Be responsible for your dogs !!!(graphic pics)

[pips&peeps]

My two cents:

Wild animals cannot be controlled.

The neighbors dogs can. If you do end up shooting the dogs you are probably saving them from the horrific death of being ran over on the street.

I have no tolerence for people who let their dogs roam it is cruel.

 

[buck-wild-chick]

pips&peeps :

My two cents:

Wild animals cannot be controlled.

The neighbors dogs can. If you do end up shooting the dogs you are probably saving them from the horrific death of being ran over on the street.

I have no tolerence for people who let their dogs roam it is cruel.

Fully agree with you !​

 

[tressiah]

What a horrible thing to happen ! I also lost 24 out of 25 barred rocks and rhodes to a predator . The sole survivor was a runt barred rock hen who became out house pet for a while ,then she went to the barn with the goats. I trapped the predator, ( red fox ) and took great pleasure in shooting him between his beady little eyes.
alas, now my own dog thinks it's fun to chase chickens, and has a run line away from the hen house, but he has killed 2 hens that flew over the fence, and severly damaged the barred rock hen that survived the predator. I don't she will ever lay again. she is 15 months old.
I saw a nice electric fence that you might consider, but I wouldn't let my hens free raange now unless I am home.
Good Luck

 

[Mom2Cool]

pips&peeps :

My two cents:

Wild animals cannot be controlled.

The neighbors dogs can. If you do end up shooting the dogs you are probably saving them from the horrific death of being ran over on the street.

I have no tolerence for people who let their dogs roam it is cruel.

This would be correct that we can't control wild animals and so the only way to ensure the safety of ones chickens is to properly protect them with fencing etc when we're not actually there with them. Or you're ringing the dinner bell. For many (myself included) securing means an electric fence & even then free ranging means the hawks have a clear shot. That is *my* responsibility. If as she says she doesn't want to create hard feelings with neighbors then I would think it better to actually press charges before shooting their dog? Don't you? They won't "learn" anything from that except they'll blame her for the death of a dog & more than likely get another. Hit them in the pocket book & they'll modify the behavior....​

 

[Jenlyn9483]

Last year i had a negligent neighbors black lab take out my chickens one by one. I called the cops many of times and had them confront the neighbors. I even called animal control many times. The owners even had a fenced back yard, but would let the dogs out on the weekends and at night when they knew animal control wouldnt come out. The police convinced me of the "you have the right to protect your livestock" law and that the best thing I could do is to shoot the dog...Later on while I was at work the black lab snuck into my yard and got ahold of a rooster..My brother shot him with a 30/30 at 150 yards in the midst of killing my Americauna rooster. The rooster survived, the dog did not. The neighbor to the right of me is a good neighbor and has a hen house full of Americauna hens. The dog had been terrorizing, and stalking these chickens and had tried several times to dig into the pen, and his pen is a pretty secure pen..it has Tin around the bottom perimiter. The dog ended up running into his yard and dying under a boat. He was more than happy to help my brother bury the dog and was happy to see it taken care of. I have heard nothing from the neighbor about it and since then he has kept his other dogs in his yard,.

The fact of the matter is, now that they have found this wonderful predatorial sport of killing chickens they will be back time and time again and will do thier best to tear into any pens or enclosures you have..So tell the neighbor you will be HAPPY to press charges if this happens again, after that if the dogs still come back, it leaves you no choice than to shoot them..But I would press charges first.
Most people who arent responsible owners certainly dont care as much for their pets are thier pockets. There was no law here that allowed me to press charges for my problem..The police told me the only thing I could do was shoot the dog. I would have been happy to press charges.

 

[horsejody]

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Well said. Wild predators are one thing, dogs are another. And to the people that insist free ranging is irresponsible, they should realize that not every property can be fenced. There are zoning and permit restrictions even in the rural areas now (thanks to the townies that move out here). Also, most of us have the obligatory 4 foot high to keep the dogs out fence, and they don't work. Dogs get in them with no problem. If idiot dog owners think that every chicken should be fenced in they should be the one paying for a 12 foot foot tall fence and arguing with the county board about the permit to erect it Chickens are healthier when allowed to free range, and it really makes the eggs taste good. Freeranging is a personal choice. I don't think people should be so judgemental against the owner of a freeranging flock. The often repeated argument of "a raccoon or a hawk would have eaten them anyway" is baloney. Most predators don't take wipe out a whole flock. They take what they need. The wild predators that are the exception to that are things that come out at night and break into the coop. If it's your land, and you should be able to free range your chickens on it. If your chickens stay on your property, you have done nothing wrong. It is the dog owner's responsibility to keep his animal on his property. You have the right to let your chickens roam your land.

Please don't let the careless dictate how you live your life. If they continue to be problem neighbors, let the law dictate how they will live theirs. Next time the dog comes in the yard SSS (Shoot, Shout and Send a bill).

JMHO
Jody

 

[ninjapoodles]

I have zero--and I mean ZERO--tolerance for loose dogs. I don't care how "good" your dog is, or how sure you are that he/she never leaves your property, it's still an animal, and thereby not 100% predictable. That said, I don't believe in killing or beating dogs...I'd be more in favor of utilizing animal control and giving the dog a chance with someone else, someone who might care enough about the dog to keep it confined safely.

We have seven dogs. We value them. Keeping our dogs confined to our own property is not just out of consideration for the rights of our neighbors not to have to worry about OUR dogs, but also out of our own care and concern for the safety of our pets.

Sadly, where I live, I am the ONLY person who has this frame of mind. All of our neighbors allow their dogs to roam. Sheesh, we can't even set our trash out for pickup the night before! I will never, ever understand the mentality of people who allow their dogs to roam freely. Never.

 

[Emzyyy]

Its not the dog's fault, they're predators and your chickens are prey. Its the owners fault they are irresponsible and the dogs running loose could get hit by a car or shot. I would leave a note on the owner's door asking him to keep his dogs up please. If they don't call animal control they fine them, if they do it again they usually get them taken away.
I had my duck for round 9 years and the neighbor got a new puppy killed both my ducks I was absolutly mad I wanted to bury the ducks but the dogs had taken back home and the man did something w/ them they we're not in the trash. I knew it was they're dogs because the feathers all over the yard.

 

[austinhart123]

if i were you i would get the police involved and try to get the owner fined and the dogs put down

 

[austinhart123]

i would overcharge them say each chicken 1s 25$!!!!