*my* dog killed a neighbor's chicken!!!!

[centrarchid]

Fencing in the end is the most cost effective way to protect your property from dogs not belonging to you. With roving packs, even a couple LGD's can be overwhelmed. The fencing also indicates you have marked off your turf and are advertising it is not free-access.

 

[Fowl Mouth]

Hate to say it but I have a cop neighbor with a pack of loose inbred stray dogs, I don't even think about using my 9mm. I have this crazy idea about FENCING!

I have good fencing so MY dogs stay in, and that also protects the property from OTHER dogs killing any of mine.

The 9mm handguns nor the .223 weret purchased to kill desperate stray dogs looking for food, I have fencing which is MUCH cheaper than the firearms.

I have no dogs, and I do have fencing. But I have also seen dogs get through fencing in various ways if they want what's inside bad enough. I personally have zero problems protecting my flock (and other livestock and exotics) any way necessary when the time comes that fencing is not enough.

 

[Starfire669]

Hate to say it but I have a cop neighbor with a pack of loose inbred stray dogs, I don't even think about using my 9mm. I have this crazy idea about FENCING!

I have good fencing so MY dogs stay in, and that also protects the property from OTHER dogs killing any of mine.

Neither of the 9mm handguns nor the .223 were purchased to kill desperate stray dogs looking for food; I have fencing which is MUCH cheaper than the firearms.

My entire property is fenced, with chain link fencing, otherwise known as cyclone fencing These dogs still manage to get in, when desperate enough, the pack as torn a section of chain link fencing, as mentioned in my previous post. Do i feel bad for the dogs, yes, it is entirely the owner's fault their dogs are as they are. That does not mean i will sit by and allow those dogs in my yard to menace my children, and kill my chickens because i feel sorry for them. Nor should I have to be in fear of being attacked just walking to the gas station. So yes, i will shoot them and put them out of their misery and the whole neighborhoods misery. I will try for a quick, clean kill to end it, not the slow suffering they endure now with starvation, mange and who knows what other diseases they carry.

I would also point out that a lot of stray dogs kill but don't eat their kill.

 

[Starfire669]

Fencing in the end is the most cost effective way to protect your property from dogs not belonging to you. With roving packs, even a couple LGD's can be overwhelmed. The fencing also indicates you have marked off your turf and are advertising it is not free-access.

my property is fully fenced, and i have no trespassing signs, beware of dog signs, and any other sign i can post so they know to stay out. people either don't care or can't ready, or both.

I also don't get why people on here like to blast someone for defending their family and livestock when the true culprits are the uncaring owners of these dogs. i have taken every measure possible. I called animal control, they don't trap outside the city limits. I called the sheriff, they gave a warning and told the owners I had been advised to shoot the dogs. I called the animal neglect hotline, they got yet another warning. As said, my property is fenced and they still get it, my property is posted with signs. So yes, I will shoot and feel justified in doing so since everything i have tried has failed.

 

[centrarchid]

My fencing is a lot lighter yet I am keeping dogs out of core areas. Consider electrified fencing with a single strand to keep dogs from challenging your perimeter. My dog problems are as tough as anyone's yet it is manageable.

 

[Starfire669]

My fencing is a lot lighter yet I am keeping dogs out of core areas. Consider electrified fencing with a single strand to keep dogs from challenging your perimeter. My dog problems are as tough as anyone's yet it is manageable.

Now that is helpful. but how would you keep just the top strand of fencing electrified without the whole metal fencing becoming electrified? Also, due to home owners association i have to keep the fencing looking "nice" how would that impact the electrified fencing? We live in a country subdivision, so that does make things more difficult. We don't get the services of the city, such as animal control, but are not quite true country either.

 

[centrarchid]

A single strand of electrified fencing could be made to be very difficult to see unless you are right up on it. I would have low to ground, a foot at most above. You could also go the obvious route with woven tape that provides lines to accent existing fencing. Insulators would keep hot wire from shorting out on existing fencing.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Now that is helpful. but how would you keep just the top strand of fencing electrified without the whole metal fencing becoming electrified? Also, due to home owners association i have to keep the fencing looking "nice" how would that impact the electrified fencing? We live in a country subdivision, so that does make things more difficult. We don't get the services of the city, such as animal control, but are not quite true country either.

It's all in the set-up - as an example, our fence is only "hot" on the top, middle and bottom strand - the two other strands are not wired in. Use of insulators to attach run the hot strand will prevent bleed over of the charge into the rest of the wire fencing.

 

[Starfire669]

It's all in the set-up - as an example, our fence is only "hot" on the top, middle and bottom strand - the two other strands are not wired in.  Use of insulators to attach run the hot strand will prevent bleed over of the charge into the rest of the wire fencing.

I will look into this. I would only have to electrify the front fence. My back fence butts up against my parent property, the left side fence is 5 foot wooden privacy fencing, and the right side is more chain link, but the dogs would have to break into my neighbors property and then break into mine. So just the front, but I would need 2 strands, top and bottom to prevent digging or jumping. Any suggestions for an automatic gate on rollers? My hubby would not thank me for making him put in a manual gate.

 

[Manningjw]

With any pets killed my chickens or my chickens were killed by pets scenario there are two parties that have the responsibility of protection from such an event.

It sounds like you did your part keeping your dog on your property but there was a momentary lapse where he got out, accidents happen. My question is, was there any fence around your neighbors yard to help keep the chicken safe?

To be clear, I would be ******/sad if someone's dog came onto my property and killed one of my chickens. That being said, I have their area fenced and the only way a dog should be able to kill one of my chickens is if it flew over said fence or I left a gate open by accident. Keeping them safe is my responsibility, keeping dogs in your own yard is your responsibility - ideally if one of those two fails the other will not make the same mistake on the same day and there will be no harm done.