Neighbors dogs in coop. UPDATE! 2nd time. 911/charges/court today

[Faith's Chicks]

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Having formerly worked as a dispatcher for Sheriff's Dept. I don't suggest this method. I know, even though it sounds "nicer" or more humane than shooting the dog. You could possibly be in trouble for cruelty to animals. Perhaps if you can get close enough to spray paint or shave the dog, you could tie a note to his collar or put a t-shirt on it with "Go Home" painted on it.

As a dispatcher I also had to call one of the local highway dept. troopers and tell him his dog was not in the backyard like he was sure it was. But rather I had a deputy out at a house a block over with his dog and the chickens it had killed. He was not a happy camper, but paid for the chickens. I have no idea what he did to the dog?!

Good luck with your court case.

 

[Morgan7782]

I always thought it was legal to shoot a dog if it was bothering/killing livestock, chickens included. I am an animal lover, but when I was raising horses I wouldn't think twice about shooting a dog if it was aggrivating the foals. Seen it happen and seen the results (killed a month old foal) and although I love dogs, my first responsibility is my own animals.

 

[Britney]

That is an all to familiar story. I wouldn't give him anything but a bill and a dirty look every time that I see him. How that your fault is beyond me. I am sorry. He also needs to pay to fix the damage this his dogs did.

 

[Chickens-246]

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They will come back, I shot two different dogs with "rock salt" and they came back.

 

[katharinad]

I have 4 dogs and love to see them walk free. They actually do let them out the back gate occationally. Right now there are to many coyotes out there so the gate is closed and they only have their 22 acres to roam in. LOL A couple of years ago we did get a call from one of our two neighbors saying that our dogs were on his land. His wife worried about the geese nesting there so they asked us to check into it. We did find a hole in the fence and fixed it. That took care of that problem, and we never head anything since. I do see coyotes on his land now, but they do not bother the geese. Still they will kill a young one, if given a change. Quite honest coyotes are not bad animals, their diet consists 90% of rodents. But given the opportunity they will go for birds and life stock. Our neighbor used to have cheep and the coyotes would kill the lambs. On the other hand he never really kept his fences tight. Just hiking along his land you see tons of holes beneath them. Not to mention the back gate with 18" inches of clearance below. They just walk in. We are doing out best keeping the coyotes out, because they seem to be eager to play with our dogs. It's quite common to see coyotes run with dogs out here. They do socialize, but I will not trust one. We have seen them even climbing through the cow gate, so we attached fence wire to the gate, which stopped this issue. The fence got in parts stacked with rebar and old logs pilled against them. No coyote has made it in in over 5 years. We check our fence line every couple of months and have not noticed any dig ins. This clearly shows that the fence does not need to be electrolyzed. So a small area around the barn is all that needs extra protection. But that is only for racoons and other critters that get near. So now back to dogs. Any dog owner should always be able to confine their dogs in one or the other way. For the neighbor's dogs that broke in and killed the birds. He is responsible for the damage, and I hope that the judge will put an order in requiring the owner to take measures from preventing it from happening again. Remember you only need to fence out life stock, like cattle from getting onto your land. Dogs need to be controlled by their owners. Have him build his own fence or kennel. Keep us posted on the court outcome.
BTW I like the trick with the stinky fish gut. Time to visit a restaurant and ask for their fish junk.

 

[littledel]

Just shoot the offenders, dig a large hole, fill with dead offenders and cover, then forget it ever happened.

 

[katharinad]

I would not shoot any dog unless there is no other way. Just thinking what I would do, if someone just shoots my dogs. I'm all for a warning first, then try the officials, and shooting as a last resort.
Katharina

 

[Dust Bunny]

my mom used to get bent outa shape about the neighbors unfixed tom cat fighting with our fixed cat under her window sill, keeping her awake at night, so she went to the neighbor asking the neighbor to please keep her cat in at night, but the neighbor said "no way, he keeps ME up at night so i put him out! if he keeps you up that's not my problem, i cant help what he does at night!" so my mom offered to pay to have the neighbors cat fixed to reduce his urge to fight, but that just wounded the neighbors pride and made her defensive, and she said "if i wanted my cat fixed i would get it done! i don't want him fixed! its cruel!!!

so my mom once again said "maybe keep him in at night then" once again neighbor said "NO!" this kinda stuff went round and round, and then some (it was kinda lame cuz the neighbors daughter was my best/only friend) soooo my mom caught the cat and took him to the pound (several times) to no avail, then the cat disappeared, well of course you already know the neighbor thinks my mom did something to the cat, but she didn't, and several years later the cat came waltzing up the road all fat, happy and FIXED with a collar on! apparently somebody thought he was a stray and gave him a good responsible home

well anyway my mom learned a valuable lesson, people who behave irresponsibly, tend to be irresponsible and respond poorly to reason, from that time on if she found a problem stray dog or cat or even a problem wild animal she would live trap it and drive it to the other side of the Tacoma narrows bridge and let them go in the woods, i know i know that's crummy too, but what do you do?! animal control is a joke and if people were responsible for there pets in the first place there wouldn't be a problem would there? just another random story from me

 

[pride&joy]

Difference between pest and pets is what side of the fence they are on. Love my dogs but work at making sure they stay on my property there is no such thing as free ranging.

 

[horsejody]

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The only problem with that is that you either have to put your own safety at risk by trying to grab a strange dog in a killing frenzy or let it continue to kill your own animals while you wait for the authorities. The other problem is that the dog might get away and then come back and kill again. The reality is that, when dog owners don't confine their dogs, they put other animal owners in the unfortunate situation of having to decide which animals get to live, the roaming dogs or their own. Personally, if it's up to me, I will choose to let my pets live. Any livestock or pet killing dog on my property will be shot, and it will be the dog owner's fault. I know it's not the dog's fault. It's not my fault either, nor is it the fault of any livestock or pets on my property. I wish people would just shoot or rehome their own dogs if they they think so little of them to let them roam.