Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: Implementation of Electric Fencing for Establishing Effective Livestock-Protection Dogs
To be effective, livestock protection dogs (LPDs) must be carefully integrated with the livestock they will be protecting. Others have developed guidelines to assist producers in this training and assimilation process. In many areas fencing is necessary; however, guidelines for containing LPDs and t...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:a0d6d6d3f50b4f2d8b60e5413dc21400 2023-05-15T15:50:08+02:00 Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: Implementation of Electric Fencing for Establishing Effective Livestock-Protection Dogs Thomas M. Gehring Kurt C. VerCauteren Anna C. Cellar 2017-02-01 https://doi.org/10.26077/pmra-h921 https://doaj.org/article/a0d6d6d3f50b4f2d8b60e5413dc21400 en eng Utah State University doi:10.26077/pmra-h921 2155-3874 https://doaj.org/article/a0d6d6d3f50b4f2d8b60e5413dc21400 undefined Human-Wildlife Interactions, Vol 5, Iss 1 (2017) canis lupus depredation fencing human–wildlife conflicts livestock protection dog michigan wildlife damage management wolf envir hist Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2017 fttriple https://doi.org/10.26077/pmra-h921 2023-01-22T18:10:33Z To be effective, livestock protection dogs (LPDs) must be carefully integrated with the livestock they will be protecting. Others have developed guidelines to assist producers in this training and assimilation process. In many areas fencing is necessary; however, guidelines for containing LPDs and their livestock behind electric fencing are lacking. We present results from larger projects involving LPDs where we encountered issues with fencing and preventing LPDs from roaming from their owner’s property. We found that ranging and escaping from pastures was exhibited by LPDs that were not properly introduced and trained to electric fencing at an early age. LPDs that were trained strategically to respect electric fencing were effective guardians and did not leave livestock pastures. Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus Unknown |
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To be effective, livestock protection dogs (LPDs) must be carefully integrated with the livestock they will be protecting. Others have developed guidelines to assist producers in this training and assimilation process. In many areas fencing is necessary; however, guidelines for containing LPDs and their livestock behind electric fencing are lacking. We present results from larger projects involving LPDs where we encountered issues with fencing and preventing LPDs from roaming from their owner’s property. We found that ranging and escaping from pastures was exhibited by LPDs that were not properly introduced and trained to electric fencing at an early age. LPDs that were trained strategically to respect electric fencing were effective guardians and did not leave livestock pastures. |
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Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: Implementation of Electric Fencing for Establishing Effective Livestock-Protection Dogs |
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Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: Implementation of Electric Fencing for Establishing Effective Livestock-Protection Dogs |
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Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: Implementation of Electric Fencing for Establishing Effective Livestock-Protection Dogs |
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Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: Implementation of Electric Fencing for Establishing Effective Livestock-Protection Dogs |
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Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: Implementation of Electric Fencing for Establishing Effective Livestock-Protection Dogs |
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good fences make good neighbors: implementation of electric fencing for establishing effective livestock-protection dogs |
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Utah State University |
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