Lancelot Acres

Dad-blasted, no-good, neighbor dogs...

Yes, neighbor dogs. 

A little history...

Last year these two dogs went on two different killing sprees and killed 10 of my chickens (total from both times).

DH went down and talked to the owners both times (they are of Mexican origin and the mom doesn't speak english, so the kids translated the first time.  The second time, DH talked to the dad).  They assured us they would tie up their dogs.

They dogs were tied up for about 2 weeks time.  They have been running loose since then.  During the summer months there is a lot of foliage between our houses, so the dogs don't come up...but this time of the year everything is pretty sparse, so we knew it was only a matter of time.

I was worried about my chickens mostly.  They are free range.

Fortunately, I hadn't let the chickens out yet today.

UNFORTUNATELY, I did let our little Jack Russel out to potty.  I'm not sure if one, or both got him, but he's bleeding in two or three different spots on his backside.

The dogs are a chow mix and a lab mix.  Big dogs (compared to our little guy).  He just wanted to play.  I saw him running behind the garage and thought he seen one of our cats (he likes to play with them).  Then I heard him yipping and crying. I grabbed a stick (we keep by the door) and ran out.  About that time he was running up to the door with both dogs on his tail.  They seen me and I yelled and waved my stick (insane lady with weapon..LOL).  They stopped in their tracks, looked at me, and turned around and headed home.

These are not nice dogs.  They have shown their teeth, and growled at me two different times when I told them to go home at previous times.  We can't have mean dogs in our yard...what if DD was outside playing? 

What really IRKS me is that we do everything possible to keep ALL of our critters on our property.  I know that accidents happen, and if I knew that the dogs were always tied up and just broke loose or some such thing, I would handle the whole thing a little better.

Our chickens are free range, but have very rarely crossed our property lines.  The guineas used to go to the road (I got rid of the males, now the females stay with the chickens).  I have seen the chickens in the field behind their coop, but only twice (and always this time of the year when the foliage is so sparse).  They typically stay in our yard between their coop, the woodshed, and our house.

Any similar experiences?  How did you handle it and not cause enemies?

my sympathy goes to you

{ 01:30, 2006-Mar-3 } { Posted by happyowl }

I am so sorry to hear about your troubles with the neighbours dogs. I'm not sure about the states but in Canada if a dog attacks another dog or human they must be reported to the humane society.

Last year, I was walking home with my daughter and we had our beagle x on a halty and a leash. We do this because we rescued our dog from the pound and she is terrified of all animals and people. She was severly abused by her previous owners and we got her at 4 months old! Any ways back to my story. We were walking home and all of a sudden out of nowhere this huge black lab has my dog pinned to the ground biting her throat and back haunches. I finally got the dog off ( but to this day I don't remember how). The dog had broken off his leash and just went after my poor baby.

When I got home( I did have to carry my 45 lb dog because she was shaking too much to walk). I phoned the humane society and it turns out this dog did not have a liscense and no shots. The owners were given a huge fine and I believe they lost their dog. While I feel really bad about the dog, I often wonder, what if it had been me, or worse my daughter?????.

If people are going to keep animals, they need to be prepared to deal with their behavier. While truly believe that all living things must be treated with love and respect, I do believe that as people we do come first in the "pecking order" of life.

sorry to ramble off like this but I hope that this may help in some small way.

I'll be thinking of your poor dog


Heather(easternprariegirl)

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{ 01:51, 2006-Mar-3 } { Posted by kayinpa }

You have done everything you can! The dogs are a menace and you have done everything possible to be nice! Its time to protect yourself, animals, children and property. The dogs were trespassing....I would consider calling the Animal Control in your area and at least talk to someone there about the rules, without turning them in! But if it happens again...definitely turn them in. On another not, can you make an inexpensive chicken tractor for your chickens, it is something that is mobile so they can move about in a "contained area" that can also be moved to different places on the property. Just some thoughts.

Roaming Dogs

{ 03:28, 2006-Mar-3 } { Posted by Greenberry }

I'd be very concerned about rabies as well, since your dog was attacked. You really should report it, just to see if these dogs have had the proper shots. I don't think I'd wait until a second incident.

Neighbor dogs put me out of the chicken business; if I get them again they will have to be penned most of the time. I like pasturing chickens but....!

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{ 06:06, 2006-Mar-4 } { Posted by stella }

i'd call animal comtrol and report it. they have been warned several times and the dogs have killed and wounded. don't wait until they attck a human.

give a full detail of what they did at all times (killed chickens, hurt your dog, growled at you).

obviously, they don't care about their neighbors. time to bring in the authorities.

bad dogs!

{ 07:51, 2006-Mar-4 } { Posted by Anonymous }

hopefully after calling animal control it will be taken care of. But here is some old standby advice.... the 3 s's of bad dog control... shoot, shovel,and shut up. we have not had to do it personally, close (we had 2 neighbor german shephars attack one of our dogs on our property... the owner drove the dog and I to the vet and paid the bill! was also told that it the dogs were ever on our property they would be shot!)
it is not worth putting up with bad dogs, too many good dogs not having homes. thankfully it was not a child!