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Quote: Ahem, why not better enclosures for your dogs? My chickens are on my property. If your dogs are on my property, they are treated like any other predator, which is exactly what they are. My family raised AKC Dobes. I love them. I can still shoot one if it is going toward my chickens...

That comment is inappropriate for this section of the forum. Please review the rules stickied at the top of the section. Maybe this isn't the best place for you to hang out. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/5808/predators-and-pests-forum-please-read-here-first

NEVER under any circumstances should anyone grab the collar of a strange dog, especially one in the process of increased andrenaline killing spree!! That is never, ever advisable. I won't take a chance on being bitten. Even usually friendly dogs can snap at someone they don't know grabbing...

I fail to see why a dog owner cannot contain one single canine with their own dig barriers, just like us chicken owners who put dig barriers on the outside of our pens to keep them out. It's not rocket science, really, folks. I had dogs for 30 years and just lost my last one at the age of 15...

A person may kill a dog that he may see chasing, worrying, wounding or killing any sheep, lambs, goats, kids, calves, cattle, swine, show or breeding rabbits, horses, colts or poultry outside of the enclosure of the owner of the dog, unless the chasing or worrying be done by the direction of the...

Quote: Thank you, you made my point perfectly about not trying to catch a dog, even one you think seems friendly. They can change in an instant, especially when excited. The dog I mentioned previously that I've had to deal with several times was caught on my deck last time, just a few minutes...

Quote: Not if the dog is in the act of killing my chickens, sorry. That doesn't get a second chance. If anyone has read the few instances I've personally written about here, I have killed no dogs...YET. That's only because we have taken as many precautions as we can and are vigilant, no free...

Give pet owners a chance, BEFORE you shoot a dog. Not if the dog is in the act of killing my chickens, sorry. That doesn't get a second chance. If anyone has read the few instances I've personally written about here, I have killed no dogs...YET. That's only because we have taken as many...

I am a DOG and and CHICKEN person. I am as well, and I do believe a vast majority of our members are, too. One does not preclude the other.

Quote: I'm so sorry JJ Very sorry to hear that. I also lost a 12 year old smart one a few years ago, boxer/retriever mix. He was one with a very strong prey drive so was never allowed near the birds. He dispatched several cats who were unfortunate enough to jump into my fence in my former...

I don't have a problem with you using it as your sig line. I wasn't the originator of the line, though. A long time member of BYC way back when once said something like that, even before this BYC was revived by Nifty, and it stuck with me; could have been Spotted Crow, if any of you remember...

Quote: There was a pair of very large dogs, no idea who they belonged to here, that got into my fence one of the last times I had to open the gate for a delivery. Well, one came inside the fence and one went outside, so they got separated. My birds were in their pens as they usually are when...

From the sticky at the top of this section that everyone needs to re-read. I'm not moderating here, just reminding some that she took care of the problem the way she saw fit, in a way that was legal to do. She took care of the problem swiftly and without cruelty, did not gloat, called law...

Kinda seems hypocritical to be so keen on killing the dog (someones pet just like hens). You gotta protect your animals but you don't need to take joy in killing someone elses. You folks couldn't be more off base here. The last thing I want to do is shoot a dog. I love dogs, have had one most...

There are laws against dogs running loose and harassing livestock in almost every county in this country. It is their responsiblity to keep their dog on their property, period, no ifs, ands or buts. The "one-time-dog-got-out-never-done-it-before" is way in the minority of situations. I have a...

Quote: anthrochick, yours is very much the exception to the rule. Most of us in rural areas deal with roaming dogs on a daily basis. Very few folks would go to the trouble and expense to keep their dogs at home as you have. I do hope yours never gets out and is the dog in a situation like this...

Oh, I'm so sorry.. and I'm shaking with anger for you! Good for you. I hope these people are going to compensate you monetarily, though they can never compensate for your experience in having your pets slaughtered or in having to kill their dog. When will dog owners ever learn?!