Livestock Guardians

Livestock Guardians
Author: Janet Vorwald Dohner
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2007-12-12
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 158017695X

Keep sheep, goats, and other livestock safe from attack with guardian dogs, donkeys, and llamas. Highly effective, economical, and nonviolent, livestock guardians can be the perfect solution to your predation problems. With in-depth advice on promoting the special bond between guardian animal and livestock, Janet Vorwald Dohner covers everything from selecting an appropriate breed for your needs to advanced training techniques. Enjoy the peace of mind that comes from knowing your livestock has a guardian’s protection.

Livestock Protection Dogs

Livestock Protection Dogs
Author: Orysia Dawydiak
Publisher: Blue Ribbon Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Livestock protection dogs
ISBN: 9781577790624

Orysia Dawydiak and David Sims have achieved international fame for their pioneering work with livestock protection dogs. For years they have championed the age-old practice of using dogs to guard herds and flocks. With the environmental damage caused by poisons and traps, livestock guardian dogs provide an ecologically sound, safe and economical alternative for farmers and ranchers trying to reduce their losses. This complete guide will tell you all you need to know, including the authors' revolutionary discoveries on temperament testing these breeds. This extraordinary book is chock full of useful information.

Farm Dogs

Farm Dogs
Author: Janet Vorwald Dohner
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2016-10-04
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 161212593X

Gain a deeper understanding of your canine friends through these in-depth breed profiles that showcase how working dogs think. From familiar breeds like the Border Collie, Corgi, and Dachshund to the lesser-known Akbash, Puli, and Hovawart, Janet Vorwald Dohner describes 93 breeds of livestock guardian dogs, herding dogs, terriers, and traditional multipurpose farm dogs, highlighting the tasks each dog is best suited for and describing its physical characteristics and temperament. She also offers an accessible history of how humans bred dogs to become our partners in work and beyond, providing a thorough introduction to these highly intelligent, independent, and energetic breeds.

The Way of the Pack

The Way of the Pack
Author: Brenda M. Negri
Publisher:
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2018-09-17
Genre: Dogs
ISBN: 9781791345228

Provocative, exciting, thoughtful and one of the most exciting dog books, The Way of The Pack: Understanding and Living With Livestock Guardian Dogs is becoming one of the most favorite LGD books ever written. Since it's publishing on September 17, 2018, The Way of The Pack has become an incredibly popular, positive book for working LGDs. Brenda M. Negri's The Way of The Pack's book spent decades of writing, research, photographs, magazines and LGD ownerships including four classic LGD movie films she has been on. For people who are honest about holistic, kinder, spiritual, intelligent and compassionate path for shepherds and ranchers using LGDs to effect co-existence with predators, and, by keeping livestock safe using non-lethal means, Negri's famous "five golden rules" have become a "mantra" for new American LGD owners. Over 340 pages and more than 40 chapters will lay out much needed practical advice and help. Tons of recommended, reading resources and photographs; everything ranging from first-aid kits and old aging dog to young puppies and siblings and decades of training advice, You Tubes, photographs and helpful resource. This book can give help to any truthful LGD owner who wants to learn. The Way of The Pack: Understanding and Living With Livestock Guardian Dogs can show us lives, understanding, and kindness in our own LGDs.

Meet Your Dog

Meet Your Dog
Author: Kim Brophey
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2018-04-17
Genre: Pets
ISBN: 1452149305

“Based on the latest findings in the field of canine cognition and behavior, this book is an invaluable resource.” —Hal Herzog, author of Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard To Think Straight About Animals Every dog owner knows that along with the joy can come the stress and frustration of behavioral problems, which are expensive to diagnose and treat. Enter Kim Brophey, award-winning canine behavior consultant. Using cutting-edge research, Brophey has developed a groundbreaking system that allows owners to identify what their dog is struggling with, why, and how they can fix it. Brophey’s approach is unlike anything that has been published before and will give dog owners a new understanding of what motivates and affects their dog’s behavior. This innovative technique rethinks the way we categorize dogs, and distills information from over twenty scientific disciplines into four comprehensive elements: learning, environment, genetics, and self. With revolutionary tips for specific dog breeds, this book will change dog owners’ lives—and lead to happier human-canine relationships. “It’s refreshing to finally find a book that takes into consideration the many predispositions to behavior problems in dogs . . . teaches us to really see the dog in its entirety.” —Alexandre Rossi, author of A Dog at the Keyboard

The Encyclopedia of Animal Predators

The Encyclopedia of Animal Predators
Author: Janet Vorwald Dohner
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2017-05-16
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1612126995

Learn to identify threatening species through tracks, scat, and the damage they leave behind. Fascinating profiles of more than 50 predatory mammals, birds, and reptiles teach farmers, ranchers, homesteaders, and backyard-animal raisers how to prevent their livestock, poultry, and pets from becoming prey. By understanding how predators think and behave, where and how they live, and how they attack and kill prey, you’ll be able to interpret the potential threats surrounding your home. Whether you have a vested interest in protecting your pets and livestock or are simply spellbound by wild predators, this is the book for you!

The Encyclopedia of Historic and Endangered Livestock and Poultry Breeds

The Encyclopedia of Historic and Endangered Livestock and Poultry Breeds
Author: Janet Vorwald Dohner
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 528
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 030013813X

"The need to preserve farm animal diversity is increasingly urgent, says the author of this definitive book on endangered breeds of livestock and poultry. Farmyard animals may hold critical keys for our survival, Jan Dohner warns, and with each extinction, genetic traits of potentially vital importance to our agricultural future or to medical progress are forever lost."--BOOK JACKET.

Storey's Guide to Raising Miniature Livestock

Storey's Guide to Raising Miniature Livestock
Author: Sue Weaver
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1603424814

Guides you through choosing, caring for, training, and breeding mini horses, donkeys, mules, pigs, cattle, sheep, goats, and llamas.

Dogs

Dogs
Author: Raymond Coppinger
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2002-10
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780226115634

Offering a scientifically informed perspective on canines and their relations with humans, two biologists take a close look at eight different types of dogs--household, village, livestock guarding, herding, sled pulling, pointing, retrieving and hound. 34 halftones.

Guardian Dogs

Guardian Dogs
Author: Linda van Bommel
Publisher:
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2010
Genre: Feral animals
ISBN: 9781921777004