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Livestock Guarding Dogs

Summary

I had heard about the tremendous losses sheep farmers out West had suffered due to coyotes. Many of them had been put out of business because of these losses. I feared I might become one of them. Black Bears were also multiplying in New Jersey at that time. I felt I had to do something. I researched my options and it soon became clear to me that I would not settle for a donkey or a llama. I had used herding dogs for many years, I was very much a dog person, and it had to be a guard dog. But where should I begin searching for such a dog? What breed would suit me? I knew absolutely nothing about them