Neighbors Dog Killed Chickens

[featherhead007]

Wow, do I need a lawyer to read this thread? kidding of course

 

[lazy gardener]

Install electric. That being said, your neighbor's rights end at your property line.

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

Unless you got video proof or you saw the dog attack your chicken you're wasting your time and more importantly you getting yourself worked up for nothing! that's not how the law works! Hearsay does not go far in court..




My pitbull, my neighbor's boxers dont eat our chickens, or ducks.

Notice I said most. Chickens and ducks are tasty.

 

[Duckstail]

Most typically means over 50% but i still find it inaccurate.

Heres an accurate statement, most owners dont train or walk there dogs. Causing built up emotions and energy the dog needs to release.

Im just put it out there, that if a pit bull can live harmonies with ducks and chickens then any dog can!!

Fact is if your dog is eating your chickens your dog doesnt recognize you as the leader...

Its not dogs its the way you raise them.

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

Most typically means over 50% but i still find it inaccurate.

Heres an accurate statement, most owners dont train or walk there dogs. Causing built up emotions and energy the dog needs to release.

Im just put it out there, that if a pit bull can live harmonies with ducks and chickens then any dog can!!

Fact is if your dog is eating your chickens your dog doesnt recognize you as the leader...

Its not dogs its the way you raise them.

I am pretty sure 100% of dogs are prey driven - some have more drive than others.
I think your percentage defining most is too low. I do know that if my well behaved trained dogs who get walks and daily stimulation were out running around the chicken coop unsupervised, they might want to play with the chickens and ducks (dogs play due to their prey drive). Dogs playing with poultry or other small animals have a tendency to kill them.
Even the most well trained dog can stray from the human's commands if something more enticing is down that path.
I don't trust most dogs due to owners who have insufficiently trained them.
For what it is worth, this isn't about the OPs trained dog nor is it about yours or mine, but an alleged unsupervised dog.

 

[Kiki]

Hi everyone. I recently got 10 hens and 1 rooster. They have been free range for the past week and have been doing fine. Today my husband and I both went to work and when we came home all chickens were missing but 3 hens. They were in their pen today. The only evidence of something happening is mud and dog hair on the coop with pen wire pushed over. The neighbor told my husband this past weekend that his dog kills chickens. I did not find any bodies or anything, just dog hair on my coop. What do you think happened? Oh and it 100% belonged to neighbors dog as it matches her fur.

Have you looked around for feathers
or your birds?
Maybe they are not all dead...hiding some where?

 

[bobbi-j]

Hi everyone. I recently got 10 hens and 1 rooster. They have been free range for the past week and have been doing fine. Today my husband and I both went to work and when we came home all chickens were missing but 3 hens. They were in their pen today. The only evidence of something happening is mud and dog hair on the coop with pen wire pushed over. The neighbor told my husband this past weekend that his dog kills chickens. I did not find any bodies or anything, just dog hair on my coop. What do you think happened? Oh and it 100% belonged to neighbors dog as it matches her fur.

It's possible the dog killed them and carried them off. That's what my dog did. I came home one day a couple of years ago, and saw him slinking off into the grove. I stopped the car, and he came out to greet me. I went into the grove where I saw him go in and found a dead hen. If I hadn't driven in at that time, I never would have caught him.

My neighbors have dogs. They free-range and I've encountered them on my land before. Very friendly. Personally, I value my neighbors and friendly dogs above chickens. I do everything and have done everything I can to make my chickens "dogproof" that I know of, within reason. I'm not going to harm my neighbor's dog, nor am I going to have words with excellent neighbors about a few chickens. In my case, the onus lies solely upon myself. Just my .02

I think that's a great approach.

 

[Duckstail]

I am pretty sure 100% of dogs are prey driven - some have more drive than others.
I think your percentage defining most is too low. I do know that if my well behaved trained dogs who get walks and daily stimulation were out running around the chicken coop unsupervised, they might want to play with the chickens and ducks (dogs play due to their prey drive). Dogs playing with poultry or other small animals have a tendency to kill them.
Even the most well trained dog can stray from the human's commands if something more enticing is down that path.
I don't trust most dogs due to owners who have insufficiently trained them.
For what it is worth, this isn't about the OPs trained dog nor is it about yours or mine, but an alleged unsupervised dog.

Im not sure if your just trying to get the last word in or you actually believe yourself? Most dogs are NOT prey driven thats why they are usually not trained well. In order to have a well trained dog its really helps that they are prey driven. Thats why you see "prey driven dogs" for cops(or other agencies) such as shepard breeds, terrier breeds, etc... there's been a lot of Articles lately about agencies that do not accept this or that dog because of the lack of prey drive!!! I think the most recent was about a yellow lab that was rejected from the CIA

Could have gave you a much bigger sample size considering ive had dogs for almost 30 years and everybody in my neighborhood has some sort of animal. but I was giving you the boxer and Pitbull example because people usually think those dogs definitely will eat the poultry!

Small dogs like Chihuahuas have no prey drive that's why there's some of the worst trained dog(along with other bad habits there dogs owners usually enstill)

However i agree 100% with u that a dogs can play with a smaller bird and kill it! My dog loves to roll on the grass and she does it prettty aggressively, she really throws herself into it. So obviously if there was a small bird next to her she would probably Crush while rolling over on it!

And I wouldn't suggest anybody to have chicks /ducklings around dogs unsupervised or even supervised with out some sort of barrier. But once their full size it's fine..

I'm guessing you're not a dog owner or a dog person because of your lack of trust... Its my confidence and Trust that I let my chickens and Ducks free range when my backyard lead to a smaller forest which backs up to a 1,100,000 acre forest lol (yeah over a million). I don't have any fences. Just 1 between my house and my neighbors to keep their horses out.

Not trying to have the last word here its just that there's a big misunderstanding about dogs. The "few bad apples" seem to be what everyone talks about. Everybody looks at dogs through human eyes. 99% dont even know how dogs became "mans best friend"

 

[Foxslayer16]

I would make them pay for the chickens and shoot their dog next time it happens.

 

[4 ever Orpington]

Hi everyone. I recently got 10 hens and 1 rooster. They have been free range for the past week and have been doing fine. Today my husband and I both went to work and when we came home all chickens were missing but 3 hens. They were in their pen today. The only evidence of something happening is mud and dog hair on the coop with pen wire pushed over. The neighbor told my husband this past weekend that his dog kills chickens. I did not find any bodies or anything, just dog hair on my coop. What do you think happened? Oh and it 100% belonged to neighbors dog as it matches her fur.

Sorry for your loss.