When it comes to animals Doc your at a disadvantage. While I'm not claiming to be an expert I will claim actual experience
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I have 150 beef cattle, 5 goats, 15 hogs, 15 cats, 1 turtle and two dogs. I will not claim the cattle are smart but they are the most trainable. The cats work the hardest keeping the rats in check plus they and the goats love attention and actually are pretty good at keeping the calves in the pasture. Well the turtle and dogs don't do much except lay around and eat.
A special note a cat will turn tail on a skunk. A dog will force you to find new ways to get the stink out of the fur. I guess they think the skunk is a new toy just like they thought the hot iron was a bone.sign1