Non-lethal dog persuasion

[3goodeggs]

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We had a hot wire around the sheep pen to keep neighbor dogs away at night...and our dog lifted his leg on the wire...oh! poor guy. The look on that dog's face...my husband turned it off. Male empathy, I guess.

That was a sad, yet rather humorous memory that you just revived. A 'hee-hee, poor guy,' sorta thing.

All I can suggest is a good strong 'no climb' wire fence.

 

[dacjohns]

Thank you for all the replies so far.

I forgot to mention that I have 100 acres and fencing isn't a viable option at this time (one reason I mentioned quick and easy). I don't want to fence in 100 acres or part of 100 acres and have to deal with more gates.

 

[TwoChicks]

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Ha!! Good one.

 

[buck-wild-chick]

Freeze the paintballs.

 

[kota1369]

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Ditto........... best solution for sure. And will be most affective.

Lady with 4 dogs, 4 city chickens, a rabbit with more on the way and a lizard.

 

[EweSheep]

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Yep and they really sting!!!!!

 

[babyblue]

Just this morning I had a nice long talk with my county’s dog law enforcement officer. He says as a non lethal deterrent pepper spray is the very best and most legal thing to use. It does not matter if the pepper spray is marketed for human use, dog use or even bear spray. Each spray can just has a slightly different propellant to reach farther and with a different amount of force. Using paintballs, bbs or my moms suggestion of wasp spray

can be considered cruel and be used against you.

He also suggests taking pictures if possible and the use of lethal force as an absolute last resort. Like in the case of a dog directly threatening the life of you, your children or your livestock. The best prevention he says is electric fence around important spots and getting pictures of the offending animals. That way the owners can not only be fined but have the dogs rehomed or put down if they are very dangerous.

Two more questions I had for him would be if your livestock injured a dog or other animal. Because I can guarantee my old gelding is not going to run around or stand there and get bit. If your livestock or animal(NON DOG) is on your property you are 100% not liable if they are attacked and cause damage to someone else’s animal. Dog and livestock owners are 100% responsible for their animal at all times and need to keep their animals on their own property. However even if a strange dog or person comes onto your property and goes after you, your kids or your livestock and you own dog defends them you are responsible unless you can prove the attack was provoked and in direct defense of your property. So for example you go for a walk down the street and your dog gets into a fight with another dog- you are also responsible. If the strange dog trespasses on your property, especially goes past fenced areas, provokes a fight and it can be proven then the strange dog owner is primarily responsible.


I have the local dog wardens office and cell number, in case of emergency I will call 911 and by law they are compelled to come out and deal with the animal.


Also thought I would add that I think pepper spray is a great deterrent because while non lethal or long term it hurts like hell. In areas of greater bear population it is recommended to spray any bear coming into the human populace, camp or homestead. If you spray a young curious bear before it becomes a nuisance it will learn to avoid humans. So instead of becoming a problem and needing to be shot or relocated it avoids human interaction. I would think dogs would have the same exact reaction to getting sprayed.

 

[alabamachick]

Rat Shot. If the strays are REAL strays they wont get too close to you anways.

Rat shot scatters so it really just stings enough to get them to run off.

We only had to do it one time with the neighborhood strays started thinking my porch was a good place to sleep, and then growl at me when I tried to make them go!

 

[babyblue]

agree with achick, that real strays will not get that close to you. I have also found that in most areas there are very few truly stray dogs. most have negligent worthless abusive owners that don’t care for the dogs, the dogs are hungry and just comfortable enough with humans. yet these are the same people all up in arms and ticked when something happens to their dog.

Most human or dog pepper sprays have a 10-15 foot truly accurate range. Bear spray is pretty accurate at around 30 yards and is chemically pretty much the same thing.

 

[OccamsTazer]

I like this bear spray idea!