Lil our short-haired Border Collie is the jump in and finish it lady. TP is the alerter, Ki and Junior are the finders and seekers, Maggie our other Border is the all around dog. Lil, Maggie and Squiggie herd, kill snakes and varmits. The young ones are learning.
TP treed this bad boy
in the corner of the chicken house.
Lil took him out and shook...
and really took him out!
The Hot Peppers learn by watching...
and Lil says, You ain't getting my 'possum!
Good Farm Dogs!!!!!
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Ugh. It's hard to like when this happens. Especially when the animal being brought down is trying so hard to stay alive. Sometimes, when living on a farm, it has to be. We had an opposum kill one of our chickens when I neglected to close the coop door for the night. It's still out there but, doesn't come out in the day, so I just make sure the coop is secure at night. Your dogs do what dogs do well. Keeping your chickens safe.
Good dogs. My dogs alert me but I usually pull out the shotgun instead of letting them near opossums.
Tucker, looking over my shoulder, said that looked like fun! He's never had a chance to do anything with an animal, except chase it! A few days ago the cat chased a weasel... Tucker chased them both!
Gail,
Fine dogs at work!!!! They do know when it's time to work and protect their farm :-)
I don't think I ever realized how important dogs were to a farm...not just as pets, but as workers.
=)
very much like our place - we have the #1 snake-killer, the #1 varmint fighter, and the other 2 join in for support.
Awesome farm dogs!
I hope we can pick such great dogs.
Dogs n farms just go hand in hand. Everybody and every animal has a job, whether it be hunt, be hunted, give milk or eggs or meat, or make your grounds, house, barn n fields safe. This is called LIFE on the farm - and it works and is definitely not the squeamish or animal rights activists.
What handsome dogs you have and to think you have one called "LIL" - too cute. lol Lilly
Guard dog . . . Strong!
And the best part , the chickens and eggs are safe !! Good dogs !
Blessings
Marilyn
baby is our alerter, barks her head off, Jake is the take it out, no matter what, he has a long line of take downs, from lizards, snakes, rats and once a raccoon. we live in the city limits to. i am a kinda sorta animal rights activist, but not about this, about people who abuse animals, that is one of my soap box sermons.
It is interesting how dogs compliment each other...Moon & Copper make an awesome team!...)JP
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