Silkie thread!

[aoxa]

Calling it in as a stray would work. Does the humane society in your area pick up? Or just keep it caged till you have an opportunity to drop it at the shelter.
ps: take the collar off

 

[jsp28504]

Thats horrible jsp28504

What a good Dizzy!!! Dog!
I just don't know what to tell you for advice. I will have to think about it. Are you the one moving? Sorry I am having a hard time keeping track of everyone. (I am new on this thread)

Yes, I am the one orchestrating a big move... Sad thing is, I never really liked Dizzy till this evening... I was so happy that he had helped track down the birds I was loving on him and he peed himself... I scare him or something... I think I am just going to take the dog to the SPCA tomorrow morning as a stray... Hope they can find him a good home away from chickens...

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

@ JSP

does your county or neighboring county has a drop off box at the shelter? we do here (i'm in NC too) I would take the dog and drop it off at the shelter at night, or shoot take it myself during the day and tell them it was in your yard, it doesn't have tags you don't know who it belongs to and your ready to put the dog down yourself because it has attacked your chickens and you've previously lost other chickens and you have to wonder if it wasn't to this dog (even if you know it wasn't its a good way to get your distress and point across)

Honestly though if I had seen the dog after my birds I would have SSS (shoot, shovel, and shut up) i've been there a few times now with troublesome hunting dogs that many of the folks out here own. here the Animal Control will tell you to 'do what you have to do' because all they can do is pick the dog up (some counties they won't even do that) and if they don't have proof of ownership they can't do anything about it unless owners claim the dog at the pound.

 

[jsp28504]

The "stray" doesn't have a collar. I just hope dropping him off won't put a smudge on my record if I want to adopt...


I love animals and hate putting them into a kill shelter like we have down here, I stop in the middle of the highway to save a turtle and relocate it. I try to keep stray cats until I can find a home for them, if I have the means, I just don't have the time to find this boy a good home and can't keep him for fear of him actually killing a chicken.

I'm not sure who asked, but the missing hen is alive, just wet and hiding in the shrubs around my house, I have seen her, but wasn't able to catch her.

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

The "stray" doesn't have a collar. I just hope dropping him off won't put a smudge on my record if I want to adopt...

no it won't. tell them you caught the dog, have seen the dog wandering around before, and you caught it attacking your birds.

also with you moving it shouldn't pose any issues with where you're moving anyway.

 

[aoxa]

[COLOR=800000]@ JSP


does your county or neighboring county has a drop off box at the shelter? we do here (i'm in NC too) I would take the dog and drop it off at the shelter at night, or shoot take it myself during the day and tell them it was in your yard, it doesn't have tags you don't know who it belongs to and your ready to put the dog down yourself because it has attacked your chickens and you've previously lost other chickens and you have to wonder if it wasn't to this dog (even if you know it wasn't its a good way to get your distress and point across) [/COLOR]

[COLOR=800000]Honestly though if I had seen the dog after my birds I would have SSS (shoot, shovel, and shut up) i've been there a few times now with troublesome hunting dogs that many of the folks out here own. here the Animal Control will tell you to 'do what you have to do' because all they can do is pick the dog up (some counties they won't even do that) and if they don't have proof of ownership they can't do anything about it unless owners claim the dog at the pound.[/COLOR]

Doesn't it just make your blood boil seeing a stray dog after your chickens? Like we don;t have enough predators to worry about besides someone else's pet!

 

[jsp28504]

no it won't. tell them you caught the dog, have seen the dog wandering around before, and you caught it attacking your birds.

also with you moving it shouldn't pose any issues with where you're moving anyway.

Thanks, I'm not from NC, just forced to live here, so I wasn't too sure of the laws.

Luckily, my roo, LFB (profile pic) did his job and protected his girls and only lost a few feathers near is already naked neck, I think that was the worst that happened, I have a few fluffy white feathers lining my driveway.

 

[debs_flock]

What would you all do, its all I can do to keep myself from "culling" it?

Make sure you tell them it was after your livestock. Otherwise it might be adopted out and will just be moving your problem to someone else's flock

Your best bet is to relocate it to a shelter a County or more over, otherwise the owner might locate it and bring it home. Of course, if it should happen to be microchipped, it wouldn't matter where you drop it off.

Deb

 

[jsp28504]

Make sure you tell them it was after your livestock. Otherwise it might be adopted out and will just be moving your problem to someone else's flock

Your best bet is to relocate it to a shelter a County or more over, otherwise the owner might locate it and bring it home. Of course, if it should happen to be microchipped, it wouldn't matter where you drop it off.

Deb

I highly doubt this dog would be chipped, the only thing I'm hoping for is that I won't have to "SSS" as someone mentioned above. Its a sweet dog, just not a "lover" like my basset hound and Lab x... If they catch a bird all they do is lick it and cuddle with it, Dizzy, the Lab x brings us injured birds and doesn't harm a feather on them. I guess I'll do right by the stray since none of my birds were seriously injured, just a few plucked feathers, and take it to the pound or call the no-kill animal adoption group Diamonds in the Ruff... I don't want or have the room for another dog... 2 are my limit!

 

[ChickensXOXO]

I live in NC also, and I had a dog bothering my chickens in the past. I talked to Animal Control about it, and they set up a trap for me (since I couldn't get my hands on it), but they told me in the state of NC, you have the right to shoot a dog that kills your livestock (by law, the dog had to kill something first).