Neighbor dog on my property harassing wildlife

[k0ua]

I remember like it was yesterday watching my dad load his pistol to walk up to the neighbors property kill the GS that attacked me. My mom pleaded with him not to do it while we were waiting for the ambulance and he caved in to her. She may have saved his life, because Lord only knows what the dog owner would have done to my dad seeing him walk onto their property intending to kill their dog.
Now I am a father and have mixed feelings about what I would do.

My brother was about 12 or 13 and my sister would have been about 8 or 9. They were walking on the county line road to school. The new neighbor ladies that just moved in had a large chow dog. It attacked them both, but my brother managed to get some rocks and with sisters help to keep handing him rocks from the ditch they managed to escape. My brother came back home and wanted to take his Ruger single six revolver back and kill the dog. Dad would not let him do that, and instead the sheriff was called. He came and took down the story, and drove up the road and turned in to their driveway. By the time he would have gotten the squad car door open a loud bang was heard. The dog attacked the deputy and was put down immediately. And that was that. The children could safely walk to school again. I am a little surprised that Dad didn't go up there, but he did the right thing by calling the law. I don't know what the deputy said to the dog owner, but no more dogs were procured.

 

[PILOON]

Shoot, Bury, shut up.

Got that wrong
It's Shoot, Shovel and Shut up!
LOL

 

[hunt4570]

Look back at your posts and see how you treat your neighbors.

Or want to.

I don't treat my neighbors any way, nor do I want to treat them in a particular manner!! I merely stated That if they cant control their dogs, I will, that's all!

 

[hunt4570]

Got that wrong
It's Shoot, Shovel and Shut up!
LOL

Yes, SSS..

 

[PILOON]

Way back as a teen the neighbor's dog would upset the trash lunch out on our trash and naturally leave a mess.
My cure was to wire a blasting cap into the can and watch from the window.
As soon as the mut had his head into his lunch pail I'd make contact.
The howl and yelp could be heard for many blocks away but that mutt never came back again.

LOL, that worked for me!

 

[k0ua]

Way back as a teen the neighbor's dog would upset the trash lunch out on our trash and naturally leave a mess.
My cure was to wire a blasting cap into the can and watch from the window.
As soon as the mut had his head into his lunch pail I'd make contact.
The howl and yelp could be heard for many blocks away but that mutt never came back again.

LOL, that worked for me!

Exploding trash can... I bet he told every dog in town about that!

 

[Doofy]

Exploding trash can... I bet he told every dog in town about that!

Sometimes, a loud noise or a "Touch" is all it takes to get the results you want. I think .22 Bird Shot at 30 feet would get their attention. If they make 12 ga "Bean Bag" loads for civilians, would really demand attention.

 

[k0ua]

Sometimes, a loud noise or a "Touch" is all it takes to get the results you want. I think .22 Bird Shot at 30 feet would get their attention. If they make 12 ga "Bean Bag" loads for civilians, would really demand attention.

Rubber buckshot is readily available as well as rubber bullets for the larger calibers. I have some for .45 acp. No powder just a primer and shove in the rubber bullet into the case by hand. works well. They are flat on the end. Not a lot of range as they fall to the ground pretty quickly (probably 20 yards maximum) but up close they will put an errant animal on the run. Of course they are single shot at the pistol won't cycle but that is usually all you ever need.

Here is some for .38/357 That should work well in revolver giving multiple shots.

X-Ring Rubber Bullets 38 Cal (357 to 358 Diameter) Box of 5

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Yeah maybe, I sure wont let ANYONE push me around on my property!! Regardless of size or degree of aggression!

But you will lie to them when confronted, that speaks volumes about you're character.

 

[hunt4570]

Exploding trash can... I bet he told every dog in town about that!

OK, trash can story... growing up we lived in a neighborhood, every week we put our trashcans on the edge of the street for pickup, garbage ,grass, whatever.. when it was lawnmowing week we'd fill the can with grass and put it out. Then some bozo thought is was funny to ram it with his car and blast it all over. So after a few weeks of that we had to repair a large section of our concrete driveway, my dad rented a jackhammer and away we went. So we filled said trash can with chunks of concrete and topped it off with a little grass! Yep, next morning we found half the front end of a car wrapped around that trash can!