Hi! I'm back! With 3 new babies.

[Texag87]

It is definitely more green already here than up in the North. We hit 27°C (80F) today and i am sunburnt - again. But Sunday night when that -cold-front comes through we're back to -4° (25F).

80 today and 33 tomorrow

 

[Miss Lydia]

In Texas?

 

[Texag87]

They changed to low for tonight to 38 now.

 

[DuckyDonna]

They changed to low for tonight to 38 now.

it's really cold here too! Yesterday 80° today 40° and tonight down to freezing! Then back to the more normal temps!

 

[Eggscaping]

Hi! I lost my last 3 ducks last September. (New neighbor with a new dog... I think they try to let him run at night and didn't even think about it. And it's my fault too... I was letting them have run of the yard.)
It really sucks, because my one runner I had for almost 10 years.
It's been a while since I had young ducks. So I just feel the need to check in.
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THANKS!

I have to ask - did the owners of the dog find out what their dog did? Were they as horrified as I am to hear of it? Did they do anything to make reparations? And is it really a worry that - after their dog came onto your property and killed your poor ducks - that they'd let the dog out to where it's a danger that the same thing will happen again?
I mean...we all have to face possible loss from wild predators - raccoons, hawks, and so on. But there are laws concerning a person allowing their dog to kill livestock - aren't there? Am I being naïve here?

 

[Texag87]

Here we can shoot the dog if it is endangering our property.

 

[Eggscaping]

Here we can shoot the dog if it is endangering our property.

That's what I thought, but there's the thing about 'good relations with your neighbors' as well. If they love the dog...then you can't really, can you? I'd like to hear what others' experiences with something like this turned out to be. I can see both sides. The chickens or ducks (or rabbits for that matter) are your babies, and not just livestock, but I'm betting that some dog owners wouldn't see it that way. At the very least, they should pay for the cost of the chickens and (this is the important part) take steps to make sure that their dog doesn't run loose to where it can come onto your property again!

 

[Texag87]

That's what I thought, but there's the thing about 'good relations with your neighbors' as well. If they love the dog...then you can't really, can you? I'd like to hear what others' experiences with something like this turned out to be. I can see both sides. The chickens or ducks (or rabbits for that matter) are your babies, and not just livestock, but I'm betting that some dog owners wouldn't see it that way. At the very least, they should pay for the cost of the chickens and (this is the important part) take steps to make sure that their dog doesn't run loose to where it can come onto your property again!

It is a difficult situation. I would not shoot first. Neighbors would be given a chance to make it right. ( I know they are our pets not just livestock). If they fail after that to control their animal, all pretense of being nice go away.

 

[DuckyDonna]

I would have a terribly hard time shooting a dog but people around here do it all the time. I was so worried about Honeybear getting shot especially since there are so many deer hunters around here that get really really mad if something messes with their deer territory. She didn't get shot, she fell down the deck stairs and tore up her poor old body. I think I'd have to catch a dog, hold it and call the animal control people. I just don't have it in me to kill it.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I think the only way I could is if one had gotten in the fenced property and was going after my birds or dogs then I believe Adrenaline would take over.