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    Question What about a dog in your SHTF preps?

    For you preppers out there do you have a dog as part of your preps? A lot of folks have pets and I imagine that many will keep those pets in a SHTF scenario as long as they can. Was just wondering if anyone has or plans to get a dog of some sort for a specific purpose in a survival scenario?

    I would imagine that in a SHTF scenario just like today any breed or type of dog that will alert you to the approach of other people, cars, animals, etc. would be of benefit but what about dogs for a specific purpose? Do you plan on something like a Dobbie, Rotty, GSD or similar for protection/guard use? Maybe a working dog if you have livestock as part of your prep so they can be used to herd or protect the flock, so to speak? Some type of large breed that could serve as protection, alarm and perhaps to pack some items when on the move?

    Was even thinking about a dog trained to detect or track specific things such as people (think bloodhound) or maybe a dog trained to find firearms or maybe fuel or food stuffs? Sure would be a lot easier on the run if you had help finding stashes/caches other than just looking everywhere on your own.

    Lastly having a dog as a companion might be worth the effort and risk if you find yourself alone and isolated for a long period of time. Thoughts?
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    My untrained catahoula / black mouth cur mixes serve the purpose of protecting us against wild animals that come in our yard. They consume the corpses of all non-human and non-dog animals that they capture, and would provide good home security as well as body disposal (dog food) during a hard time.

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    My wife and I have a fondness for animals over humans.....IE, no babies for us.....we will always have kitties and doggies and others....
    Here's to pussy and gunpowder. One to live for, the other to die by.....Goddamn though, I do love the smell of 'em both !!!

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    I have hounds, a Black & Tan and a Red Bone Coon Hounds. They are high strung and take a lot of training. If you let both lose at the same time they go hunting and have been gone for up to three days. As they turn two, they are getting easier to handle and are generally back the next morning if the get loose from the wife. (I have NOT made that mistake in a long time...) Hounds also go off at animals more, so you don't know if what they are backing at is a human or a deer/coon/frigg'n bird...

    Cur dogs train easier, but don't alert as well (bark at strangers). Black Mouth Cur dogs don't hardly bark at all judging from the two my friend has.

    Herd dogs seem to train easier and more naturally IMO... We have a Red Heeler - Boarder Collie cross and a Husky or Malamute - something cross and they are much easier to handle.

    Our "bugler alarm" is the red Min-Pin...

    FunkyPertwee, I'm interested. Does your Catahoula Curs bark / alert?
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    My pit bull, Brindie. Like FunkyP's dog, she will kill and eat most animals that venture near the house. She also will attack and run off other dogs that wonder thru. She is a great blood tracking dog, she has made many a recovery of wounded deer. She is getting pretty old, 14 I think, but I would get another pit bull after she passes. Even though she loves all people and is a terrible guard dog, there is an intimidation factor for any strangers that come by.
    Should also think about food and medicine for your pet in a shtf scenario, I keep tub of food and a supply of flea and tic drops handy.
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    You don't need the flea shampoo... get a gallon of the blue Dawn dish soap. It kills fleas and ticks as well as the high priced shampoos and has many more uses. We keep a gallon in service and one or two as back up.

    Be amazed you could do without it...

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    We found out what "dealing" with progressive lefties is all about. Our side gives up something, they give up nothing and the progressives come back in a month or a year and want us to give up more... rinse and repeat...

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    Quote Originally Posted by El Laton Caliente View Post
    FunkyPertwee, I'm interested. Does your Catahoula Curs bark / alert?
    They alert us to every animal, car and person they detect, but have different barks for different types of threats. Usually one or two guard the porch while one or two scouts. the scout/s will call for backup if they find anything that needs to be eaten. All three including the little dog have received enough snake bites to have developed a bit of a tolerance. They can now receive snake bites without getting very ill from it.
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    Also, the reaction of the two catahoula/curs to a strange person in the yard who hasn't been introduced as a friend is to stand back out of their reach and harass them with barking. They will circle the person faster and faster, making larger and larger loops as the person increases their threat level.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FunkyPertwee View Post
    All three including the little dog have received enough snake bites to have developed a bit of a tolerance. They can now receive snake bites without getting very ill from it.
    Same with my girl. She used to swell up like a watermelon, I would have to give her Benadryl. Now a days it's hard to tell, she normally can kill a copperhead without getting bit. I don't like to see snakes killed anytime, but it is quite interesting to see a dog circle, then grab and whip a snake without getting bit.
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    I've given a lot of thought to, and asked several times, how to put food for a dog away in long term storage. Dog food has a very high oil content. Because of that it actually spoils quickly (relative to long term storage) because the oil goes rancid. Does anyone know how to put food away (long term) for our K-9 friends?
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    I keep the dog food in a big plastic tub with a lid. I get the 50 lbs bag and just pour it in there, it will stay fresh for several months.
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    Quote Originally Posted by L1A1Rocker View Post
    I've given a lot of thought to, and asked several times, how to put food for a dog away in long term storage. Dog food has a very high oil content. Because of that it actually spoils quickly (relative to long term storage) because the oil goes rancid. Does anyone know how to put food away (long term) for our K-9 friends?
    Herd of goats... or pigs... Mix with cooked rice or boiled corn meal. The corn and rice will store almost indefinitely.
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    Quote Originally Posted by El Laton Caliente View Post
    You don't need the flea shampoo... get a gallon of the blue Dawn dish soap. It kills fleas and ticks as well as the high priced shampoos and has many more uses. We keep a gallon in service and one or two as back up.

    Be amazed you could do without it...

    http://www.onegoodthingbyjillee.com/...s-anymore.html
    Good info. Thanks.

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    I had a Chow Chow that was the best damned guard dog I could've ever wished for but he passed away from old age. When I moved to the desert I didn't think a Chow would be appropriate for 115 degree weather so I got....Chihuahuas. 3 of them. They're all rescues and were found living on the streets of Vegas so they can pretty much fend for themselves if SHTF maybe even locate food and water for me since they're used to surviving as scavengers. Other than that, they make good house alarms. Certainly not going to bring down game or intruders but don't tell them that. Maybe if I got a whole pack of them they'd strip flesh from bone like pirhanas.

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