OT dog trap design

I reckon they'd take a "fox Off" bait but if you were persisting with the trap you could attach a piece of meat to a wire which when pulled pulls a small latch with the door falling or swinging shut.
I'd hold the gate open for a night or 2 with the bait not attached so they got used to the trap, then attach the bait so they trigger the gate as soon as they move the bait.

We have had a pig problem here, the neighbour build a trap. He didn't do the free feed thing and still got 5 in the first night, I think your feral dogs might be smarter.
NickR

Geoff

Trapping a wild dog is not easy. Their cunning, and generally won't go near anything as obvious as a cage that's contaminated by human odour (unless very hungry).

Get yourself a "Jake Trap" and a bottle of dog bleep .

What you do with the dog after that is your choice. In my case, trapped dogs have always been shot.

Regards

Kim

Our neighbour made a fox trap after loosing all his piglets - game fox - i wouldn't get in with a sow with piglets to protect! He never got the rogue fox. It is now in my chook yard, overgrown with grass because it didn't work - the little devils were too cunning to take the bait. The door release was triggered when the bait tied to a hook was pulled. If you member message me your email address i can send you a rough sketch - however as far as i know it has never caught a fox, so i don't know if it would fool a wild dog.

A few years ago our local ranger had a couple of traps and occasionally caught a troublesome dog in the night - ask your council ranger if he lends traps. Your local Agriculture Department, agricultural protection or bio security office or whatever yours is called also may help.

Geoff, I can understand your sentiment for not wanting to hurt the dogs - that's fair enough, but have you thought what you are going to do with them once caught. Wild dogs can't be relocated, tamed, or even handled safely. If you are planning on calling the ranger, then you're just shifting the responsibility to somebody else. I'm not having a go at you, but sooner or later somebody is going to have to destroy the dogs, and the most common method is shooting. As Pres Bush (the first one) said in response to a question about bulldozing Iraqi soldiers alive, "there is no nice way to kill a human being" The same applies to a wild dog. I guess the message I'm trying to convey, is that sometimes we have to do the dirty work ourselves, or if you don't possess the skills or equipment, maybe you need to look at getting somebody to come in and trap, bait or shoot the dogs professionally. Incidentally I have seen a pack of so-called wild dogs that were traced back to a farm almost 10 k's away. Maybe your local Dept. Primary Industries can provide advice. 1080 poison is used by many farmers with dog problems, as shooting and trapping them can be quite difficult, because they are so damned cunning. I can understand you not wanting to harm the dogs, but unfortunately this approach does not work. Good luck with it and I hope you get more goannas and wallabies coming back soon.
Cheers Ferris.

Gday,
Think like a dog, take away what hes after or take him away!
Have you ever used snares? Crule if your not there but dont set one if your not prepared to waiit.
Otherwise get someone else to do it.
Like Kim said look for their entry point.
And you can make a trap but it will take some work and a bit of time.

Cheers

1080 poision is the most effective method. It is very effective in controlling feral dogs. If the baits are dosed and laid correctly there will be minimum impact to native animals. Beware these baits are appealing to domestic dogs so have your own removed from the property until the poision has dissipated. You have the right to destroy a neigbours dog if it is on you property.

Regards Zodarp

We have a bad wild dog problem a we were once sheep country backing onto a national park. Cross bred collies / dingoes, and they are big dogs. Our neighbours all have an understanding that all lock their dogs up at night as any dog seen wandering at night is fair game.
A professional shooter told me once of an idea of instead of stalking the dogs, get the dogs to come to you. Tie a kid, (a goat variety) to a stake in a clearing and wait in a hide. The noise an commotion will soon alert any dogs around. A professional will get the dog before the kid is harmed.

Think like the male human - what attracts him the most (In most cases that is).

A sensational looking, smelling, appealing and availableyoung lady.

Get the right young lady dog who is pumping out those male attracting pheremones and I bet you get some willing 'suitors'

Then its up to you how you sort the 'suitable' from the unsuitable' that arrive on her door step so to speak.

I know how I would handle a feral, runny nosed, drooling, multicoloured hair style, smelly, green toothed piece of chit wanting to see my daughter

Geoff,

Check this design out

Cage trap design

It is of a cat trap but the same principle can be used for a dog trap. Have used this design quite a bit in western QLD with success. Have fun building it, we used a dog sized one to catch feral cats once and ended up with 7 cats in one go, although shooting them in such a large cage was interesting to say the least.

Cheers Kev