My dogs brought home a chicken... - Page 4  

Sounds like the invisible fencing is not working.  I think you do need to take it to the next level while also trying to train them.  You can borrow books at the library about dog training.  I wish you luck.

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Originally Posted by grammaC 

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Invisible fencing is not all that expensive.

 

 

e to me. Jeeze, you guys are scaring me. I'm always amazed by the "shoot first ask questions later" line of thinking. I understand if there are repeated issues, but dogs/goats/cows/horses/chickens/sheep do get loose unintentionally sometimes. What if I shot the sheep in the middle of the road or ran them over instead of calling the deputies to help round them up for the farmer? Or the goat that gets into my garden? Seems a bit extremBut anyway...

 

The invisible fence won't work, because we already have a shock collar on the dog and if he's chasing a squirrel, he'll run right through the zap. Typically, he comes back with just the vibration, but he can take a lot of zap if he's otherwise engaged. The neighbor dogs come over almost every day and my dogs will run across the road and romp with them if I don't nip it in the bud.

 

I guess we'll have to think about a fenced area for the dogs as well as a fenced run for the chickens.

 

And, I highly agree with spaying/neutering. Both our dogs are neutered and, the barn cat who was already living here, we took to the vet and vaccinated and dewormed.

I had to get the stubborn dog collar for my male lab. He was running through the fence with a neighbors dog that was always running loose. First time I used it he ran trough the fence and then wouldn't come back in the yard. I put both collars on him for a week........he has never run through it since. It might sound kind of mean to put the two collars on him, but I figured it was better then him being hit on the road or getting shoot.

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Originally Posted by grammaC 

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Jeeze, you guys are scaring me. I'm always amazed by the "shoot first ask questions later" line of thinking. I understand if there are repeated issues, but dogs/goats/cows/horses/chickens/sheep do get loose unintentionally sometimes. What if I shot the sheep in the middle of the road or ran them over instead of calling the deputies to help round them up for the farmer? Or the goat that gets into my garden? Seems a bit extreme to me. But anyway...

 

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Think about a cow waiting to drop a calf and the cost of both. Sure the farmer can sue for the loss, if he finds the dogs owner -- but the lawyer will be the only winner.

You understand if there are repeated issues . . . do you mean with the same dog . . . or after loosing two cows on two separate occasions?

The dog is your pet. The cow is for money to feed his own children. 

And depending on the local laws, if the goat gets into your garden, it may now be your goat now. 
 

I had a dog that brought home a chicken like your situation - a golden retriever cross that a neighbor gave us.  The busybody neighbor next door saw  him carrying in the bird and didn't lose any time letting us know she was a witness to this  fowl deed.

We agonized about what to do - whether our dog  was in fact a killer and what to do, as several neighbors had flocks, none free ranging.

I went to the nearest neighbor hat in hand ready to pay for the bird should it be his.. and was told the bird died of natural causes, and the owner had discarded the carcass on the riverbank next to my house.  Sandy was not a killer, but just bringing home a found treasure.

We took the bird away from him right away so he never associated it with food-  and never had another chicken problem with him as long as he lived.

So maybe your dogs were totally blameless- check around before taking drastic measures.

Give them the benefit of the doubt.

Great story and a happy ending. Hopefully the OP is in the same situation. 

The way it was gutted is strange. 

Either way you need a Fence or chains ....I shoot any dogs that come on my place ,I don't give them a chance to start killing my livestock .

Oh and if a goat is in your garden you can not shoot it but its yours if the owner doesn't want to pay for damages.

We had a dog killing our chickens (we rehomed him) that would gut them exactly like that. I mean that - there were no visible wounds on the carcass. He would start eating at the vent and go from there. He never touched the meat of the bird, just the innards.

  Are you sure you didn't have a possum playing dog?