Landowner Kills Dogs Killing chickens

Well, then. Looks like I gave too much credit to the dog owners. Meaningless! Really, is that what it said? I think maybe LisaJean is getting the whole story ….

Here is part of what is quoted on My Space by the dog's owner....

Foolish, foolish dog owners.

Can someone explain to me again why people think it's OK to let their dogs run all over creation? My neighbors used to let their dog run loose. Then it bit two people, hard, both of whom filed complaints with the town animal control. Doggy no longer runs loose, and they're lucky they weren't forced to euthanize it--the people who got bit were VERY generous.

My dog, even as a puppy, is very protective of his territory. When he perceives a dog without a human (e.g. the neighbor's dog within its Invisible Fence, coyotes, strays), he goes nuts with barking and growling, unless I tell him to chill out. I have never seen him really take another animal apart, but clearly sometimes he wants to.

Don't people worry their loose dog would get run over in the road, or injured by other dogs if not humans? Don't they worry that a loose dog, even with a collar and tag, might find some other family who will feed it and love it better? As loyal as dogs can be, I've known a few who are happy to switch loyalties for anyone with a dog treat.

rosalind wrote:

SSS - They should not have admitted killing those dogs.

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AMEN!!!

In short of reading all of these posts, this is how I feel. This is truly a terrible situation for both the chickens, the dogs, and the families.

The dog owners admit to knowing there were previous situations where the dogs escaped their enclosure. They assumed that other people were not bothered by this. These situations of escape should have been their first indication to spend the needed time and resources to properly prepare their dog enclsure. Proofing it all along, would have eventually ensured the strength of the enclosure. Then when the family was away from home the dogs would, "no guessing," be confined to their enclosure.

Secondly, I didn't learn whether or not, the chickens were confined or free ranging. However, in either case, the bottom line is, if people are going to keep pets be it chickens, dogs, or whatever, kind of animal, they should confine their pets on their own property.

Very simply put, animals of any kind should not be permitted to roam free of supervision to bother other people or animals!!! Maybe hard lessons were learned for both families in this situation. All of us should take this situation to heart for reasoning our own situations concerning our pets. Are we doing the correct things we should do for our pets and our neighbors to avoid a similar situation? People who truly respect their neighbors and love their pets do the correct things.

Soonerdog

Stupid people should not own animals.

AMEN

You said it Rooster!