Our Dog Was Shot

[bagendhens]

1: im REALY sorry your dog got hurt, im REALY glad the dog is recovering and im EXTREEMLY glad your putting up an 8ft fence!
2: it is the dogs owners responsibility to keep a dog contained plan and simple. just because hes "good" with your family, frineds and animals doesnt mean he is with others, AND other people are not mind readers, from a distance husky are large intimidating WILD looking dogs.
your not a mind reader, you dont KNOW if your dog was harrsassing a neighbors cows, mabe the dog was wlaking towards a neighbors kids and the parents spooked at seeing a LARGE wolf looking animal comming towards them, ect.
these things happen to dogs, Dogs are a MENACE to farmers.
my grandfathers dog loved their animals, but if he managed to get through the fence to the neighbors feild he would harass their geese, because they wernt HIS geese...
mabe the neighbors didnt know whos dog, mabe the dog was trying to get at their birds ect...you never know and a land owner is in every right to shoot to kill a stray canine on their property...
coyote, fox or domestic canine...

this is a subject i feel incredibly strong about, ive seen it happen, im an animal behaviourist with 6 dogs of my own all ranging in size, age and drive...if you know your dog sometimes clears a 6 ft fence, fixe the fence or put him on a long line when hes outside unsuperzised...
it doesnt matter how friendly a dog is...as you unforutnatly found out the hard way, folks WILL react to a dog tresspassing, some will take the dog in...some will try and find its owner, some plain flat out call animal control and others, are well within their right to shoot if they THINK their livestock or family are at risk.

as a dog owner i also get pretty darn miffed off when i find stray dogs hanging around my garden, some of my dogs are small, theyve been attacked by larger dogs, ive been attacked by a neighbors dog who was constantly "jumping the fence", i cant say how frustrating it is to step in dog poop walking to my car (the drive is unfenced) and knowing its not my dogs, how frustrating it is ot find the front unfenced area dug up every year by roaming dogs...

again, im REALY sorry this happend, and im SOOO glad your taking the steps to prevent this from happening ever again
but to say the person who did this is a monster for shooting the dog to me is way over the top, you dont know WHY this person decided to shoot the dog.

 

[drafthorse39]

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People like that shouldn't hunt.

 

[lockedhearts]

Running a strand of electric fence around the top of your yard would be much cheaper than replacing the entire fence. I had to do this to keep a dog in and it works. I don't even have to turn it on anymore, just seeing it there stops any thought of going over the fence.

 

[texasgal]

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Very well said .. and with compassion.

 

[Bunnylady]

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Years ago, my hubby and I rescued two starved, abandoned young dogs that we thought were GSD mixes, but have since decided were probably purebred Belgian shepherds. Though only knee high and about 50 lbs, they could easily scale a 6 ft fence. My husband called them the "Palestinian shepherds from heck" because the neighbors were terrified of them. They weren't the friendliest dogs, but the worst I ever saw them do was alarm bark and slink away.

Trying to keep those two rascals home was more than a mere fence could do; we resorted to 20 ft chains, attached to a pulley, and a long cable that stopped them just short of the fence (our landlord wouldn't allow them in the house.) They had shade, though the actual trees were outside their reach. They had a doggie door onto the back porch for water, shelter and contact with us through the sliding glass doors. Not the ideal, I know, but even that arrangement is illegal in our county now. However, an 8' x 10' chain-link cage, with a concrete floor, at the back corner of a yard, is fine!

Having lost animals to dogs (including my own - grrr!) I have sympathies on both sides. But to have a dog get shot is very sad. I hope your boy heals quickly.

 

[Chickerdoodle13]

I'm glad to hear he is doing fine! Certainly a very lucky dog!

Is it possibly that someone may have thought him a coyote or wolf at first sight? I'm not one to shoot animals, but I know several people who would shoot a coyote on sight, simply because they have been known to kill livestock and they are REALLY good at getting poultry. My dog looks a lot like a coyote and I am always afraid that the hunters who go through our woods in the back might some day mistake him for one. It wouldn't be the first time a horse, dog, or even a domestic turkey has been mistaken for something else in our area!

 

[chinbunny]

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I am sorry he got shot. But you need to watch him and supervise him when he is outside. If you can't do that then chain him up. Won't hurt him to do that when he is out doing his business, and it will keep him out of trouble. many farmers will shoot any stray that comes onto their property to protect their animals. Whether is is bothering them or not. I don't shoot dogs becaus eI live in town. However, I have had many a 'harmless' dog get into my barn and kill my rabbits like that. Because the owners just didn't watch them when they were outside. Some of the owners have been threatened with tickets and made to pay up. One dog ended up shot and killed by the police dept for killing them. My neighbors cockapoos got loose several times and went after them because they did not watch them. And the one knows how to open a gate. When they couldn't get in the barn with them, they demolished the yard and garden.

Supervise your dog when its outside if you want to keep it alive.

He was in a fenced in yard! I will not "chain him up". We are taking him out on the leash until the privacy fence gets put up.

Temp chaining him up when he is outside is not evil. Its protecting your dog. And anything else he may be going after when he gets out. Glad you will be taking him on a leash, but if you leave him unsupervised tie him up. You can get him a couple of heavy duty chains that he can't break and put them together so he can run around the yard and be happy. Or you can buy it by the foot at places like tsc, and walmart. That way you can give him as much space as you want. A determined dog with easily climb a fence no matte how high it is. I used to have 60 pound lab mix that easily jump a six foot fence. I also agree with the electric fence suggestion. Also run a strand around the bottom of the inside of the fence. About six inches off the ground. It will prevent him from digging out. Fence setup should cost about $100. Make sure its grounded properly. Or it won't work.

I chain my dog up when she is outside unsupervised.

 

[SarahBeth9394]

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It really doesn't matter where Shadow was as he wasn't contained in your yard. He may not intimidate you but after seeing his picture many people would be scared of him if he were running up to their kids or skulking around them. He's a dog of a breed with a strong prey drive so it wouldn't be beyond belief that he could have been doing what comes naturally to him. You weren't there to see why he got shot. Why not just take your lumps and say "wow I blew it. I didnt' contain my dog and he got shot" instead of giving a litany as to why he "just wouldn't harm anything". We'd still offer our sympathy's and well wishes for your dog.

 

[Mountain Sunshine]

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Thank you!

 

[gkeesling]

we had a female husky. she was a very kind and sweet dog, and like most huskies she could not be kept penned up. She would get out of nearly any kind of fence and roamed around. We didn't think much of her ever causing a problem until one of the neighbors came over and told us she killed all of their chickens. I offered to pay the neighbor for their loss. Misha ended up getting shot. My wife came home from work one day and Misha was sitting in the yard with a bullit in her. We had to put her down. We hated to lose that dog, but I also understood that's what can happen when a dog messes with another farmer's livestock. This was before I started with chickens. Now I more fully understand about predators than I did then.