Daniel Clarke

I 100% oppose this bill. I currently own 2 Livestock Guardian dogs who work diligently to protect our livestock and my young children. My wife and invested in these LGDs when were were losing chickens and Guinea fowl to multiple predators. The Chickens provide both meat and eggs for my family and the Guinea fowl also pr9vide eggs but most importantly they eat bugs and mostly ticks that carry lime disease. Before we invested in the LGDs, we would lose close to 15 or more birds a year. We also had bear coming into the yard trying to break into the coops. For the last 4 years those numbers have dropped significantly to almost 0. When the dogs are working during the night we they are keeping these predators away from the property. You may not see these predators but the dogs know they are there. I have set up cellular trail cameras in common spots where these predators travel and have captured pictures of Coyotes, fox, bobcat, and bear. Most of the time my dogs bark along their boundaries that I have set with expensive GPS collars. Those collars also keep the dogs on our property. Implementing a policy where you would have to prove there is a predator out there while the dogs are barking is almost impossible. I have set those cameras up and have been lucky to catch those predators but I would have to spend a fortune on cameras just to watch my entire property. My LGDs are purebred anatolian shepherds and have the instincts to do their jobs without human intervention. I've first hand witnessed them working and chasing off predators. Imposing noise/nuisance violations will only hurt the NH small farmer and families that rely on their livestock to live.