I always walk in my garden with a bamboo walking stick and wave it in front of me to make sure I am not walking into any unseen (or seen) webs. I read the orb spiders take down their webs in the morning and rebuild them each night. Last year I watched one do this on my patio every night...
I would look at the herding breeds. Some of the dogs in the working group are not hunters like the terriers they are more for guarding like Rotweillers. Labs are used to hunt birds so they may be risky although very smart and easy to train. Check out the AKC book on different breeds. Terriers...
