Livestock Guardians: Using Dogs, Donkeys and LLamas to Protect Your Herd by Janet Vorwald Dohner

Livestock Guardians: Using Dogs, Donkeys and LLamas to Protect Your Herd by Janet Vorwald Dohner

Keep sheep, goats, and other livestock safe from predators with guardian dogs, donkeys, and llamas. Highly effective, economical and nonviolent livestock guardians can be the perfect solution to farmers’ predator problems. This definitive resource offers breed-by-breed descriptions, detailed coverage of proper guardian/livestock bonding, and thorough training & problem-solving advice. Real-life stories of farmers effectively using guard animals help readers get acquainted with these amazing animals.

Janet Vorwald Dohner is the author of The Encyclopedia of Animal Predators, Farm Dogs, and Livestock Guardians. She has 35 years of experience on her small family farm and has relied on livestock guard dogs and corgis with her sheep, goats, and poultry. She writes for magazines, including Modern Farmer and Mother Earth News, and she gives presentations on livestock guardians and predator control at various conferences. Dohner is a board member of the Kangal Dog Club of America and a member of several learning communities for working dogs.