can't stand irresponsible pet owners!!

[ChickiKat]

Sadly I agree with the dog shooting. If they are not fed at home they are going to keep coming to your place for whatever they can get. And if they are not being fed at home, you are doing them a favor.

 

[KDailey]

Would it be possible for you to keep them until they can be rehomed? I know a lot of people can't do that because it's more mouths to feed but it's just a suggestion.

 

[yinepu]

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that's what i would do since their owners arent caring for them and you have already caught them and fed them.. I would get some weight on them then rehome them...
if they were still running loose and attacking your animals I would have tried a different method to fix the problem.. but that's me.. I'm weird like that

 

[gale65]

The law is about the same here. We live out in the sticks (at least 15 miles from a small town, about 50 from a normal size town) and if there are strays, we have to take it into our own hands. There is a shelter in the next county over but they won't take out of county strays so if we took an animal there we have to lie about where we found it and the owner could easily get it back if they called or went over to see if it was there. Even if a dog is skin and bones and on death's door they'll hand it right back to the neglectful owners. We do have livestock we raise for a living so if a dog comes we will scare it away and if it comes back once, it's gone. If it's in the pasture with the cattle or in the hog pens it only gets one chance. Our chickens are penned up though, because we don't fully trust our own dog.

 

[yinepu]

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here we can also shoot any critter (or person) who is messing with our livestock.. but if the dogs are already contained I tend to want to help them instead of killing them.. yeah.. it's just me being a softie cause I have dogs of my own and hate to see ones that have been neglected to the point of starvation. As for the previous owners going to get them.. I doubt they would bother since they don't seem to care about the current ones .. plus by the time you could get some weight on them the previous owners would probably assume the dogs were long gone.. the only downside is that they will probably go out and get more and do the same with them.. (which is why I would prefer to shoot the owners.. however it's highly frowned upon in polite society)

 

[gale65]

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here we can also shoot any critter (or person) who is messing with our livestock.. but if the dogs are already contained I tend to want to help them instead of killing them.. yeah.. it's just me being a softie cause I have dogs of my own and hate to see ones that have been neglected to the point of starvation. As for the previous owners going to get them.. I doubt they would bother since they don't seem to care about the current ones .. plus by the time you could get some weight on them the previous owners would probably assume the dogs were long gone.. the only downside is that they will probably go out and get more and do the same with them.. (which is why I would prefer to shoot the owners.. however it's highly frowned upon in polite society)

I totally get that. Here, they wouldn't have been contained in the first place. We have no desire to have another dog or three. Our one dog is quite enough. lol

 

[remadl700]

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I know this my sound complicated but you need to make a case from damage these animals have caused. In Oregon we have a small claims court to sue people up to $4500? in damages for a filing fee of $45. You make your case of damage and the monitory impact inflicted upon you to a judge. If they don't show to the hearing you win and then have way to attach a lien to them and get compensated. If they show and you have pictures of dead animals and the malnourished dogs and you will have a compassionate argument that you will most likely win, just a thought.

 

[yinepu]

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here we can also shoot any critter (or person) who is messing with our livestock.. but if the dogs are already contained I tend to want to help them instead of killing them.. yeah.. it's just me being a softie cause I have dogs of my own and hate to see ones that have been neglected to the point of starvation. As for the previous owners going to get them.. I doubt they would bother since they don't seem to care about the current ones .. plus by the time you could get some weight on them the previous owners would probably assume the dogs were long gone.. the only downside is that they will probably go out and get more and do the same with them.. (which is why I would prefer to shoot the owners.. however it's highly frowned upon in polite society)

I totally get that. Here, they wouldn't have been contained in the first place. We have no desire to have another dog or three. Our one dog is quite enough. lol

we have 8 dogs.. so I know that feeling!

 

[redsoxs]

I know just what you are going through. Although I live in the country I have a neighbor relatively close and to say she shouldn't be allowed to have animals is a huge understatement. I have had her dogs (usually pit bulls) all around my property. One of my dogs was mauled severely (I didn't see it happen but it couldn't have been anything else) and eventually died. She denied it of course. When she is gone (for days at a time) and her animals are on my land, I have called the sheriff. He says nothing can be done since I don't live in town....hmmm...I thought I paid taxes, too. He says I have every right to shoot the marauders if it is on my land. I knew that already but that's the problem. This neighbor is a piece of work. If I were to shoot one of her animals I'm am 100% convinced mine would turn up dead under suspicious circumstances. I feel like a prisoner on my own land. I don't let my dogs out unless I go with them and my dogs have been trained to never cross onto her land - and they don't. It just isn't right when my only recourse - to shoot her invading dogs - would lead to retailation from her.

 

[HHandbasket]

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There are ways to deal with animal cruelty if your local law enforcement does not get involved.

http://www.aspca.org/fight-animal-cruelty/reporting-cruelty-faq.aspx

That might be better information for you.


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