The beauty of a Game Camera! Heres My Latest Predator.

[PAchickengirl]

Most communities have leash laws, so he SHOULDN'T be there!

 

[capthollis]

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The reason was to find out what was digging.
The picture of the dog doesn't prove he did it.

Unless the dog is in the ACT of harassing/attacking, it's still not LEGAL to shoot it in most states.
"Being there" isn't one of the justifications
you'll loose your flock with that way of thinking one day. Don't say you weren't warned.

edited by staff

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

We can shoot them for just being on our private fenced land. then again our Pyrenees would likely kill them before we got the chance. It is always good to remember you cant quote law on the Internet as we don't all live in the same state or country for that matter. best to respect each other enough to not say anything when a difference of opinion or how to handle a problem (stray or other predator) happens to come up. No need to keep coming back only to continue an obvious argument on a thread started by someone else.

Great picture by the way for a game cam under $70!

 

[OnceAroundTheBlock]

Let me tell you a little story that happened to me just a couple of years ago.......

#1 A renter across the way, shot my dog as she was rolling in some cow manure in his LANDLORD's pasture.

#2 She made it home, I took her to my vet, but before I left I called the law.

#3 Deputies went and questioned the shooter (he denied it..liar).

#4 One deputy just happened to write down his tag number on his truck.

#5 Ran a check and found out he had no insurance on it and several unpaid tickets from another county.

#6 Shooter got lippy with the deputy and ended up getting stuffed in the back seat of the patrol car and spent the night in jail.

.....I guess you could say, I got the last laugh.

 

[rufus]

Before you go shooting dogs, remember that your kids will be going to school with your neighbor's kids. And, in case of emergency, it will probably be your neighbor that will call the paramedics for you. At the time you need CPR, you don't want them remembering that you shot their dog.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

neighbors would be good to keep their animals contained and not be city folks moving to the country allowing their dogs to run loose while they complain about country noise (roosters and farm animals).

 

[PAchickengirl]

If said dog mauls chickens or worse, neighbor's won't be on friendly terms, either, no?

 

[chickortreat]

If the neighbor's dog bothers my chickens, the neighbor will not know about it. Nor will they know why their dog hasn't returned home.....

 

[Green Lantern]

These dog threads are pure poison. What we used to do when we had a dog problem was to lay out a very dead animal for them to roll in. Skunk works best. Rover cannot resist the temptation. Hopefully, the dog makes it to its owner's new sofa before the problem is discovered. After coming home in this condition a couple of times, the owner will see the benefit of confining the mutt.

Love that Rufus! Though, I am not sure how you would lay out a dead skunk without smelling like one your self afterwards....

I think this is an area where we chicken owners will always have disagreement amongst ourselves. Maybe we should seek common ground before this gets any more hostile. Sometimes it just makes sense to agree to disagree.

 

[DigitalEd]

So, rather than shoot first and ask questions later, how hard is it to figure out if the dog is "chicken friendly"? I've got a "free range" dog that gets along just fine with chickens. She keeps predators away and my neighbors have said they've had flowering plants fully bloom for the first time in years since the dog has been around. She apparently keeps the deer from eating the flowering bushes and from invading the garden by chasing them away. (I've seen her leaping like a gazelle through tall grass in hot pursuit and humorously falling further behind with each leap.)

The same neighbors dog however it a different matter. If it got loose among the chickens, they'd be all dead in a matter of seconds.

They are two totally different breeds and personalities of dogs.

A chicken friendly dog is part of a good defensive system. Be shame to shoot it if there's a chance it's actually assisting.


----- Ed