Neighbors Dog

That is awesome! I might have to try this.

Yep..the little dog was on my front porch yesterday..again..Tied it out in front of the house and later that day I noticed it was gone. Guess neighbor saw it on her way home. Will mark it on my calendar and I suppose eventually I will have to call the county catcher 2 counties away to come and see and fine her for this. Trying to avoid this but...

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I think your problem is with the first word of your post title.... Neighbors...

If you ever have the chance in the future, buy up neighboring properties, and this issue will come up inversely proportional to the number and size of the properties you acquire...

I had a choice where to live.... and I chose the spot with the least amount of neighborage...

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The local coyotes can be a nuisance, but one good thing about them: nobody lets their dogs roam free for very long.

I learned long ago that the way to deal with neighbor's dogs is to fence them out. They may be bothering the rest of the neighborhood, but they aren't bothering me or my poultry. And they aren't bothering the neighborhood for too many loose adventures before they get invited to lunch.

You should expect dogs on your property when you have a bitch in heat.We neuter our dogs and cats.That at least takes some problems away.

This is a great idea!! But probably wasted, she would just keep 'em outside even more!

I understand from the dog's point of view- don't have a problem with the dog- just the owners. Went for a walk with my girl in heat one day and passed this house where owner was in the yard on the phone with the dog out no leash. Of course male comes over to check things out but owner did nothing about it. I asked her "hey is your dog neutered- mine is in heat?" She replied something like "oh I don't know, I think so..." Dog turned and I saw testicles. I asked if she could please come get her dog so I could continue on my walk unhindered and she acted like I was the pain in the tush for making here pause her phone convo in order to come get the ---- dog. That incident in combination with the dog out when nobody is supervising on a daily basis is the reason for my irritation. I live in a development, very close quarters, takes a little extra responsibility not to infringe on the rights of your neighbor...

I had a very dead, very large tom turkey in my trash can waiting for pickup. He was at the 'juicy' stage of decomposition. Neighbor had been letting her dog run loose. He got it out of my trash can and took off for home with it. She had a doggy door. From what I hear, he had his feast in the middle of her bed. I didn't see much of the dog after that.

OP, if you have big goats with horns, the little dogs may very well lose a fight with them. I've had goats hurt dogs pretty badly when it was big goat vs. small dog. If the goat manages to pin the small dog up against something, the result is often broken bones or internal injuries. Goats can be pretty nasty.

OTOH, goats will lose in a fight with a medium to large size dog every time ...

I had a very dead, very large tom turkey in my trash can waiting for pickup. He was at the 'juicy' stage of decomposition. Neighbor had been letting her dog run loose. He got it out of my trash can and took off for home with it. She had a doggy door. From what I hear, he had his feast in the middle of her bed. I didn't see much of the dog after that.

OP, if you have big goats with horns, the little dogs may very well lose a fight with them. I've had goats hurt dogs pretty badly when it was big goat vs. small dog. If the goat manages to pin the small dog up against something, the result is often broken bones or internal injuries. Goats can be pretty nasty.

OTOH, goats will lose in a fight with a medium to large size dog every time ...

Funny about the turkey!!! That has a wonderful irony.

We had a dog coming around a couple of times(had a collar but no tags or ID) and then decided it wanted to stay...but we didn't think it was a good idea. Figured its owner didn't care about it because they didn't come looking for it after a couple three days....so country justice prevailed.

I've gone the route of calling this or that office to get some help with dogs but soon learned that a quick lead injection was the only final solution. It's a revelation how quick neighbors keep their dogs on their property when they start disappearing.

SSS is still the best solution for these situations and many a dog has found rest in Dog Holler...even have a last meal before leaving this world.

Destructive dogs are even worse...roaming dogs don't bother me as much.

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The first 6 months I lived here, I hauled 9 dogs and a litter of Pit pups and mom off the the shelter. I had 1 SSS. It has now been at least a year since I hauled a dog off. I've been here 3 years.

So this was a nice dog that didn't do anything wrong but have bad owners that you shot?

Actually, this was a nice dog that would have been in the same area of my 50 CX chicks coming this next week. It only takes one time with that "nice" dog to wander into my yard and totally decimate my whole CX investment. That's like saying, "So, it was a perfectly nice coon that was by your hen house and he wasn't doing anything wrong and you just shot him???"

Ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

If my own dog was on someone else's property for three days and had already made several sojourns in that area, I'd expect him to not return. That's why I keep my dog at home, safe and secure.

This is a different world out here in this country and the occasional stray dog is treated like a potential problem, which they usually are. Just like any other big predator such as a coyote, fox, bear, etc.

We've killed dogs that were just chasing deer through our property...that's our animals when they are on our land and we will protect them for our own use with extreme prejudice. We expect the same treatment towards our animals if they are left to run loose also...and our dog is just as nice as this little dog was.

I have two neighbors who allow their dogs to roam.

Neighbor #1 I give a call when I see their dogs and ask that they call their dogs home. He gives a whistle and the dogs run home. Not a problem.

Neighbor #2 new to the area, I do not have their phone number. So when I caught the shih tzu trying to dig into the turkey pen after it tore a few feathers off the duck, I called neighbor #1 who said he would let the neighbor know I had their dog. This was Saturday morning. Sunday evening well after dark he and his wife come for the dog. I told them that this would be their only warning, next time I would take the dog to animal control and let them pay a fine. They got huffy and informed me that they have chickens and the dog never chases their chickens. So much for good neighbor relations.

I do like the spray paint target on the butt! I may try that one day. I have in the past used the SSS but only in extreme circumstances. Usually there are less drastic solutions.

This! This is why I now just do the "drastic" measures first instead of last. It's just cuts to the chase and gets things over with quickly and there need be no confrontations, bad feelings, etc.

Just a quiet and quick solution to a problem that never really needs to happen in the first place.

That sounds like a recipe for an "animal cruelty" charge.
SSS is the best solution after 1 warning

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