Beekissed, how would you feel if your puppies got out of their pen and ran over to a neighbor and you ran over to grab them and you found him feeding them rat poison as he petted their heads? And when you objected, he said "They jumped up on me and when I tried to tackle that one she growled!" Wouldn't you say "Jumping up is what puppies do, and you obviously scared her to death"? But according to your answer here, poisoning them deliberately in plain sight of their owner is not only justified but merciful. Really?
That is the chance one takes with pet ownership out here in the country. Most farmers assume your dog is on their property to cause mischief and will shoot it merely for being in the fields near the cattle. If they chose poison, that is their perogative.
I'd be sad. But I would understand completely that I didn't contain my dogs properly and a person felt they were a threat to them. People come first in my book...puppies come second.
Actually, I have no near neighbors...but if I did, this would still be my reply. If he were suffering from the poison, I would put a bullet in his skull. On MY property one can do this. In a surburban area, one's hands are tied by the need for secrecy in removal of a dangerous animal that the authorities will not dispatch.
By the way:
There are two classes of anti-coagulant type rodent poisons, the courmarins and the indandiones. Courmarins include some very common rodent poisons such as warfarin,
bromadiolone~the active ingredient in JustOneBite, and courmafuryl. Indandiones include the rodent poisons diphacionone and chlorophacinone.[viii]
Both of these classes of toxic materials work by blocking vitamin K-dependent synthesis of the blood clotting substance prothrombin, which predisposes the animal to widespread internal bleeding. Animals suffering from exposure to anti-coagulant rodenticides suffer from the following list of immediate toxic effects: nosebleeds, bleeding gums, blood in urine and feces; bruises due to ruptured blood vessels; and skin damage.[ix]
Only causes spinal swelling in long term exposure. Typically an animal would not live long enough to become exposed for long term.
Now, folks...don't get yer panties in a twist. I've never poisoned a dog in my life....but I would if there were no other way to dispose of it and it were dangerous to me and my family/livestock. The only nuisance dogs that I have had to dispatch were done quite humanely with a hot lead injection.
