CALIFORNIA The Whole State thread

[fowlman01]

Thank you so much for everything! What a hard lesson for them to learn so young. There is no amount of money that can replace the love between Red Wagon and Abby. I'm so thankful for all my friends supporting us through this.
BTW- Animal control didn't call me back. I'll be calling again in the morning.

Animal control here in Sonoma County would be all over that woman. I had a problem here and they made the guy pay 3 times the worth of the birds and let me decide if the dogs (2 Basset hounds) were going to be put down or not. They strongly enforce the lease law here.

Walt

 

[WaterFowl209]

Hey I'm in Cali too, how's everyone doing

 

[ronott1]

Hey I'm in Cali too, how's everyone doing

and the California Thread!

Do yo have Ducks?

Ron

 

[capayvalleychick]

I'm so sorry for your loss of Red Wagon and that your charming goose is hurt.

I don't think you will be able to get your neighbor to chain up her dog because there is a new law in CA, restricting the amount of time dogs can be kept on a chain. It would be better to ask that the dog be kenneled in a heavy duty run, reinforced so that he cannot dig or jump out.

I agree that it should be the neighbor's responsibility to contain/control her dog. Since she sounds like she is not willing to do that, you might try putting a strand of electric rope around the outside of your fence or something to deter the dog.

I hope animal control does something to help your situation. AC here is very supportive of livestock producers. I've had two instances where clueless pet owners called AC on me because their dogs came onto my property (after the stock) and my dogs injured them. AC says that I should just shoot the wandering dogs.

Electric fence and my own dogs have been the best way I've found to protect my animals.

With sympathy,
Kim

 

[boogiedog]

Hi Sarah,
I am so sorry to hear of both your loss AND your physical pain - good grief. Alot to deal with. CapayvalleyChick is correct, there is a law that prevents dogs from being chained more than 3 hours any given day.
My neighbors have small dogs that can get under our shared back fence. They put about 3 feet of cement block barricade around the fence to keep their dogs from digging under. That has worked. If you are double-fenced and they are refusing to fortify their side, I'd consider pouring cement between the two fences to create a barricade.
I'm not sure who handles the animal control in Modesto but I can look into it. Feel free to PM if you'd like.
Again, I am so sorry for your loss and the pain your girls must be going through. Horrible.

Allison

 

[jandrusrn]

Hey I'm in Cali too, how's everyone doing

Where's Turlock, WaterFowl??? Welcome.....

 

[mycutekitties]

Update!
I just talked to Animal Control. They are marking this dog as "Very dangerous" because back in 2010 a different  neighbor reported the same dog chasing his sheep. So they are going to *try* and catch it and bring it to the pound. He said they tried to catch it in 2010 but was not able to. I sure hope they can now. This could cost her almost 5K in fees. He went back to his office to try and figure out the best way to catch it. I'm praying they can this time. 

 

[mycutekitties]

Hi Sarah,
I am so sorry to hear of both your loss AND your physical pain - good grief. Alot to deal with. CapayvalleyChick is correct, there is a law that prevents dogs from being chained more than 3 hours any given day.
My neighbors have small dogs that can get under our shared back fence. They put about 3 feet of cement block barricade around the fence to keep their dogs from digging under. That has worked. If you are double-fenced and they are refusing to fortify their side, I'd consider pouring cement between the two fences to  create a barricade.
I'm not sure who handles the animal control in Modesto but I can look into it. Feel free to PM if you'd like.
Again, I am so sorry for your loss and the pain your girls must be going through. Horrible.

Allison

Thanks Allison! Animal Control is ran by the Stanislaus County Animal Services. I'm glad they are marking the dog as "Very Dangerous" but they admitted they don't know if they can catch it.

 

[sbucciarel]

I sure hope they can catch it. Glad to hear that they are taking that stance. Before it's over, she may wish she had handled this a whole lot differently.

 

[liz9910]

Hmmm, too bad they can't try to catch it in the middle of the night when dog is in its doghouse. During the day will be extremely difficult. Are they going to set a trap?