Absolutely Brokenhearted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *UPDATE!*

[okiemommy]

That's right!!! I forgot about paintball guns!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you!!!

 

[missa28]

I also use it when the neighbor dog goes into the horse fields too

He is over here all the time and they don't care what he does to our animals!!! So I took it upon myself to train him (shoot at him with the paintball gun)

It seems to be working but He's so dumb He seems to forget that I have it

 

[okiemommy]

That's frustrating! I am sorry for your loss too :aww

 

[ninjapoodles]

Oh, Hon, I am so so sorry. If you're ever in the neighborhood you're welcome to some of my Orps anytime.

You're right--this was THEIR irresponsibility. Please don't beat yourself up about it too much. You'll feel SO much better once you get a good fence around your place, and yes, they'd do it to other livestock, too. I've had neighbors' dogs even get into pastures and chase HORSES. UGH. And since we value our dogs, we just don't want other dogs, with a risk of brucellosis and who knows what else, to even set FOOT on our property, regardless of whether or not they do damage.

A gamecam is not a bad investment. Not only to "catch" wild predators so you'll know what you're dealing with, but in case you ever need PROOF when someone says, "Oh, it wasn't MY dog."

I like the paintball idea, too, though I've yet to try it. At the very least, it sends the dog home with the distinct message to the owner that the dog's been somewhere it shouldn't be.

Again, I'm so, so sorry. Leash law or no, keeping your dogs up is just common decency, as well as good animal husbandry. Loose dogs make me see RED. Ironically, on our street, the most menacing loose dog is a Great Pyr who the owners maintain must be free to roam in order to fulfill his "livestock guardian" duties. Grrrrrrr.

 

[Gazinga]

I too am very sorry for your loss.

And i would like to remind everyone of an old and time tested method.....salt shot! i was raised on farms where my grandpa and father both used salt shot on dogs, critters and even kids a few times! come on to another persons property and get meet with their rules! now sometimes killing is too extreme, so salt shot loads in a 12 guage shot gun works wonders! see the dog in your property but not killing chickens yet, hit him with the salt shot! it wont kill him, but he wont forget it like he does the paint ball gun, i promise you that! and if you catch him at your birds agian, all gloves are off!

 

[okiemommy]

Thanks B

This is so utterly sad.

If you're ever in the neighborhood you're welcome to some of my Orps anytime.

Thank you!

I miss my roo so much!!!! I felt so blessed to have gotten a pair of each from the feed store! I was so worried that I would end up with all roos lol I can't even pet the little chicks I have in the brooder without bawling. How much do game cams run? With the fencing, we will already be spending so much! We have 5 acres but I think we may end up just doing the front yard and Backyard part of it for now. What kind of fencing would be the best for this? what kind of fencing would be the best that is reasonably affordable?​

 

[okiemommy]

I too am very sorry for your loss.

And i would like to remind everyone of an old and time tested method.....salt shot! i was raised on farms where my grandpa and father both used salt shot on dogs, critters and even kids a few times! come on to another persons property and get meet with their rules! now sometimes killing is too extreme, so salt shot loads in a 12 guage shot gun works wonders! see the dog in your property but not killing chickens yet, hit him with the salt shot! it wont kill him, but he wont forget it like he does the paint ball gun, i promise you that! and if you catch him at your birds agian, all gloves are off! mad

Thank you

What is salt shot? Is it a shell that you load yourself with salt? What does it do to the animal? We don't have a shotgun yet, but we do have a 223.​

 

[Gazinga]

salt shot is almost exactly what it sounds like. It is rock salt loaded into a shot gun shell. can only be fired from a shot gun. It wont kill but when an animal is hit with the salt shot it cause a survivable trauma the the animal will never forget. Just imagine salt rubbed in your open wound with great force! The burn is intense but not fatal. I have seen it used many times my entire life and never once have a seen an dog or any other animal repeat the offense. Plus, when the owners of the dog see the shot hit dog, they quite often are educated that you mean business. Its legal in ever state ive seen, but check you local gun ordanace if it applies.

This shot is normaly loaded at home bt can also be purchased already loaded with salt shot.


try this link just for some info
www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot33.htm

 

[nnbreeder]

If you shoot a dog kill it, you could be charged with animal cruelity otherwise. You can research our animal laws here in the state here. http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/start.asp Here in Ok we can shoot a dog that is chasing livestock and I usually take a pic just where it lays to prove it was here on my place in the proximity of our birds. The horses I have no worry about, they dispatch dogs with regularity. At OSCN just click on legal research then on Statutes, citationized then scroll down to animals and click on expand.

 

[okiemommy]

Thanks ezinga

Sounds like something to try when we get a shotgun...i think my brother has one that we can borrow though.

I forgot to mention that I am going to go over to talk to the neighbors tomorrow. I'll check this thread again before I go over, then think a little more on what I want to say/accomplish and go over.