Dog / Human Conflict

[centrarchid]

Officers were going back and forth between us without full knowledge of what either party knew. Officers may not know number of birds lost / killed. I found bodies of only two but did find feather piles where neighbor dogs would have processed carcasses.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Wait, you had no right to revenge "because the birds were dead"? Seems to me that gives you the perfect right to revenge! What is he, simple?

 

[centrarchid]

I must say it wAs not revenge. Revenge does. Nots help. I was being proactive

 

[allenw]

There is a reason for the saying shoot, shovel, and shut up.

 

[centrarchid]

There is a reason for the saying shoot, shovel, and shut up.

It’s done so often that dog owners don’t need to know law. Long term sss makes so rule of law does not work.

 

[allenw]

Well good fences make good neighbors too.

This is all I'm going to say on your two posts about your on going neighbor and dog problem.

 

[centrarchid]

Well good fences make good neighbors too.

This is all I'm going to say on your two posts about your on going neighbor and dog problem.

Who must pay to make those fences good? Mine already good be some measures

 

[DickMidnight]

your initial post was clear but your last few have been less so

the neighbor saw you posting “no trespassing” signs and contacted you via text to tell you his dogs aren’t trespassing?

i’ll advise again not to engage with your neighbor, but to hire an attorney to do the fighting for you. it’s their job and they’re better at it than you are. if you want the problem handled, it’s likely your quickest path to a resolution.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I had a neighbor, A, who owned sheep. He lived about half a mile north of me. Neighbor B's dog got out and ran those sheep one day. Neighbor A walked down and knocked on B's door and accused the dog, who by this time had come home. A had his shotgun with him. I was gardening at the time. B shrugged and said, "Do what you gotta do," and A shot the dog, turned around and walked back home. End of story. I was shocked, of course, but that was the end of it.

 

[NatJ]

Wait, you had no right to revenge "because the birds were dead"? Seems to me that gives you the perfect right to revenge! What is he, simple?

Revenge tends to cause problems, as people reciprocate back and forth. And killing the dog will not bring those birds back to life. So no, I do not think there is any right to revenge.

But since some birds were still alive, shooting the dog can help protect them. And the birds that were loose are not the only birds OP has. There are other birds in pens, and other birds that OP may want to let loose in future-- so there are a large number of birds that can be protected by removing the dog that is already proven to kill chickens. (Well, the other dogs need to get removed or confined too, but if shooting one will cause the owner to confine them all, then that is also successful in protecting the chickens.)

So I think the shooting was sensible, but only when viewed as protecting living chickens, not as revenge.