I myself would be more interested in exterminating the dogs than the money. If your other neighbor also lost livestock due to these dogs I would talk to the other neighbor to call for exterminating these dogs. They have a taste for blood and are no longer fit to be loose because they will hunt and kill anything they can and that is as bad as a pack of coyotes. If the neighbor won't exterminate the dogs I would shoot every dog that came on my property. I have a dog that is very protective of our property and she won't allow other dogs on our place. She also won't allow coons or opossum around either. She doesn't bother the chickens at all. She digs the gophers and moles out of the ground which to me is as bad as having a gopher mound. She is very gentle with the children and loves to play. I hope she never develops a taste for chickens because I would hate to make that decision for my own dog. I used to keep her penned up if we weren't home and at night. If I suspected her of getting a chicken she would immediately be penned again and see if that takes care of it.
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