Another thing i think is odd, folks move out to the country and start acquiring animals. Often where they move to are old farms and undeveloped property. The problem is when they start to clear off the land for gardens, buildings, etc they don't realize that they are displacing the wild animal population. So poultry is lost, to possums, raccoons, foxes and the like. Larger animals like young goats, sheep, cats and small dogs are taken by coyotes.
I believe often people only see life in the very short term, so mid and long range planning just sort of falls to the side.
A case in point, people moved to a forested 8 acre spot, one of the 1st things they did was to buy one of those flimsy portable chicken tractors to put their new birds in, within a week they were all gone, the wild life had a nice all you could eat buffet.
So they go buy an LDG pup ( Livestock Guardian Dog ) and put it in with the new batch of chickens. Within hours the pup playing with the birds had killed them all. the people were furious. Duh the pup is being like any pup, they did not teach the dog that the poultry was it charges to protect and not chew toys. The dog owners failed their dog. Last I heard the dog was sent elsewhere where there were no chickens. I'm not tracking on that train of thought.
To put it in perspective puppies are like young children, they need to be taught right from wrong.
Animal owner ship requires research and preparation, you can't throw a dog in a pen and expect it to be rosy or perfect from the beginning.
Thanks for the time Blake Holliday.
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