Neighbors dog killed my turkey hen today

[chickenannie]

This dog wandered across 2 farms, a road, and a stream and ran onto my 45-acre property where I saw him chasing my BR turkeys and chickens around and around the house. I went outside, tried to chase him off (he's a blue heeler/Australian cattle dog). I tried to yell at him, chase him off. He wouldn't budge, he was fixated on the turkeys. I tried to round up the turkeys and pen them in the coop, but with the dog they were too skittish. He chased them into the cornfield and then back around the house. He scattered all my turkey babies all over the cornfield and barns. I tried to stop the dog from chasing my turkey tom, but the dog was faster than me, and I was afraid to physically restrain him cause I didn't know him and didn't know if he'd bite me. Meanwhile I was frantically looking for a leash, calling the neighbors on my cell phone to try to find out whose dog it was and getting in my car to try to follow them to chase him off. I finally drove to the neighbors told them to come get their dog. By the time I got home, they told me their dog had showed up back at their farm with my turkey hen, dead, in it's mouth. AAARRRghhh. I am SOOOO upset and mad. She said she'd pay me for it (the hen was one of my breeders) and chain up the dog. But I am so worried that the dog will return, if not tommorrow, then next week or next month. WHY CAN'T PEOPLE KEEP THEIR DOGS ON THEIR PROPERTY???!!! it makes me soooo mad. I looked up this breed of dog, and it's an intense working dog that needs constant exercise and focused work to do, otherwise it gets into trouble. Well, they are nice people, but likely they have a dog that's inappropriate for their farmstead, if it's walking 1/4 mile to come over here.

 

[cw]

make sure you get full remburment for your turkey i would say no less then 50 bucks should cover it, and shoot it if it does show back up

 

[2468Chickensrgr8]

Ah Gee whiz ! I wonder what they would do if that was a child ...pay ya?

 

[chickenannie]

I must deal with this farm family (the dog owners) on many other issues, including dealing with our local municipality, and cooperating on other important things, so I need to keep a positive relationship with them. I don't necessarily want to shoot the dog. But if it comes back, I would like to do more than just call them. But how do you capture a dog that may or may not bite you? the family warned it might bite, so now I really don't trust the dog.

 

[fowler_chick]

ouch sorry for your loss....it is so fustrating!! i once cought our neighbours dog on our property. i walked across the street politley and informed her that because we live on a farm we have the right to protect our live stock by any means......my choice is a .22, my husbands is far worse.....i have 4 large hunting dog's out side in pen's by my garage that never get out ....why?..because we maintain our fencing!!!, i'm pretty sure if yo taled to your local sheriff that he would say the same about shooting it.

 

[shawnkfl]

a .30-.30 bites worse than any dog

 

[2468Chickensrgr8]

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....and you want to keep the peace so if he shows up again I'd have somethings around to scare him with...pots and pans ....water hose... gun shot over his head...rubber bullets ?...their phone numbers....Maybe a donkey or a lama.......Good Luck....

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

Apply the SSS rule. I love dogs, we have 4 but another dog on our property is a predator.

Steve

 

[Sitka]

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You can make something similar to what animal control folks use: a pole with the loop of rope at the end. You can make one with a length of PVC pipe about 6' long (or copper pipe or whatever.) Run a doubled rope through the pipe with the loop hanging out the end. If you can get close to the dog, slip the loop over his head and pull firmly (but not enough to choke him). That way you can have him leashed but not close enough to bite. Good luck.

 

[bigkford]

I love dogs myself, I have 6, but you can not put up with roaming, loose, r unresponsible owners. You did did not raise these animals for your health. You raised them for your self. You have more rights then the dog does. I'd do the SSS myself You know its only gonna come back.