Dogs and neighbors.

[Deere Dude]

I had a neighbor who hated my guts because I bought a 7 acre woods that butted against his 20 acre hunting woods. He owned a 10 acre open field next to me and the woods in back of me. He lived maybe 1/2 mile or more across the open field from me. I messed his hunting up and he was ugly about it because he was trying to buy the woods we bought.

We tangled a few times over the years but he was just aggravating on every matter.

I acquired a dog that looked like a jet black golden retriever and was a very good dog. He would stay on our property for the most part because he always wanted to be under foot. I penned him quite often and that is where his house was and he was good with that. But we would let him out most days.

One day after watching a football game I went outside at 3PM and hollered for him to no avail. After looking all over, down the road and around the block I came home. One more walk around the house I saw him in the fence line 20 feet from the house. He was shot. It was deer hunting season. I followed the blood trail in the 6" of snow we had and he was shot maybe 100-150 feet from the house in the middle of an open field and dragged himself to the fence line and died. It wasn't an accident with a black dog in the middle of a white field and there were no deer tracks so he wasn't chasing anything. He just liked to go and lounge around in the sun and watch the traffic a quarter mile away.

Me and my wife dug a hole in a marsh in front of the house and buried him. After a few hours of grieving I called the sheriffs dept. A deputy came out and was very sympathetic to our cause. He went over and asked the farmer who I was sure shot him because he was protective of his property.

The cop came back and said the mad denied it, of course, and had a gun leaning up the wall in his front porch so the deputy was cautious. He said he couldn't do anything and nobody was going to admit anything and I understood that.

A couple days later he stopped out again and told us he made a traffic stop and he recognized the name and happen to be the farmers boy. The deputy asked about the dog shooting and the boy acted real sheepish but wouldn't admit anything either. Later on I heard he was bragging or talking about his deed in school but I didn't pursue anything.

But I surely considered escalating the situation dramatically but after I calmed down I thought I better let it go.




Maybe it was my fault for not keeping him locked up because I knew it was deer hunting season but everything was so quiet it never dawned on me to lock him up.

 

[ovrszd]

City dogs, Country dogs..............There are way more stupid dog owners in both places than considerate owners. Classy city neighborhoods can have fancy fenced yards with an expensive pooch that barks at every thing, be it a falling leaf or a passing kid or car....day and night. Geeze. Everybody is held hostage to such irritation and the codes/regulations seem to have little effect. But, it beats having suicide bombers in the neighborhood.

Amen.

 

[ovrszd]

I had a neighbor who hated my guts because I bought a 7 acre woods that butted against his 20 acre hunting woods. He owned a 10 acre open field next to me and the woods in back of me. He lived maybe 1/2 mile or more across the open field from me. I messed his hunting up and he was ugly about it because he was trying to buy the woods we bought.

We tangled a few times over the years but he was just aggravating on every matter.

I acquired a dog that looked like a jet black golden retriever and was a very good dog. He would stay on our property for the most part because he always wanted to be under foot. I penned him quite often and that is where his house was and he was good with that. But we would let him out most days.

One day after watching a football game I went outside at 3PM and hollered for him to no avail. After looking all over, down the road and around the block I came home. One more walk around the house I saw him in the fence line 20 feet from the house. He was shot. It was deer hunting season. I followed the blood trail in the 6" of snow we had and he was shot maybe 100-150 feet from the house in the middle of an open field and dragged himself to the fence line and died. It wasn't an accident with a black dog in the middle of a white field and there were no deer tracks so he wasn't chasing anything. He just liked to go and lounge around in the sun and watch the traffic a quarter mile away.

Me and my wife dug a hole in a marsh in front of the house and buried him. After a few hours of grieving I called the sheriffs dept. A deputy came out and was very sympathetic to our cause. He went over and asked the farmer who I was sure shot him because he was protective of his property.

The cop came back and said the mad denied it, of course, and had a gun leaning up the wall in his front porch so the deputy was cautious. He said he couldn't do anything and nobody was going to admit anything and I understood that.

A couple days later he stopped out again and told us he made a traffic stop and he recognized the name and happen to be the farmers boy. The deputy asked about the dog shooting and the boy acted real sheepish but wouldn't admit anything either. Later on I heard he was bragging or talking about his deed in school but I didn't pursue anything.

But I surely considered escalating the situation dramatically but after I calmed down I thought I better let it go.




Maybe it was my fault for not keeping him locked up because I knew it was deer hunting season but everything was so quiet it never dawned on me to lock him up.

Sorry for your loss. Jewels in your Crown for your handling of this.

 

[Citydude]

I love dogs and have 2 kept in a fence. Every now and then a dog at large shows up in our front yard. For the most part, they are just being dogs and they are friendly and let me pet them. Then their off to another adventure. One day a lab-mix showed up and aggressively growled at me. I walked backwards into my open garage door. I was relieved that he left and didn't follow me into the garage. My next move was to go into the house and call animal control if he followed me into the garage. There was something not right with that dog which speaks volumes about the owner.....

 

[Shaneard]

I think the problem with people and their dogs is that people need to realize that NOBODY thinks your dog is as cute as you do no matter how friendly it may be. I can't stand going in a store and seeing someone with their dog unless it's a service dog.

 

[bcp]

I can't stand going in a store and seeing someone with their dog unless it's a service dog.

Wait till they start bringing in their service horses.

Miniature horses aren't just cute — they can be used as service animals. Meet the mini horse guide.

Bruce

 

[hawkeye08]

Keep your dog on your property, report to law if they shoot at it when it is on your property. Let the neighbor know the plan and also if he ahs a problem to talk to you and not your wife.

One of the neighbors reported our dog for barking. Our dog spends many hours outside on her cable run (we have acreage, but keep our dogs restrained). The reason our dog was barking is this neighbor was turning her dog outside loose and it was coming onto our property to do its potty duty. It knew how close it could get to our dog. The neighbor never said anything to us and when we called to take care of the complaint, we were never able to get ahold of anyone at the number given.

 

[polo1665]

Whoa! Where did kuschneider say he was going to kill the dog?

He said "Right now there isn't anything that has happened that really concerns me, of course the day he come trotting by (the dog, not the owner) at first light when I am in the deer stand might be a different story...."

I didn't see anywhere that he said he'd kill it.

I apologize if I interpreted it wrong, but it sure read that way to me. Reading it again now I can see your point, and like I said.....my apologies to Kuschneider if I got it wrong.

If he was talking about killing the dog....then my statement stands.

 

[jerrybob]

I had a neighbor who hated my guts because I bought a 7 acre woods that butted against his 20 acre hunting woods. He owned a 10 acre open field next to me and the woods in back of me. He lived maybe 1/2 mile or more across the open field from me. I messed his hunting up and he was ugly about it because he was trying to buy the woods we bought.

We tangled a few times over the years but he was just aggravating on every matter.

I acquired a dog that looked like a jet black golden retriever and was a very good dog. He would stay on our property for the most part because he always wanted to be under foot. I penned him quite often and that is where his house was and he was good with that. But we would let him out most days.

One day after watching a football game I went outside at 3PM and hollered for him to no avail. After looking all over, down the road and around the block I came home. One more walk around the house I saw him in the fence line 20 feet from the house. He was shot. It was deer hunting season. I followed the blood trail in the 6" of snow we had and he was shot maybe 100-150 feet from the house in the middle of an open field and dragged himself to the fence line and died. It wasn't an accident with a black dog in the middle of a white field and there were no deer tracks so he wasn't chasing anything. He just liked to go and lounge around in the sun and watch the traffic a quarter mile away.

Me and my wife dug a hole in a marsh in front of the house and buried him. After a few hours of grieving I called the sheriffs dept. A deputy came out and was very sympathetic to our cause. He went over and asked the farmer who I was sure shot him because he was protective of his property.

The cop came back and said the mad denied it, of course, and had a gun leaning up the wall in his front porch so the deputy was cautious. He said he couldn't do anything and nobody was going to admit anything and I understood that.

A couple days later he stopped out again and told us he made a traffic stop and he recognized the name and happen to be the farmers boy. The deputy asked about the dog shooting and the boy acted real sheepish but wouldn't admit anything either. Later on I heard he was bragging or talking about his deed in school but I didn't pursue anything.

But I surely considered escalating the situation dramatically but after I calmed down I thought I better let it go.




Maybe it was my fault for not keeping him locked up because I knew it was deer hunting season but everything was so quiet it never dawned on me to lock him up.

Man.....that's tough. I respect what you did but I don't think I could do what you did.......

 

[murphy1244]

Man.....that's tough. I respect what you did but I don't think I could do what you did.......

Me either... I think I would of used my Backhoe.