Neighbor's dog came back for our ducks today! What to do?

[nuthatched]

I hope your friend makes a quick recovery and will be able to walk again soon. That was just an accident, like when you cut yourself with a kitchen knife when slicing the onion-rings.
I hope the doggy is fine too?
Yes, i got my first round of antibiotics today - those pills are the size of the »fat-man« bomb and contain three different active ingredients, with one of them causing »Montezuma's revenge« in me. I guess i will sleep in the bathroom tonight…

I have had those, they are awful.
I had a bad throat abcess once and I couldn't eat at all or breathe without pain, I had to take pain killers just to breathe.
I finally went to the doctor and I was told that if it didn't go down over night, I'd have to go in for surgery to open it up because it was almost completely blocking my throat.
Notice I said ' couldn't eat at all'
I go to get the prescription filled and they gave me these giant horse pills "to be taken whole with a full stomach".
I ground those things up into milkshakes.
Then they gave me Montezuma's revenge. I remember sitting in the bathroom, wrapped in a towel, wondering if surgery wasn't the better option. Turns out I was allergic to those antibiotics and ended up with a rash that I slathered with calamine.
So me, slathered in pink goop, wrapped in a towel, parked in the bathroom, with my good friends Ms. Thermos of antibiotic milkshake and Mr. paperback novel.

Get you some ice cream and a classic novel, I recommend The Prisoner of Zenda.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Imodium could help. Sorry for it all. Our "luck" is the same as yours, so I am empathetic to your troubles.

What must come out, will come out until i am empty…
I know this will only last for one night.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

What must come out, will come out until i am empty…
I know this will only last for one night.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I have had those, they are awful.
I had a bad throat abcess once and I couldn't eat at all or breathe without pain, I had to take pain killers just to breathe.
I finally went to the doctor and I was told that if it didn't go down over night, I'd have to go in for surgery to open it up because it was almost completely blocking my throat.
Notice I said ' couldn't eat at all'
I go to get the prescription filled and they gave me these giant horse pills "to be taken whole with a full stomach".
I ground those things up into milkshakes.
Then they gave me Montezuma's revenge. I remember sitting in the bathroom, wrapped in a towel, wondering if surgery wasn't the better option. Turns out I was allergic to those antibiotics and ended up with a rash that I slathered with calamine.
So me, slathered in pink goop, wrapped in a towel, parked in the bathroom, with my good friends Ms. Thermos of antibiotic milkshake and Mr. paperback novel.

Get you some ice cream and a classic novel, I recommend The Prisoner of Zenda.

Your story sounds funny at the moment, but i bet you felt absolutely miserable at that time!
Fortunately i am too dumb to be allergic to anything!

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Before i go to bed, here are two videos with Nona Duck and the Wild13, the first one is from Thursday morning, the morning after she was dognapped:

The next one is from Saturday morning, two days after dognapping:

 

[Shezadandy]

Eight foot cedar posts are just $7 here at Lowe's and they last for 20 years or longer. And Metal T-Posts start at $4.

Color me jealous on the cedar posts!!!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I have had those, they are awful.
I had a bad throat abcess once and I couldn't eat at all or breathe without pain, I had to take pain killers just to breathe.
I finally went to the doctor and I was told that if it didn't go down over night, I'd have to go in for surgery to open it up because it was almost completely blocking my throat.
Notice I said ' couldn't eat at all'
I go to get the prescription filled and they gave me these giant horse pills "to be taken whole with a full stomach".
I ground those things up into milkshakes.
Then they gave me Montezuma's revenge. I remember sitting in the bathroom, wrapped in a towel, wondering if surgery wasn't the better option. Turns out I was allergic to those antibiotics and ended up with a rash that I slathered with calamine.
So me, slathered in pink goop, wrapped in a towel, parked in the bathroom, with my good friends Ms. Thermos of antibiotic milkshake and Mr. paperback novel.

Get you some ice cream and a classic novel, I recommend The Prisoner of Zenda.

When you take a powerful antibiotic like that, get some good yogurt with active lactobacillus cultures in it. Take it about an hour after each pill. The antibiotic kills your good tummy bugs along with the bad bugs. You have to replace the good ones! Buttermilk is good too.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Color me jealous on the cedar posts!!!

Be sure the posts are treated, at least on the end that goes in the ground. You will need plastic insulators to keep the electric wore from touching any of the posts.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

It is 3 am. Why am I awake? Good night, all you hoot owls! ❤

 

[Wormhunter]

Yesterday the neighbor's dog almost killed our beloved Nona Duck:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...-and-is-breathing-heavy.1437864/post-23813263

I spoke with the neighbor yesterday when they brought injured Nona back home and she promised me to keep her dog at home.

Obviously she was not very successful and the dog came back for our ducks. The ducks alerted me, i looked out of the window and saw the dog with another duck in its mouth and, ran out of the house yelling loudly. The dog let go of the duck and tried to flee, but could not find a way through the fence (2ft tall), panicked and turned on me. I cornered it and called the neighbor to pick it up and a loud argument started, she is accusing us to have her dog injured with a shovel (my wife had a shovel in her hand b/c she was afraid of the growling, barking and snapping dog). Neighbor is threatening us with the police and the law now and i am not sure what to do now, i like to report the incidence somewhere just in case the neighbor really tries to press charges.