Animals are NOT Humans

[sundance]

I Love my dogs, I love my cat, I Love my chickens, We live wayyyyyyyy back on a mountain, and my son in law hunts for deer with a bow and arrow. Everyone eats the meat except me, but then I also don't kill my chicken,(to soft hearted) but we do have most all the predator listed in this thread around we just try to keep our animals close to the house.Our chicken run is fenced over to keep out the hawks, and if we have to shoot at any thing, we always miss, it just scares them away and they live and we live. The story about your grandfather( dont remember who wrote it, would be nice to write them all down for your children and grandchildren. we soon forget all the old stories we so loved as children, and would be nice to pass them on down to the next generation

 

[Wolf-Kim]

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The next time their Pitt showed up growling and bristling at me, it would "dissapear". That is ridiculous, you should not have had to rehome your dog because they couldn't keep theirs penned. Honestly, the next time their dog showed up at my place, it would be gone, perhaps not neccisarily killed, but it would definately end up at animal control.

If her husband were to come over to start "physical trouble" call 911 and let them know "your crazy neighbor man is there trying to hurt you, so please hurry up and send someone 'cause he might have a gun"..

If you ever get your dog back, this is what I would do. I would post No Trespassing signs. When they come over and cause ANY kind of trouble, call the police and let the police deal with them. EVERY time I saw that Pitt or any other of their dogs runnin loose, I'd call the animal control, if not animal control then the police and report a dangerous animal.

You may not have a leash law, but the dogs are still recquired to stay on their property and off yours.

Sorry for the rant, reading your post got me fired up..

-Kim

 

[Beekissed]

I don't quite understand about this dog story, maybe I missed something. With all these dogs running around loose, how did they surmise it was YOUR dog that killed their dog? And, if they are all running loose in the neighborhood, they are pretty much fair game for dog fights and getting injured or killed. So, if they loved this dog so much as to cause this much fuss, why is it out where your, or any other dog, can kill it? Confused about that. I could see if their dog was enclosed in a fence or tied up and your dog came on their property and dispatched it...then I could see them being upset. But it sounds as if they were all loose at the time. Anyone witness this killing? If not, they don't have a leg to stand on. Also, getting rid of the pit bull should be fairly easy. These people have homeowner's insurance or do they rent? If so, they probably haven't reported to the insurance company that they own a pit or they wouldn't insure them. Even if the dog is not on their propery at the time, if it damages something or bites someone, their insurance can be liable. I'd check into that, sounds like this is definitely an aggressive pitbull. Too dangerous to have around your kids, at any rate. Anyway, letting a small, but aggressive dog run around the neighborhood is equivalent to bringing a knife to a gun fight....he's going to get a kiester kickin'! Did they think the pitbull would watch his back?

 

[Galaxie_Man]

You know what's funny? For all my "cocked and locked" attitude about wild predators, I've never even seen evidence of a wild predator anywhere near my property. I hear the Coyotes howling at night, but they're like a mile away. I have Red Tails circling overhead, but the flock is mostly under the trees. I've lost all my chickens to sickness or my own dogs. That doesn't mean I will let my guard down. And I don't blame the dogs, it's been our fault that the chickens and dogs are in the same place at the same time. Dogs chase and chickens run. It's a fabulous game, except that the chickens are a little too fragile to play with 90 pound Ridgebacks.