Alternatives to livestock guardian dog

[Miss Lydia]

Around here just about every pasture with livestock has donkeys 1-2 they must work well.

 

[SueT]

A scarecrow that moves in the wind might also help. I have no proof that it works except that when a neighbor stopped by, she walked over to it thinking it was me, . It is made on a coat hanger and can be moved to various locations during a day to create more uncertainty.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

A scarecrow that moves in the wind might also help. I have no proof that it works except that when a neighbor stopped by, she walked over to it thinking it was me, . It is made on a coat hanger and can be moved to various locations during a day to create more uncertainty.
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My dog would bark her head off at that, and that would certainly keep the coyotes away!

 

[cluckmecoop7]

I heard that guineas can be good guard animals. They set off alarm when ever something strange comes near.

 

[ghislaincote]

stoat

Maybe stoat is not the correct common name, but that'a a Mustela erminea.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Isn’t a stoat a member of the weasel family?

 

[Ratchnick]

Guard goose, better then nothing. Must do something because Romans used them

 

[Duckfarmer1]

I heard that guineas can be good guard animals. They set off alarm when ever something strange comes near.

They are loud!

 

[Miss Lydia]

That’s all they can do is sound off they get eaten too!

 

[cluckmecoop7]

They are loud!

Yes, that's why people keep them to guard.