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[Indiana Robinson]

Roy Morgan wrote:
  The dogs are responsible for
> the losses we've had.
> 
> GOOD fences are planned for the NY place.
> 
> Roy
> 
> Roy Morgan
> 13033 Downey Mill Rd
> Lovettsville, VA 20180
> k1lky at earthlink.net

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	We were running 80 ewes when we quit. All just common stuff. We were 
doing well and the sheep were doing well but the sheep nor the wool were 
worth anything. Made it all seem kind of pointless.   :-)
	The absolute best thing I ever did as far as dogs was to use miles and 
miles of very hot low impedence electric fence. While it worked OK for 
the sheep it was really super successful with all of the dogs in the 
neighborhood They learned very quickly to give our entire farm a very 
wide berth. Dogs really hate getting shocked... We originally trained 
the dogs and coyotes by buying a package of cheap bacon and hanging 
strips over the hot wire at every sign of a path. Since it was cured the 
bacon held up for a while and in the sun it put out a lot of bacon 
smell. Sometimes we would hear them get nailed especially at night. Lots 
of screaming. We trained the sheep by hanging throw-away aluminum pie 
tins from the wire. They would see it and go sniff (once). I also used 
to scatter a bit of shelled corn along under a low wire. They would pick 
up what was easy and then start reaching sideways under the wire to get 
the rest. One would get zapped and the whole group would jump back 10 
feet. Great training reinforcement.




-- 


"farmer"


I wouldn't mind being absent minded so bad if forgetfulness
could just be a little more selective. Just last week I
was saying so to "whats-her-name..."



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Francis Robinson
Central Indiana, USA
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