Impossibly bad luck... or????

[cozycritters]

My husband and I are starting to doubt that our bad luck is really bad luck. It's hard to believe that when in the last month:

1) All of our poultry (9 chickens and three ducks and one goose) were slaughtered. We found a coyote eating one in our ultra-suburban dog-proof yard... right after we lost three others over a few days... the coyote jumped OUT of the yard, clearing a 6 foot fence.

2) Our new dog that we got on MONDAY has vanished! From the dog-proof yard. And yes, we KNOW it's dog proof. There's no way she could have jumped out as she just came from a month in the pound and is in bad shape. We have been *everywhere* looking for her, and she's micro-chipped. My super-anti-paranoid hubby is starting to think we have meddlers...

I'm wondering now, if *people* killed our birds and the coyote was the clean up committee... and that our new dog has been stolen.

We've never had a complaint. Our new dog never even BARKED. It's insane. She's a gorgeous, but very shy/loyal border collie.

We have a big gang problem in this neighborhood and my MIL, who lives a 1/2 mile away, had one of her chickens legs tied together with twine and wrapped around her toes until she almost lost one...

What do you think? Bad luck? Or????

 

[Big Chicken Little]

Sorry all this has happened to you !! I do not believe in bad luck just circumstances. Be careful and stay safe.

 

[miss_jayne]

i think there is no such thing as 'luck'. i do however think there is such thing as stealing. and most likely that is what you are dealing with.

you are predator proof but not the two legged kind. get a security camera.

 

[cozycritters]

Yeah, I don't believe in luck either, was just the way I phrased it

We don't have anything left! All our outdoor animals are gone!

 

[miss_jayne]

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i completely understand you. hmmmm...i think you are being robbed. totally bizzaro.

 

[The Wolf Queen]

id say call the Police and report a suspected theft. Neighbors know when you get a new pet. Just because no one has complained to you personall doesnt mean they didnt have a problem. Some jerks do crap like that instead. I would also recomend setting up a night cam with fake bait like a recorder barking like a dog and maybe a pillow under a blanket or something... also leave a flour trail on the ground.

 

[duckboatprincess]

Or... you could do it the fun way!! Put some hot fencing along the top of your fence and around the bottom of it. Then set up a survellience camera and a strobe or siren that has a motion detector. It could be fun. Not only do you see who they are, but you also get to watch them get zapped and shocked by the light or siren. PRICELESS!!

In all seriousness though, it does sound like someone is breaking into your backyard. I'm really sorry about everything that has happened and I do hope you catch who/what it is that is doing this.

 

[thebritt]

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This sounds like a really good idea to me!!!

 

[patandchickens]

I agree it would be worth treating it as if someone maybe stole the dog...

...BUT, don't underestimate the ability of an animal to get out even if she's in run-down shape. I had a feral cat I was taking care of a few years ago, he was apparently crunched by a coyote (major infection and a pelvic fracture), couldn't even walk. Kept him in an indoor dog run. After a month or six weeks of a/b and feeding-up, he could walk sort of crabwise limpy but I do not believe he could walk *properly*. Then one morning he was gone. Despite his condition he somehow jumped up nearly 5' to a windowsill, clawed his way thru the screen, jumped out and left.

So, you never know. And dogs from the pound are somewhat more apt than average to be talented escapers.

Good luck, hope she turns up for you and nothing more goes missing,

Pat

 

[cozycritters]

My husband called back at the pound today to check on if she had come in and they didn't let him get a word out past 'lost' they snapped "WE DON'T DO THAT" and hung up on him!

Excuse me? You don't help dogs get home????