Chicken owner charged after shooting dog.

[Rillion]

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Agree, but what are DEET based products?

 

[horsejody]

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Agree, but what are DEET based products?

Bug spray

 

[JennsPeeps]

DEET is what's used in mosquito repellents.

I jsut got off the phone with a friend. She's so mad she's shaking. Last night she was out walking her airdale on a leash. Along came a woman with an unleashed toy poodle. The toy poodle was being aggressive toward my friend's dog and would not go away. The airdale started growling and snapping at the toy dog. The owner grabbed her dog and, in the process, was bitten by my friend's dog. Now she's involved the police, is talking to my friend's neighbors, and generally causing huge problems. My friend is scared to death that her dog will have a mark against her. The other woman is gloating over her & saying things like, "The PD is going to give you a ticket" (the officer on the case is off until Monday).

The other woman said to my friend, "You know, there's a one bite rule in WA State and your dog is going to have a mark on her record."

My friend replied, "Well, there's ALSO a leash law in WA State and this wouldn't have happened if you had followed the rules to start out with."

All because this woman refused to leash her own dog.

 

[horsejody]

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Hopefully, common sense will prevail, and the whole thing will be dropped. I hope poodle woman is the only one that gets a ticket.

 

[cmjust0]

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Ya know, I feel for all the folks living in town with dogs.. Our six dogs interact with their own packmates and that's pretty much it -- and even then they have the occasional fight. I can't imagine what it would be like to have a dog you had to take out in public every single day.. The liability would scare the crap out of me..

I get worried just taking ours to the vet, because the IDIOT OWNERS invariably let their dogs have full run of the leash in a small waiting room....meaning the dog can go anywhere in the room while the owner's distracted filling out paperwork at the sign-in counter..

They only turn around when their dog is going GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! at someone's dog or cat or FACE, and even then it's just like "C'mere, boy" as they haul them back in, grunting and straining against their collars... There's no "Oops, sorry about that!"...just "C'mere."

Idiots..

 

[LizzyJo]

I had a neighbor once who loved to go fishing, One time he was invited with a group of men to go on a man's boat on a large lake. He didn't know the boat owner, but he was happy to go along.

The morning of the big adventure he and the rest of the group were carrying their fishing gear and their beer and stuff out onto the dock to load it on the boat.

As they approached the boat the owner's dog jumped from the boat to the dock and locked onto my neighbor, ignoring everyone else. W. saw the dog coming, and being a dog owner and generally liking dogs, he merely held his foot out to block it. His foot had a heavy leather boot on it and the dog ran smack into it going full tilt boogie. THE DOG DIED!

Poor W. was seriously sorry and apologized many times. The fishing trip wasn't as fun as it should have been and the boat guy never invited him back.

That dog got what it deserved.

The moral is "Wear heavy boots."

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[Tweeza]

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Uhmm, had a friend who had a Korean family for a neighbor. The family had two dogs. Their daughter got married and the dogs were never seen again. My friend thinks the dogs were part of the reception buffet dinner.

When my cousin was stationed in Korea he ate dinner at the home of a new native friend. Well, dinner was great! He loved the meat until he asked what kind it was. It was dog. We shouldn't knock it until we've tried it with an open mind!!

 

[Marie66]

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Uhmm, had a friend who had a Korean family for a neighbor. The family had two dogs. Their daughter got married and the dogs were never seen again. My friend thinks the dogs were part of the reception buffet dinner.

When my cousin was stationed in Korea he ate dinner at the home of a new native friend. Well, dinner was great! He loved the meat until he asked what kind it was. It was dog. We shouldn't knock it until we've tried it with an open mind!!

LOL, That is why I NEVER ask what something is after I've already eaten it....anymore.

 

[LizzyJo]

Their daughter got married and the dogs were never seen again. My friend thinks the dogs were part of the reception buffet dinner.

The Korean neighbors wok-ed the dogs?

corrected spelling​

 

[MoTownChickie]

So, just checked back on the comments of the story and someone wrote this:


If you own chickens, build a strong run for them and then FENCE IN YOUR PROPERTY. Too many people I see on chicken forums just believe they can let their birds roam and anything that comes in their yard must be shot. Their excuse- It's MY yard, I shouldn't have to fence it in.Well if you don't want stray dogs to harras your chickens, yes you must fence your property! Chickens attract all kinds of predators, and these people seem pretty gun happy to me. They shoot wildlife without a care too.Check out the forum BACKYARD CHICKENS, the predator section and see how proud they are to show of pictures of snakes and other wildlife they've killed. One of them even led a friendly dog into the woods and shot it because they didn't fence their property and the dog visited and bugged her chickens.

It was posted by a guest - otherwise I'd be tempted to write them back. Heck, I don't even own a gun.
In fact, despite having the frequent urge, I don't even throw dog poo on the owners who let their dogs go my yard

or run over unleashed dogs. . .

I even refrained from telling my neighbor "told you so" when her dog got hit while off lease and helped with the aftercare. (I used to be a vet tech years ago) I just suggested that she keep her on leash in the future.

I do doubt I'll be helping my neighbor with her dog's meds, debriding, and bandage changing next time the poor dog gets hurt. *sigh*