After reading all of your heartfelt responses and being able to see the keyboard and screen again, I want to thank all of you who took the time to post a response and to share with me and everyone else their heartbreaking experiences. I knew I wasn’t alone, but I guess as I get older (pushing 60) and life gets more precious, we want to hold our love ones closer and protect them even more. When I bought my tractor and found TBN I never in my wildest dreams thought that I would find such fantastic family of people so willing to help someone that they don’t know, share their feelings and experiences. I really appreciate all of the suggestions for moving on and have already put some of them into play. To be quite honest, plotting revenge was the only thing that kept me going in the early days of this horrible episode. But, I have moved on from there and can only hope that his retribution will come from a higher power. I too cannot understand how some people can do this to Gods creatures. BTW, I did call the Sheriff and the Highway Patrol, their response, “any eyewitnesses? Well no, but I’ve got his tire tracks and he was the only one going out at that time, sorry nothing we can do” click. Thank God I still have her sister, the SOB didn’t get her. And now whenever a Red truck goes by the house she goes berserk trying to get out, I suspect to kill the SOB as she was the only witness. But, after the truck is gone, she looks for her sister and whines and can’t understand, then my heart breaks all over again. My wife and I decided to get a companion for her and for us. So, we adopted a pup from the shelter and they seem to be bonding, forgot how rambunctious pups can be, I guess I’ll have to redo the wooden furniture again and keep filling in the holes in the yard. And yes, we are going to put up more fencing no matter the cost to keep them safe from cretins such as my “neighbor”. I guess I should define my neighborhood. I am one of 69 property owners in a 2,800 acre former ranch that was parceled up into 40+/- acre lots. Mine, unfortunately, has one of our association roads running through it. But, out of 69 property owners, some owners have multiple parcels, there are only 4 full time residents on my side, this SOB is only an occasional resident. I did fence my property when we first got our girls and that worked until my friend learned how to jump the fence, she was a smart one. But, with only three cars a day on average and they all know my dogs, I procrastinated on fencing improvements. After all I didn’t move all the way out her to keep my dogs penned up, I wanted them to have a certain amount of freedom. So, in essence I do share some of the blame for this tragedy, I could have done more. But that’s yesterday. I am going to put up a Stop sign up for that guy in the 18-wheeler today and get on my tractor and do something.
I don’t know if my words adequately conveyed my sincere thanks to you all for you outpouring of sympathy and support, so I’ll say it again, thank you and god bless you and your loved ones.
David
