Damn...did I offend you?

[inkjunkie]

Pretty sure I pissed off a neighbor. I have been training our 2 Redbone pups, they just turned a year old on Sunday. I am working on basic obedience. Using leash pressure and an E-Collar. Not a shock collar, but a collar with 100 settings. The dogs working level, with minimal distractions is 8. I can't feel it. Anyway, said neighbor just stopped by. I was working on putting some tension on the fence by the road. They are from California, guy in his 30's and his retired Dad. He brings up the dog training, mentioned perhaps I could give him some pointers as he is going to get a dog. I ask...what happened to the last dog you had...knowing that it was a very aggressive Cane Corso...and that it was acting very aggressive towards a neighbors dog and that neighbor shot it. Guy tells me that someone must have stolen it.
Anyway...first thing I said to him was best advice I could give you was very simple...a fence. Keep the dog on your property as most folks out this way have guns...and won't hesitate to shoot a dog that is a problem. Hell, guy next to me has at least a dozen dogs buried. He gets a bit loud with me....I told him to just relax..he drove by again about 45 minutes later, stopped and apologized for getting loud with me....

 

[pauly]

My dad told me years ago: You shoot a dog chasing deer. You bring it home and bury it at your house!!

 

[Tooljunkie]

My dad told me years ago: You shoot a dog chasing deer. You bring it home and bury it at your house!!

Arond here you shoot dogs that chase cattle.

I have one neighbour with an awesome border collie. Always comes for a visit. Sneaks up behind me and snorts if im working outside. Im sure she thinks its fun. Gives me a start every time.
Dog across the road needs a bullet.

 

[RAT ROD AL]

My dad told me years ago: You shoot a dog chasing deer. You bring it home and bury it at your house!!

I used to archery hunt with a buddie and one day we were out hunting and he says ," If you see any coyote's shoot em " I asked him why?
He says " cause all they do is kill the deer. " I says " thats what you're out here doing and I'm not gonna shoot you ! "

 

[fishmens67]

It's not the dog needing a bullet, it's the irresponsible owner every time. Train a dog right from birth, and a good dog it will be. The same goes for humans, but most today aren't trained right.
Save a dog today, place the blame where it belongs.

 

[Mopar-Mitch]

I made a embarrassing mistake when I was 14 years old, heard something in our chickens one morning grabbed my shotgun went out and 2 dogs had already killed 3 of our chickens and a couple ducks. I shot at the dogs and they took off, as they went over the hill I burnt them real good. A neighbor had recently told us that there had been some wild dogs in the area killing his chickens so I naturally thought that was them. After I shot I heard someone yelling and up over the hill pops one of my dad's best friends and his son. He said what did you shoot my dogs for Mitch. I felt about an inch high. Then after I explained he offered to pay for the chickens. My dad had told him he could squirrel hunt on our farm and I didn't know they were back there. He said his squirrel dogs would probably be ruined now. But it all worked out he still Laugh's at me today about it because I was only wearing my underwear and standing there with a 12 ga. Shotgun.

 

[gunbunny]

My neighbor to the North has a couple dogs that run all over the place. Last summer he was telling me that the guy to the South of us took a shot at his dogs. I asked why and he said "I guess my dogs got into his cows, but they didn't bother them, they just ran around barking"
I tried to explain how that wasn't cool, but he wasn't hearing it.
He basically told me that since he was going to have to pay a pretty hefty vet bill, cow-boy was too.
I don't know if he ever followed thru with his threat, but he was planning on taking a few shots at some cattle.
His dogs must have learned a little something, they still get down in my yard, but they don't go much further and they haven't been in the other guys field.

 

[Cope]

I grew up on a working ranch.
Back then you got (if you were lucky) one warning. After the neighbor came by saying my dog was bothering his birthing calves and that there would be no more house calls and that I would be paying for any loss, well I got real serious about working with my dog....

 

[doogievlg]

One of the farms I hunt at had a dog problem. I would climb into the tree and right before the sun came up I would here them barking and running around. They never stuck around long enough for me to get mad enough to shoot one.

The owner was hunting one day and they came back out. He climbed down and gave them both treats then threw them in the truck and dropped them off st the pound.

 

[SLOPAR72]

Zero tolerance.... Happy go lucky dog that I am acquainted with and trust the owners can visit me all day. Otherwise, get off my lawn.... End of discussion! It's the only way to handle it. Otherwise irresponsible people will be just that, irresponsible and end up putting you in a bad situation.

JW