I absolutely understand the points made. All very good points but I know the full history we've had with these neighbors and their efforts to annoy not only us but every other neighbor out here. Now, if he had been doing annoying things to other neighbors or they had anything bad to say about him, I would absolutely give credit to these people and say they have a point but that's not the case. There's a reason the other neighbors got along with him and they didn't. He didn't bother anything or anyone when he roamed according to the others. He just roamed and barked. The old families like us that have been here for a few generations refer to time as "before them" and "after them" if that tells you anything. They reach over another neighbors fence with a stick and trigger their hog snares, get caught on game cam, confronted about it and that's ok but that same neighbors little lap dog crosses that same fence just to smell around (nowhere near their house or yard or their animals) and they threaten to shoot it? They leave the gate open and their stud horse comes through 2 of our fences, fights my dads stud horse through the fence and causes hundreds in vet bills plus broken fence that they don't even offer to repay and that's ok but my chickens hunt bugs in their driveway at the edge of our fence and they call the sheriff? When I say unreasonable, I mean unreasonable. I believe most people are reasonable and compromises can be made but honestly, after 30+ years, it's getting real old trying to make it work and be nice. The other neighbors stopped trying long ago.
The main goal of the post was to find a safer home for Newt, which I did. He is about 40 minutes from me on 23 acres with no neighbors for 4 miles in any direction and the nearest one is kind and communicates with the new owners and from what I gather, has already met Newt and likes him. He's got chickens to look after and two new sisters to play with which he loved immediately. They came out to meet him and brought one of their current LGD's and they were best buds right away. New owner is a retired vet tech and former humane rescue officer so I feel pretty good about where he ended up.