafowl and guineas.  I am a good shot and almost never miss and my neighbor are aware of this.
 
Believe me, my stance has not been a popular one but on the other hand I have not had to shoot any dogs for the last 3 years.
 
GOOD LUCK and keep your critters safe
 
Jim Gregoryk
G&W Farm


--- On Tue, 8/4/09, blackpearlfarm <Blackpearlfarm@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: blackpearlfarm <Blackpearlfarm@yahoo.com>
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Re: guard llama
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups..com
Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2009, 7:23 PM

 
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 . A Llama is a wonder to watch as they play
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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