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| | Livestock Guard Dogs, Llamas and Donkeys (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | A dog needs to save only six lambs per year to "earn its keep." There also are indirect benefits of the dog (e.g., no need to confine sheep at night, increased efficiency of pasture usage, increased flock size) that are difficult to estimate in dollars and are not included in these figures. |
 | | The number of producers rating their dogs as excellent or good at reducing predation by specific predators was: 140 of 160 (88 percent) for coyotes, 46 of 64 (72 percent) for fl bears, 32 of 43 (74 percent) for mountain lions and 85 of 109 (78 percent) for domestic dogs. |
 | | Compared to guard dogs, llamas and donkeys appear less prone to accidental death, are long-lived, do not require special feeds, stay in the same pasture as sheep, do not need to be raised with sheep, and are less susceptible to traps, snares, M-44s, and toxic collars. |
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