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With the escalation of harassment from our neighbor, and confirmation that he has a pattern of increasing harassment to the point of violence, we’ve made the decision that we need to pack up and leave ASAP.

We’re waiting for everything to be confirmed, but we have a promising opportunity for a spot to move ourselves and our animals. We want to be prepared to pack up the essentials and get our animals to the new property ASAP, so we’re asking for help in moving to a safer situation. We need a storage unit for our things, Uhaul rental(s), a deposit and transitional rent, and can’t afford to take time off to get everything ready without support.

I feel a chronic need to downplay things, but I’m in a state of constant anxiety that has made it difficult to eat, clean, and even do things I would normally enjoy. The neighbor has been intentionally provoking and creeping on us. He knows our schedule and watches where we go and what we do. We really need help. We really appreciate the support and love everyone’s given us already.

If you’d prefer to send funds directly to avoid GFM fees, we have Venmo @/dirtpossum and PayPal @/alexander.ed.ren@gmail.com

Thank you so much. With love, Ren and Dimitri.

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For the mid-level sickos.

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im being attacked

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the “how to train a cow to ride” wikihow article is a gift

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Thanks wikihow

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frolicking with mama :)

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Greek Shepherd, source.

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Karakachan Dog, source.

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Make Her Famous

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tickle tickle ✨

DNOT TICKL

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YEAH another one of these. like the fact that there are so many merle wolfdogs out there is.... baffling??? but not surprising

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oh… did someone ask for… perfection ?

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20ft x 20ft room as their kennel. 6 people to take care of 150 dogs. no air conditioning. $5,800,000 wolfdog. dog collector. how is this being praised??

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A policeman training police dogs in Warsaw, Poland in 1929

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Are there any reasonable alternatives to barn cats that you know of?

I quite like the method of promoting predation by native fauna. There seems to be a lot of Us vs. Them when it comes to farmers and wildlife, but this method isn’t saying “Let wolves waltz around on your property,” it’s more about snakes and birds of prey. Here’s an article on installing perches and nest boxes.

These may pose some risk to smaller livestock, like chickens or rabbit, but so do cats. Even if the barn cats aren’t intent on preying upon them any contact can end with disaster, cat saliva is full of bacteria that birds are especially sensitive to and can cause fowl cholera. Cats are also an intermediate host for S.neurona, which can cause EPM in horses.

Another option I love is the use of ratting terriers, that’s what they were bred for! I know in the city cats tend not to be effective predators of rats, that may be different in more rural areas but we know terriers are effective predators of rat.

Working with ratting terriers tends to be different than utilizing barn cats, it’s less just releasing the dogs to do as they please and more cooperative. Dogs can also be trained recall more reliably, trained not to cross certain boundaries, have a good leave it command and to ignore livestock, etc.

Note that I consider “barn cats” to mean working cats in an agricultural operation, not “I live in a rural area and have, like, one pet goat and let my cat free-roam.”