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But what if this is someones helper dog or seeing eye dog and it got out just this once? Wouldn't it be better if it could be worked out, to give your neighbors a chance to make reparations? You would not be willing to speak with the owner and ask for financial reembursement first? It seems to me that I would rather have the cash than just someone else's old dead dog. It seems like you loose and the dog pays but nobody gets any satisfaction.
Boyd, you and I are sooo different - the only folks I would shoot are people I personally dislike. Otherwise, where's the fun in it?
I do respect your stand Fanc but I love my animals dearly even those that i raise for food.. My animals properly contained on MY property are more important to me then someone elses.. Beleive me I have felt terrible for killing someones pet but the bottom line is I put immense amounts of time and money into my animals and to lose all of that because someone else cannot keep their animals contained is just not something i can stand by and watch.. Trust me you will never get compensation for the cost of your time put into these animals .. the courts would at max give you market value on the live animal... I think this another thing that we will just have to agree to disagree about.. Bottom line for me is " I protect me and Mine...."
I guess we will have to agree to disagree. I love all of my animals and that includes my dogs. I just would hate to think of someone shooting my dog if she accidentially got out and not even giving me the benefit of the doubt. How do you know that an owner might not be willing to pay for thier dog's error? By not allowing that it may be just a terrible one-time accident or mistake in which I would be more than willing to compensate the owners of the chickens, including for thier time. I have both dogs and chickens, so I know how much time and effort it is. But my dog is time, effort, money, years of training and personal relationship that shooting it also takes it away forever.... And does my dog and I deserve that if it was just a one time mistake? If I am willing to pay for that mistake? I would feel very bad and ashamed that my dog cause that persons animals harm, but I also would not feel so inclined to repay them once they shot my dog. It seems a harsh punishment for what might be nothing more than an unfortunate series of events...Like, what if I am out walking my dog and I have a heart attack so my dog gets loose and then you just shoot it and then I am dying of a heart attack and have a dead dog just because I happened to be outside with my dog when I had a heart attack? That would be awful, and things like that happen.
