Next Door Neighbor's Dog, Please Help

[Dogfish]

Sad to hear about the loss of your birds. I can understand your frustration, but both parties bear responsibility. You need to build a safe coop and run to keep your birds safe in. If you choose to let them free range, you understand the possibility of losing birds. They need to keep their animal under control. Barring that, build a large trap, bait it with dog food, and take care of the situation. Pretty hard to miss a dog from 2 feet, or it will make it easier for animal control to collect rover should you choose a humane path.

Figure $100 or less to build this.

It will help you with your other predator issues as well.

Take care

 

[Debob]

THERE IS NOOO WAY THAT WOULD HAPPE TO US> If the owner won't take care of this I would. And it would be final. That dog would betaken a dirt nap.

 

[PoultryPedia]

My favorite suggestion I've seen on BYC has been:

Catch the dog and chain it up on YOUR property!

* When the owner comes looking for it, you can tell them you see that they're able to care for their dog except do the part of appropriately controlling it, so you're doing that part for them.
* Do not feed the dog--Tell the owner that if they want to keep feeding it, they'll need to also do the restraining part on their property so it is accessible to them for feeding.
* If the owners don't agree to change their dog-restraint practices pronto, turn in the dog to Animal Control.

 

[Southernbelle]

Reports should me made to Animal Control; they exsist to handle situations like this.

 

[mikeksfarmer]

My friends I am sorry for your loss. Dogs are a problem many of us have faced and owners in denial are very high on the list. Bottom line for me is; its live stock/ pets on your property. You do have a little obligation to prevention. Make sure you have fenced your property and make sure your birds dont leave your property. You also can use documentation. When did you first loose a bird, when you first talked to the dog owner etc. Write all this down. Review the laws, contact the local authority, be it Animal control or Sherif. At this point there is a dog in my neighborhood that will die the next time I can shoot it on my property. Its a proven chicken killer. But I have contacted the owner twice and the sherif and they say since there is no Animal control you need to shoot the animal. I also have a secure pen and a large area where they can free range that is fenced in and at least secured to the ground.
Shoot the dog, as soon as you have documentation written down or fillmed. And shoot it only on your property.

 

[Beekissed]

Fencing wasn't mentioned on the OP. Do you have good fencing around your property or your flock? If not, this should have been a priority. If not, you have two groups of animals running loose...one is a predator and one is prey. Granted they should both be contained to a certain degree and sometimes animals do escape a perimeter fence....but if you have no barriers between you and Rover next door, you are practically inviting him over for a snack.

After 78 birds, I would imagine someone would wake up to how to prevent this from happening....either fence your birds in or the dog out. If you live on large acreage and your birds can free range without encroaching on the neighborhood, then the dog is clearly out of bounds and can be disposed of legally.

The neighbors should have gotten a warning with the first episode and the dog would quietly disappear if he came onto the property again.

My dogs would never permit another dog coming on this land and he would either go home severely damaged or he would be torn to shreds here and then returned home in a box~ with no apologies.

I really LOVE the bulls-eye idea!!!!

 

[Chicks & Dip]

Quote:
That is a really good idea... Thank YOu

 

[Chicks & Dip]

Quote:
My dad is the most skilled shooter in the house. He hunts, but when my mom and I run out to get the dog away from the chickens, he cant get to the gun fast enough

 

[Chicks & Dip]

Quote:
I love this solution!!! What a hoot. I am going to hold onto that one for future use. Thanks!

We can't catch the dog. We live on 7 acres, so he can't just be in my yard and have nowere to run

 

[Chicks & Dip]

Quote:
Yeah, but once he (and his 2 friends)RIPPED the door off our baby coop, and killed all 27 purebreds, and folling theat he coninued to rip the door off the large egg-laying hen coop, and we went from 63 to 6.

That might put the image in your mind that they aren't strong enough, but they are both fit on as strong as your front door