How To Protect Goats From Dogs?

[IdahoNancy]

As of 2 week ago I can attest to the fact that bear spray works very well on labordor retrievers. Especially on over enthusiastic big youngsters. Even if their owners are screaming at them to "come" while driving their 4 wheelers furiously to retrieve them. You do want to have the dog down wind. We had a stiff breeze so I got between this dog and the goats. He was forced to down wind to go around me to get to the goats. I had the big bear spray can. I could tell the dog was a young ill trained knucklehead but he was huge and I was't taking any chances. I just gave him one short blast. This was extremely effective. He took off, head down rubbing his face in the grass. As the owner approached, who was a stranger to me, I said hello, told her I sprayed her dog, grabbed her dog lead off the back of her 4 wheeler and handed it to her. Dog was fine but his eyes were tearing.