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Posted 31 October 2015 - 04:24 PM

Hi all,

2 nights ago my small flock of dorper sheep got out of their paddock.. The next day we were missing a Ewe and 2 lambs.

This morning one of the lambs came back unscathed, around lunch time the ewe returned, missing quite a few important bits, mauled by I assume wild dogs.... She was put down by a local farmer.

Anyways, sob story aside, I want revenge.

Now I don't often follow through with projects or hobbies, but Posting here might push me along.

Will need the help of a welder ( thanks Blair).,, and s little enginuity...

Anyways, I have these two collapsible cages, they weigh a bloody tonne. And fold as shown in the photos. Bin thinking if I join them end to end and manufacture a trap door I can catch any size dog.... So after some ideas please on design. Would obviously up end them, star picket them to the ground etc. but not sure on the trap door mechanism ?????


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Posted 31 October 2015 - 04:28 PM

Time for you to kick back and watch road runner cartoons for a few days, to get some ideas. 



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Posted 31 October 2015 - 05:03 PM

I've used one very similar to the one in this link.

 

http://www.wildlifea...ac-lrg-dog.html

 

This type has a simple mechanism and very strong door lock that works well.



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Posted 31 October 2015 - 05:44 PM

Thanks, now just need some design plans :)

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Posted 31 October 2015 - 08:10 PM

I feel for you Skap. I shot a dog here a couple of years ago but it was already too late. We had dozens of dead lambs and ewes walking around with huge pieces of skin missing. It won't be wild dogs. It will be domestic ones. (Labs love this kind of thing) The Dorper is one of the most resilient though. They usually won't take any crap from a dog.
I have used the commercial trap as above for foxes, but found the bait was too close to the trap door. When the fox took it, the door would land on top of his arse and he would just back out with a nice quarter of red rooster. It had us stumped until we used a trail camera to see what was going on.

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Posted 01 November 2015 - 08:10 AM

Yep got me wondering, I took the body up to the back of the property yesterday arvy, went up this morning it hasn't been touched... I would have thought wild dogs would have ripped it to pieces...

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Posted 01 November 2015 - 09:23 AM

Our wiltshire's will have a go if cornered but out in the open there first reaction is to run, then a dog will chase. I'd also suspect domestic "dogs". If there's more than one it's just a game of kill for the thrill.  



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Posted 01 November 2015 - 10:22 AM

At my place as soon as a sheep stopped moving, the dogs would move onto the next one. At the end of the day, most domestic dogs were originally bred to hunt and they still have that instinct in them, so if the opportunity arises for some "sport", this instinct kicks in to gear and your beautiful, playful, "wouldn't hurt a fly" Irish Setter becomes a killing machine. Of course when the dog goes back home they are as nice as pie again so the owners simply wont believe that it could be involved. That is until you ring them and invite them over to collect it from where it was shot.

This is a regular occurrence around the south west as farms are subdivided into 100 acre hobby blocks and people from town move out. (Some people think nothing of driving an hour and a half to and from work each day) A farm bred Kelpie or Collie would also eventually cause trouble if they weren't given work to do and got bored.


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Posted 01 November 2015 - 07:29 PM

get yourself a Donkey

https://www.google.c...nkeys and sheep



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Posted 02 November 2015 - 08:01 AM

That is interesting. We recently bought some alpacas which seem to have done a pretty good job this year with the foxes and crows. I don't know how they would go with a big dog though.



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Posted 02 November 2015 - 08:20 AM

One of ours may have slaughtered a few sheep about a year back.

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Posted 02 November 2015 - 08:24 AM

I think just about any dog will chase them. Same way they all chase cats. Instinct.

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Posted 02 November 2015 - 08:26 AM

One of ours may have slaughtered a few sheep about a year back.

 

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Posted 02 November 2015 - 08:28 AM

+1

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Posted 02 November 2015 - 09:07 AM

You can trial your trap at my place. We'll need 10 though as we only have one neighbour that doesnt have any yappy, pita dogs.

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Posted 02 November 2015 - 05:15 PM

barking dogs are another thing altogether. I dunno how people in town put up with them.



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Posted 02 November 2015 - 05:57 PM

Yep, I don't miss that about suburbia.... But I would rather a dog bark than kill my animals.

Checked today, one leg chewed clean and one side of the chest ribs are all exposed, looks like only one dog...

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Posted 02 November 2015 - 06:53 PM

You can trial your trap at my place. We'll need 10 though as we only have one neighbour that doesnt have any yappy, pita dogs.


If your neighbours dogs are annoying you get one of these and hide it in the bushes next to their fence. They work quite well from experience.

http://www.ebay.com....-cAAOSwiCRUhqRh

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Posted 02 November 2015 - 07:15 PM

That is interesting. We recently bought some alpacas which seem to have done a pretty good job this year with the foxes and crows. I don't know how they would go with a big dog though.

 

Got a phone call to bury a dead donkey while back, while on the property I asked what caused the donkey expire. The answer I got 

come as a bit of a shock when the owner told me the alpaca had killed it, so I wouldn't worry to much about alpaca Vs dog. 



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Posted 03 November 2015 - 06:57 AM

wow, thats surprising... i dont really have the fencing for an alpaca though... :)



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Posted 03 November 2015 - 07:27 AM

Not cheap Skap but might be worth it:

 

https://www.traps.com.au/dogtraps.htm

 

The top one may help with your Wombat problem when you get one!



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Posted 03 November 2015 - 09:59 AM

If your neighbours dogs are annoying you get one of these and hide it in the bushes next to their fence. They work quite well from experience.

http://www.ebay.com....-cAAOSwiCRUhqRh


Thanks for the advice. Much cheaper than a hitman.

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Posted 03 November 2015 - 02:58 PM

Time for a mareema?

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Posted 03 November 2015 - 05:14 PM

Why dont you get that gaylord poofter focker dog you got to do his job the soft cock
they say that dogs are like there owners
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Posted 03 November 2015 - 05:36 PM

Lol, stupid desert dewlling city folk you are Gene.

My dog is contained to the 5 acre house yard.... I dont want it dealing with a pack of wild dogs, it would not live to tell the tale.

Checked corpse again this afternoon, has been dragged nearly 6m from its original position and is missing most of its internals..... Operation trap is go :). I will catch the bloody thing or things that did this ;)

By the way Gene, my dog drinks beer..... Game set and match, she is already more a man than you will ever be ;)




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