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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2021 20:32:17 GMT -5
Neighbor today called to warn me that a pair of dogs were trying to get into my yard to get to my geese. I grabbed my shotgun and got out there, but by then the dogs had been scared off by the neighbor.
A neighbor reported this and was told "Handle it as you please, these dogs have caused trouble for weeks".
it is a fact; there are some verminous people in this town who let their dogs run loose to cause trouble all over. Lady a few days ago reported that they killed her pet, a much smaller dog, ON HER FRONT PORCH.
We have no animal control officer in this wide-spot-in-the-road, so we must do it ourselves. Now it is not only coon, fox, possum et al, but dogs too.
It would take a bear to get into the goose pen at night, but anything that can get over a four foot chain link fence can get at them in the daytime.
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Post by mgulfcoastguy on Jan 7, 2021 21:47:54 GMT -5
Can you get a fence charger and hot wire for the fence? That would prove that you made a good will effort to stop it peacefully. If that doesn't work SSS.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2021 19:50:44 GMT -5
Got the wire and charger, Gulf Coast, but too many women and kids around to warrant a hot wire on the yard fence.
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Post by carolyn on Jan 10, 2021 13:41:26 GMT -5
our neighbors dog comes to visit regularly... everytime I see it I am sending a message to call the dog back home...its a nice dog... but it belongs at their house, not mine. they were always kind about my messages... this time though... she killed my daughters rabbit and carried it home. I called and had a face to face and told them very kindly this wasn't fair to us and they needed to keep their dog at home....its been about 3 weeks and I haven't seen it once since then.
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Post by bestofour on Jan 10, 2021 15:58:08 GMT -5
I lived in a neighborhood once, in the city that had a leash law, with very nice people across the street. They had 2 springer spaniels and the female was aggressive. Once in a while they let them out to roam the neighborhood or maybe I should say "terrorize" the neighborhood. They dug, carried off, scared the children, it was awful. One day a little girl from a neighboring house was crossing the street, with me watching out for her, coming to my house to play with my daughter. That female dog started after her growling, and I can't say for sure she wouldn't have hurt her if I hadn't run down the driveway and grabbed her up. That was it for me and I called Animal Control, who instead of picking up the dog, called the family and told them I had reported their dog. The lady of the house marched herself up my driveway and proceeded to bless me out. I stopped her and told her to keep her dog out of my yard and if I saw her dogs chasing a child again I'd call the police. We remained friends and they kept their dogs in their back yard. My sister lives in a neighborhood and a every morning a neighbor would walk her dog, said dog would poop right at my sisters mailbox, and the lady would keep right on walking. After months of this, my sister put out a sign saying something like please clean up after your dog. The lady doesn't walk her dog by my sisters house anymore so I'm guessing her dog is pooping down the other side of the neighborhood. I don't understand people.
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Post by mgulfcoastguy on Jan 10, 2021 18:29:59 GMT -5
Got the wire and charger, Gulf Coast, but too many women and kids around to warrant a hot wire on the yard fence. They'll learn as fast as the dog.
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Post by mgulfcoastguy on Jan 10, 2021 18:33:18 GMT -5
I lived in a neighborhood once, in the city that had a leash law, with very nice people across the street. They had 2 springer spaniels and the female was aggressive. Once in a while they let them out to roam the neighborhood or maybe I should say "terrorize" the neighborhood. They dug, carried off, scared the children, it was awful. One day a little girl from a neighboring house was crossing the street, with me watching out for her, coming to my house to play with my daughter. That female dog started after her growling, and I can't say for sure she wouldn't have hurt her if I hadn't run down the driveway and grabbed her up. That was it for me and I called Animal Control, who instead of picking up the dog, called the family and told them I had reported their dog. The lady of the house marched herself up my driveway and proceeded to bless me out. I stopped her and told her to keep her dog out of my yard and if I saw her dogs chasing a child again I'd call the police. We remained friends and they kept their dogs in their back yard. My sister lives in a neighborhood and a every morning a neighbor would walk her dog, said dog would poop right at my sisters mailbox, and the lady would keep right on walking. After months of this, my sister put out a sign saying something like please clean up after your dog. The lady doesn't walk her dog by my sisters house anymore so I'm guessing her dog is pooping down the other side of the neighborhood. I don't understand people. Post a picture of her with her dog pooping in your yard on Facebook. It will eventually be forwarded to her....after it goes to a couple hundred thousand people or so.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2021 8:12:04 GMT -5
LOL, I like the facebook Idea---but I'd pug a hot wire on the mail box too.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Jan 11, 2021 9:08:55 GMT -5
Got the wire and charger, Gulf Coast, but too many women and kids around to warrant a hot wire on the yard fence. They'll learn as fast as the dog. Assuming you're talking about standard electric livestock fence (which hurts, but doesn't cause any real injury), that's true. Really little kids like (toddlers and preschoolers) shouldn't be running around outside unsupervised anyway. School-age kids can be told, and if they don't listen, can learn the hard way. I remember being a kid and being careless enough to learn the hard way despite being warned. It only took one zap. ...except when we got a little older and dared each other to touch the fence. Then there was that time that a kid swore that you could touch the fence with grass and not get shocked. He even demonstrated. But he used a piece of dry grass and handed me a green one. But that sort of low-grade stupidity and pranking is part of childhood.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2021 14:18:25 GMT -5
LOL, I noticed that the geese were ignoring my hot wire intended to keep them off the patio---dry cell batts dead, so I changed. Cleaned it up and hooked it to a 12 volt auto battery, raised the fence four inches and watched. They came up, looked it over, walked over and listened to the unit clicking and walked off. They have not even TRIED it this time.Dogs have not bee back either---I think someone took care of that problem for us. Those geese are almost thru their teens---I expect them to nest before the summer is over though they will grow for another year.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Jan 23, 2021 12:47:28 GMT -5
Smart geese. The downside is that whenever your battery dies they will promptly get onto your patio. But looking on the bright side, you have a reliable "dead battery indicator."
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2021 15:07:26 GMT -5
Laura; those Zareba chargers will run for months on an auto battery, and of course all one has to do is hook a charger to the battery overnight every month or two. I really prefer the 110 volt chargers, but you cannot beat the little Zareba's for portability and convenience. They will also knock the enamel off your teeth if you have the nerve to try one. They have high and low settings---I leave mine on low I used the electric string for fencing as it is so much more convenient to deal with.
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Post by paulf on Jan 23, 2021 15:19:09 GMT -5
Our little village has a leash law but no way to enforce it. Nobody wants to become the "dogcatcher". If someone calls the sheriff they say they are not responsible for dogs. Years ago the problem was worse than now but we had an old guy who took it upon himself to solve the problem. If he could get the strays in his truck they got a free ride to a town in Missouri ten miles away. They did have an animal control person. If he couldn't get them to hop in, somehow or another those dogs disappeared...for good. Sadly that citizen passed away a couple years ago.
Lately the loose dogs were picked up by someone and took them to a veterinarian in a near-by town. The Vet was told who the dogs belonged to and a phone call was made to the owner along with a handling fee of $100 per dog. That stopped the loose dog problem for a while. Now I see the same several dogs that had been taken to the Vet wandering around. The owners and the dogs have short memories.
Roaming dogs in my yard get a pellet shot in the rump from my squirrel chaser. The dogs are smart enough to stay away...too bad the owners can't get the same treatment. Actually these dogs are quite friendly and cause no harm. They just need to stay home.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2021 18:18:05 GMT -5
Wonders never cease; The dog problem has gotten bad enough here that that city officials are considering a leash law. They propose to fine people who allow their dogs to run loose.Next question is who will enforce the law. (Which of our 300 or so citizens will be th dog catcher?)
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Post by paquebot on Sept 1, 2021 22:19:00 GMT -5
I think that the last time we had an official dogcatcher was probably around 1970. Even into the '80s, certain dogs were tolerated to be loose in the neighborhood. There was one beautiful and friendly German shepherd that visited anyone she saw. But, she had a habit of sneaking up behind someone and tap her muzzle against a leg. I suspect that a lot of people jumped a foot in the air! Then it looked like she was smiling.
Martin
The truth is more important than the facts.
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