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I need one to keep the deer out of my vineyard. He must be ready, willing and able to run deer to death.
He will live outdoors May to October in a comfortable doghouse. In the other months he will live indoors. He will be well paid in kibbles and have the best of vet and other human care.
No Pit Bulls need apply.
Suggestions?
Be aware that some dogs learn to love grapes. However, grapes are toxic to dogs and can cause kidney failure.
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up here it is illegal to run deer down with a dog. I have a "Harassment" permit which allows me to do just about everything except kill them to protect my crops. I can also apply for a kill permit but it's more trouble than its worth.
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We do have deer fencing, about $35,000.00 worth. Problem is our two neighbors have a right-of-way through our vineyard. We leave the gates open from 0900 to 1630 to accommodate them.
The deer come in during the day, hunker down and do their damage at night. We also have to leave the main gate open for tasting room customers.
I go out every night on the quad to "patrol". If I see deer I open a gate and try to chase them out. This can take an hour or so of chase and burns a lot of gas.
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Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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Can't wait for the oregon idiots to get on here and tell us what a great guy he is.
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Cattle guards or grates at the gates.
Any dog will run deer. You may not get your dog back though, if he leaves your property. At least not without holes in it.
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Seriously, I have heard of Border Collies being trained for similar duty. These duties being flocks of birds on airports and geese on golf courses.
What happens here when the deer gets used to the dog I dunno. This little gal is becoming invaluable, in terms of keeping birds out of my small you pick orchard / berry operation. I can tell you that the "Training" is going to be WAY easier with one of the herding breeds ( I WOULD avoid heelers, though). The trainer / handler had better be a dog man, too. Frankly I'm not reading that here, in this particular situation. ![[Linked Image]](http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x59/sharpsrifle/DSC_0010_zps0a79ff04.jpg)
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Yeah.... GFY Dogs are too good for you. All of them.
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We do have deer fencing, about $35,000.00 worth. Problem is our two neighbors have a right-of-way through our vineyard. We leave the gates open from 0900 to 1630 to accommodate them.
The deer come in during the day, hunker down and do their damage at night. We also have to leave the main gate open for tasting room customers.
I go out every night on the quad to "patrol". If I see deer I open a gate and try to chase them out. This can take an hour or so of chase and burns a lot of gas.
Like Cross mentioned you will have to be a dog man to make this work and almost any dog breed will work for this (even a bulldog) but you will have to leave "the quad" parked and work the dogs on foot. No pushing a button. waving a wand or throwing money at the problem will work. Bottom line is your farming and it requires hard work so put your big boy panties on ...
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Thanks for all the junkyard dog advice.
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