Neighbor's dobermans on my land, protecting "their" property ...??

[Travelover]

...........The other statement I believe is "when you meet the dog, its attitude is a reflection of the owner" and I have to say in most cases this is true.

This nails it. Aggressive people own aggressive dogs.

 

[beenthere]

................. To shoot one just because you have the right to, when your life and limb are not in danger, seems cruel, unneighborly and down right stupid.

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"seems cruel, unneighborly and down right stupid."

You made a point, and I look at it as the dog owner is the one who "seems cruel, unneighborly and down right stupid". So it depends on which side of the fence one is on.

I now have two great neighbors who have dogs. They have acreages of land as I do. I mow my grass along their property and really dislike the dog doo that I have to mow through. Somehow that just doesn't seem to bother the neighbors, and I can't imagine that they don't know that their dogs are roaming off their property to dump. It may not be cruel, but it is certainly unneighborly.

No, I won't shoot their dogs. But I sure have been tempted to shovel up the dog doo and place it on their porches or in their garage where it can stink like it does on my lawn tractor tires.

 

[johnrex62]

Its a shame there are people like this here.

Don't believe everything you read. Sarcasm is rampant in discussion forums and tongue in cheek is not unknown.

 

[dieselbeef]

wasp spray:thumbsup:

 

[johnrex62]

wasp spray:thumbsup:

How do you get the wasps in the can for spraying? :laughing:

 

[slowzuki]

Rural area and dog crossed a property line? Around here you call the owner and ask if he minded keeping the dogs tied up when people are out on the property as they look kind of defensive. If the owner is rude and lets them run, (talking big dogs only) people here tend to carry a golf club rocks etc or shoot them if they see them running free as they will run down deer.

 

[IslandTractor]

"seems cruel, unneighborly and down right stupid."

You made a point, and I look at it as the dog owner is the one who "seems cruel, unneighborly and down right stupid". So it depends on which side of the fence one is on.

I now have two great neighbors who have dogs. They have acreages of land as I do. I mow my grass along their property and really dislike the dog doo that I have to mow through. Somehow that just doesn't seem to bother the neighbors, and I can't imagine that they don't know that their dogs are roaming off their property to dump. It may not be cruel, but it is certainly unneighborly.

No, I won't shoot their dogs. But I sure have been tempted to shovel up the dog doo and place it on their porches or in their garage where it can stink like it does on my lawn tractor tires.

I am not for a moment arguing that dog owners are not in the wrong in these cases. However, it seems far more civilized to discuss the problems with the neighbors mano a mano than to take a cowardly approach and just shoot the dumb beasts.

A man on a tractor is not at serious risk of being attacked by domestic dogs. In the case presented by the OP, the dogs are protecting their turf and warning the "pack" of an intruder as well as trying to scare off potential threats. What's so hard to understand about that? Packs of wild dogs attacking chicken coops is a different matter but in the case presented by the OP the stupid dogs were just doing what they have been genetically programmed to do. Carry a club or pepper spray if you are fearful but don't execute animals who are behaving normally and quite predictably. Then, have a word with the owner about fixing that fence and how the dogs might be acclimated to the tractor. If the neighbor is a jerk and doesn't respond, it would make more sense to shoot him as he is the real problem.

 

[Mousefield]

"seems cruel, unneighborly and down right stupid."

You made a point, and I look at it as the dog owner is the one who "seems cruel, unneighborly and down right stupid". So it depends on which side of the fence one is on.

I now have two great neighbors who have dogs. They have acreages of land as I do. I mow my grass along their property and really dislike the dog doo that I have to mow through. Somehow that just doesn't seem to bother the neighbors, and I can't imagine that they don't know that their dogs are roaming off their property to dump. It may not be cruel, but it is certainly unneighborly.

No, I won't shoot their dogs. But I sure have been tempted to shovel up the dog doo and place it on their porches or in their garage where it can stink like it does on my lawn tractor tires. [/QUOTE]

Around 1975 we lived in the City of Victoria. Bought our first house and some months later new people moved into the house across the street. Had a big dog, 100lb +. Of course it came and did its business on our front lawn. Went over to nicely tell the neighbor's what their dog was doing. Well it didn't stop so a couple of weeks later I got out my shovel and scooped up all the crap and put it on the bottom of their front step. A couple of days later they started building a fence. No more dog doo doo on our front lawn. :thumbsup:

As far as the OP’s position I would talk to the neighbor first. After that then look at your options. If you are getting goats you would want to put in a better fence than a 4 strand barb wire. So perhaps putting up a new fence will keep them out. My wife and I did own Doberman’s for 20 years, used to show them. I think any 2 or more dogs, of any breed, are a pack and can be dangerous.

 

[riptides]

Forget talking to the neighbor. Is he that s t u p i d he does not see what is happening?
I doubt it.

He may think your hassling him. He may go off on you. Forget that crap.

Call animal control. Let them deal with it. You know nothing, you saw nothing, you see nothing.

 

[Car Doc]

I would just take a couple beers out to the fence when he is out and get acquainted that's the only way him or you knows what is on the others mind I am sure he has his reservations about you too. :thumbsup: