I agree with the sentiment that it's not the dog's fault...heck, as my husband says, you can't get mad at a dog for being a dog, especially when it doesn't know any better. It's the dang fault of the owners who are the lazy, immoral ones, for allowing their animals to run free and kill things.Sadly, the animals are almost always the ones who pay for their owner's neglect in one way or another. I don't even have chickens yet and I can't bear the idea of having them torn up by a roaming dog.![]()
I'm glad someone understood my ramblings haha.
Yeah, those are the people I am refering to. There's entire clusters of 'em around here. Sadly, my step-sons family is like that. Let's put it this way, the cops wont come out if you call about something concerning this particular family! (It's been a fun divorce/custody battle, as you can imagine.) I received death threats at work, fiance's brakes were cut, tires been slashed before etc. There were nights I was scared to be home alone.
It's really sad, but you nailed it. Mafia...
And they have no regard for other peoples lives, kids, animals or belongings.
Oh the stories... those folks took everything my fiance owned, straight out of his home, while he still lived there. They took his car, tv, stereo... his mother's jewelry.. and auctioned or pawned it. Heck, one of them stole his gun and used it for ill. *sigh* And the cops? "civil dispute" and wont do a thing.
Everyone knows everyone around here, don't mess with the wrong people, that's all I know..
Luckily, they aren't this bad here.

Yes, I know they can be. Since we rent, I am not going to go to the expense of putting electric fence around 5 acres. I'm hoping the "official" warning that the owner got will do the trick. I may fence off part of the pasture and put them back out there but there is no cover at all and we have a creek in the woods that my ducks LOVE.By the way, jdy, an electric fence is a pretty good deterent.