The milk of dogs and wolves is very close nutritionally to human milk. Before there were infant formulas if a mother had no milk for her baby she would try and find another woman as a milk nurse but in the case you were poor and/or no one was currently available then then dogs were employed to...
My husband suggested a large flock of guneas. I think a couple of peacocks on top for good measure. By the way, in the dog killing live stock category, besides donkeys you also have Mustang mares and Belted Galway cattle.