Dogs running loose

[TheMan419]

So now we have not seen these dogs for a couple days. Problem may have solved itself.

 

[Jstpssng]

Maybe the owners are TBN lurkers.

 

[atsah]

You - out east there atsah- feel, for some reason, that they must be killed. That's OK with me - that is totally your choice.

Lots of people around the country hunt them, not just people in the east, they have no predators other than man and need to be controlled, if all people did is hunt there prey the top of the food chain predators get out of control, hence the reason someone killed 27 of them and it made no difference, and why it is open season year round in most places to harvest them.. We have packs here of thirty, very common.. It's a pretty popular sport here, the pelts are worth some money so they don't go to waste.. Same story in AK with wolves and I think since they introduced wolves in some of the western states they are needing to do the same..

 

[Alan W.]

Two days ago my 88 year old great aunt called and said the neighbors dogs had got into her garbage again. I went to her house and the trash service had already stopped and helped her pick it up. This is the third time I know of that this has happened.
She became so upset she had a seizure and had to be taken to the hospital in the ambulance. At the time I didnt know what was the matter with her, she has heart problems and is fighting stage 4 cancer.
Called the county attorney the next day and informed him that do to his lack of concern on my previous talk with him my aunt was in the hospital and I was going to call the local tv news and have them come down. He was all over it after that. Said he would contact the dogs owner and handle it and if that didnt work he would take him to court.
My aunt is home and the dogs are nowhere to be seen.
Time will tell.

 

[/pine]

"shoot the dog"...reminded me of this joke:

A man walked into his back yard one morning and found a gorilla in a tree. He called a gorilla-removal service, and soon a serviceman arrived with a stick, a big dog, a pair of handcuffs and a shotgun.

"Now listen carefully," he told the homeowner. "I'm going to climb the tree and poke the gorilla with the stick until he falls to the ground. The trained dog will then go right for his, uh, sensitive area, and when the gorilla instinctively crosses his hands in front to protect himself, you slap on the handcuffs."

"Got it", the homeowner replied. "But what's the shotgun for?"

"If I fall out of the tree before the gorilla", the man said, "shoot the dog."

 

[NorTracNY]

Interesting that many of you talk about the dog catchers not doing anything for you. I've only called once, when a woman's dog got loose and killed one of my chickens. When I told her, she didn't seem to care and gave no effort to try and get her dog back. I called the dog catcher. By the time he arrived, the woman got some other people to get her dog for her and she agreed to pay for my lost chicken. I let the dog catcher know things were resolved when he arrived. He said, "They may be with you, but not with me!" He proceeded to issue her tickets.

 

[Jstpssng]

My brother once had somebody come onto his lawn, take his dog and turn it in to the animal control officer. He had to pay a fine to get it back.

 

[Sigarms]

Two days ago my 88 year old great aunt called and said the neighbors dogs had got into her garbage again. I went to her house and the trash service had already stopped and helped her pick it up. This is the third time I know of that this has happened.
She became so upset she had a seizure and had to be taken to the hospital in the ambulance. At the time I didnt know what was the matter with her, she has heart problems and is fighting stage 4 cancer.
Called the county attorney the next day and informed him that do to his lack of concern on my previous talk with him my aunt was in the hospital and I was going to call the local tv news and have them come down. He was all over it after that. Said he would contact the dogs owner and handle it and if that didnt work he would take him to court.
My aunt is home and the dogs are nowhere to be seen.
Time will tell.

Generally speaking, if trash is stored in a garbage can, sealed, most dogs (and pretty much all other animals) won't bother with it. I've got to ask, how does your great aunt store her trash outside?

 

[Sigarms]

My brother once had somebody come onto his lawn, take his dog and turn it in to the animal control officer. He had to pay a fine to get it back.

You brother is either a pusswack or there is way more to this story than you're letting on

 

[Jstpssng]

You brother is either a pusswack or there is way more to this story than you're letting on

You are implying that my brother might have been in the wrong!?!?! How dare you!!!
Although I believe him when he said that it was on his lawn when it was taken, I've often wondered if perhaps it had previously been out in the road.
Then again there are a lot of people out there who feel that they know better than I do what's best for my dog; SL it could go either way.