Horses loose in my corn and a dog :(

[blueriver]

So how many bad neighbors do you have?

 

[MMagis]

So how many bad neighbors do you have?

I'm guessing all of them.
And they all have one bad neighbor, in common.

 

[Car Doc]

Nearly had to shoot a dog last nite in my back yard we were sitting by the pond drinking a beer


Im sure most of you wont agree especially car doc but this first paragragh explains why it.escalated so much. IMO for what its worth

I have the right to drink on my property as well!

fwtw I am licensed to carry a concealed weapon and have been a competitive pistol shooter for over 20 years I could have hit the dog at any place on my 1 1/2 acres had I needed to but I ran to within 20-30 feet and saw I could take a shot to scare him w/o hurting anything up to that point he wasn't reactive to any type of diversion to get him out of the yard that we did anyway. \

And dont forget I said the horses were already caught which I did help with btw and they were headed down the road when the dog came back in the yard and started his chasing one of my outside cats it was almost over but he saw a cat and went after it just like I feared he would up until that point the cats were hiding probably just guessing.

I had just got home and like I always do I go out and sit and drink a beer and relax by the pond hadn't been there 10 minutes there wasn't anything being planned in my mind or wasn't drunk at all just sitting and enjoying the peace and quiet with my wife and my favorite cat.

Who he is a 12 year old house cat that is hard of hearing and he cant see well he knows nothing about dogs and he couldn't see it or hear it coming either thats where I got momma griz on the dog we told them get that dog on a rope over and over or he will get shot.

They encroached on me trying to catch the horses that is it. I sure as **** didn't bring anything on I was just minding my business they wouldn't control the dog that was their decision to ignore the warnings.

That was them that escalated the situation I may have been able and willing to help catch the horses better if I hadn't been preoccupied with the dog but they didn't cooperate with my concerns that is where it went bad.

 

[Car Doc]

I'm guessing all of them.
And they all have one bad neighbor, in common.

Nice comment thanks for nothing. :thumbsup:

 

[alabama roughneck]

Nice comment thanks for nothing. :thumbsup:[/QUOTE
:laughing:

 

[Car Doc]

In the end, I commend CarDoc for not shooting a dog that really didn't deserve it, but at the same time am a bit curious as to why the situation had to be so confrontational to start with.

Thanks.

That's what I believed was the correct solution even as aggravated as I was shooting something was only a last resort I tried and tried to get him out of a situation I knew could get ugly.

The situation started getting maddening (or confrontational to use your words) when I started talking to the clown he is a complete idiot I know him very well and just could not get it thru his head they needed to get the dog out of my yard the horses were not a worry other than they ended up in my garden stomping on and eating my corn which is bad enough imo.

All he could say was one of the horses was his and the dog goes with the horses and on and on like that meant something to anyone but him.

 

[Car Doc]

Nice comment thanks for nothing. :thumbsup:[/QUOTE
:laughing:

Is this funny to you it wasn't meant to be?

If you aren't capable of being a real part of a discussion and just want to be an antagonist who needs you just stay out?

 

[beppington]

I'm with Car Doc on this. 1) I don't trust unfamiliar dogs, especially ones running around wildly on my own property; 2) You obviously have history with this bad neighbor, so the time for "benefit of the doubt" is past; 3) Some posters don't seem to understand you wanted to defend your aging cat; I see nothing wrong with that. Why should you let your cat be injured or die because some a-hole won't get his d@mn dog under control, especially after repeated warnings about it. And, if the dog ran into your back yard, whereas the horse is in the front yard, then "the dog goes with the horse" is false; It goes maybe somewhere near the horse ... which is irrelevant anyway ... the horse wasn't going to possibly chew up the cat.

 

[Car Doc]

Thanks bep you see it exactly like I wrote it and in the spirit it was meant to be understood.

The sheriffs deputy saw nothing wrong with my feelings either.

And if someone wonders why my wife didn't get the cat its because she was in the opening in our FENCE they went thru so they couldn't get back INTO the yard where the cat was the dog was another story.

 

[brin]

See...this thread is a perfect example of how things can go wrong in cyber space....

So much is lost in an effort to tell a story using a keyboard minus body language and all that goes with it..

As it turns out there is a history with this neighbor and that is why Car Doc referred to him as a Clown...all makes sense..I think we all have to keep in mind that these postings are only partial communication...not like we are all face to face and able to talk back and forth ..we just have to make allowances....Just my 2 cents.

I know I love my Dog and no matter the circumstance before I let anything attack it I would intervene.