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That is why many ranchers run LGDs in groups of at least 2. Depending on the predator type and pressure, I have heard of ranchers running groups of up to 5 dogs per sheep flock, for instance. I know a sheep and goat rancher with 30 dogs, always maintining a strong core of dogs in their prime...

Yah, I can see how it would be an uphill climb. Mine was afraid we would have another inside dog, only a hundred pound one this time, and our last dog had some serious medical issues at the end of his life. He ruined the carpet, and hubby spent 6 months, working nights, tearing out the carpet...

I thought mine was going to flip his lid, but when I explained what an LGD is, and how it is not like having a pet, he relented. Making him help me clean up all the dead chickens helped too ;) I also started refusing to be off the farm after dark, which put a crimp in going out as a family for...

LGDs ;) I wish I had overridden hubby last summer just after we moved in and gotten the LGDs then, as most of my pullets would probably be alive still. Sigh. My acreage is fenced, but the predators didn't seem to care...but the dogs, even as just puppies, sure bother them! I haven't seen a hnt...

I have seven acre in a ruralish area. Went almost a full year before we had predators move in, and in a month we lost 27 birds. Two LGDs in training solved that. Birds are cut loose in the morning and are allowed to roam as they see fit until they go to bed, when we close the coops at dark...