After delivering new emus come home to find carnage.

[hillbillyway]

I live in a rural area in WV and it is ok to shoot animals as long as you are protecting you or your livestock. I have even heard of people shooting horses and cows that have escaped their fences then come onto others property to be with their livestock. Its sad but it does happen. I always think that if someones pet does damage to your livestock then what if a small child had been the target?!

 

[Raptor65]

Course if you want a non-lethal measure you could always grab an automatic electric gun, they shoot light plastic BBs which just sting.
We had two dogs around the corner that were always chasing cars and bicycles, and not in a nice "Wanna play?" way either, one day they went after some young kids across the street I hosed the dogs down down with the BB gun and they never came back. Not as likely to butt heads with the owners off the dog too.

 

[JenS95]

So sorry for your loss. Have you considered getting a livestock guardian dog? We raise Pygmy goats and I was always so freaked out by neighbor dogs running loose and knowing it was only a matter of time before one hurt my goats or worse yet, my kids. These were big dogs (German Shepherd & a Rottie). We now have a 2yr old great pyrenees that we have had since she was 6wks old and she is a wonderful guardian. So sweet with the little pygmies but 120lbs of whoop a** to anything that she sees as a threat to her goats. They will also protect against hawks and such. They will protect whatever they are raised with.

 

[pinkfoxfarm]

dogs still there therfore they broke the verbal contract and id be very clear they have 24 hours or charges WILL be filed.
i also woudlnt hesistate to shoot the dog if i ever saw it on my property...simple. theres not a single state out thre that doesnt have rules about being allowed to shoot any dog/predator as long as you are defending your livestock.

to the coment about it being a "little" dog that makes no difference JRTs are terriers true and true they are bred to KILL (true initially that job was to kill rats) but they are incredibly tenacious, and can be down right visious...size makes no difference, little dogs canbe MORE destructive than big ones.

im sorry this happend op, PLEASE dont let them get away with lying to keep thier butts out of trouble, tell them the dog goes in the next 24hrs or there will be a legal follow up.
Good luck

 

[baconskatiedid]

It is called a nuisance law. Allows you to protect your animals from predators. Etc...killer dogs.
Jack Russels were bread to be badger hunters. I have raised several and they are sweet and loving little dogs. But they have to be raised in a fashion not to kill. Most people that get Jacks for pets only see the quietness and small size not the aggressiveness in the breed. They can be very affective killers able to scale a very high fence if they want. One of mine actually swam under and into a beaver dam. I was sure she would be killed with all the ruckus in there. The beavers left and she came out with only a few minor bites. She knew the were not supose to be there and she thought it was her job to run them off and did! She only weighed about 11 pounds.

 

[Pent]

I've lost a flock of five chickens to dogs once... These were tree roosting, half wild, peck your face off chickens, too. Came home from school to find the yard full of blowing white feathers with blood on them. A pack of three dogs had teamed up to corral and destroy. Never underestimate a dog's ability to kill something. Come to think of it, I should have gotten an emu then. Teach the buggers a lesson about going after birds; as long as they weren't on opposite sides of a fence, apparently. I always keep my poultry securely penned, as no matter where I move, if any small animal of mine isn't protected carefully, something's going to get it.
Can't wait till June, when I move into my own place and don't have to worry about mother taking pity on the "poor, confined things" and letting my pets run free to be eaten/scratched/mauled. This has happened three times, once with the afore mentioned chickens, once with a dwarf rabbit (let it loose in unfenced front yard, neighbors tomcat killed it), and another time with my coturnix quail (Let them into the run before I had the predator wire on it, they got pulled through the bars by a raccoon. Bloody mess that was.)
So, I feel your pain about your poor emu, I know from experience that I'd be devastated. Don't shoot the dog... just trap it and give it to a shelter in the next state/province over. Then when they accuse you, tell them they "didn't see it happen, and therefore can't prove you had anything to do with it"

 

[psycoforsilkies]

I am sorry for your loss we just got Emu's as pets we already have chickens, and have Had AC at our house numerous times due to loose dogs. really check on Livestock harrassment laws I knwo here in Texas you can shoot any animal even a dog that is harrassing or atempting to kill livestock. I feel bad for the pets whos owners do not properly take care of them or control them but the other side is these are our pets too.

 

[SuperPeacockman]

I have a jack and without proper training they do run wild. Mine took months of training before she learned not to touch the birds. I am sorry you had to lose your pet and I agree that if he cant control his dog then it should not live near animals it can harm.

 

[bucky52]

my inlaws have jackrussles they will go after anything.they do keep them in the house but will turn them out a couple times aday.they bite the wheels of the lawnmower,the weedeater.i live next door to them and have to watch my chickens at all times when i let them free range.

 

[kizanne]

I'd take him to small claims court and recoup every penny you have into that bird and ask for punitive damages to boot. If AC won't do anything. Nothing will make him control his animals faster than you shooting it, trapping it and turning it into the shelter or costing him real money.