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2. Well a large family of coyotes

has taken about 30 of my sheep. It is a horror show. I have rescued a large livestock guardian dog, but getting him settled takes time and love and patience and vast amounts of food- he is over 100 lbs!. It is way more work, hopefully worth it. And he is a huge sweetie pie.

I have always loved coyotes, but this is really something. The other morning this new guardian dog chased the coyote who jumped to the other side of the fence. My dog barked at it and it just vocalized back. I walked up and it looked me in the eye and kept vocalizing- it LIKES to eat my sheep- it does not want to be chased away. How dare I get this huge dog?!!!!!

I hope that the smell of the dog really does encourages these coyotes to move away. This is what everyone tells me.

In the meantime, is this what you are talking about? Natural predators? Or are you referring to something else?