Scary experience/neighbors dog

[sendero]

Scary! I know how you feel.

My place is way off the beaten track, but there is a cabin 500' north of my fence. The current occupants have 5-6 dogs. They are mostly mutts, and they seem to think that, since I'm not at my place much (weekends, holidays), that it is their property.

When I go out to work, they'll come down to the fence barking at me. I can live with that. But a couple weeks ago, I'm working a couple hundred feet from the fence, and they come down on my own property, barking and scowling at me.

Now, all but one of these dogs are reasonable, in that if you stop and tell them to shut up and git, they will stop barking and act passive. But one of the dogs would just get angrier, scowling, baring his teeth, crouching to the ground and coming way too close (4-5').

It was a bit unnerving, because I wasn't sure what this dog was capable of. I went to the house and got a handgun. Sure enough, they came back and started the ruckus again. I shot a round into the ground. Then another.

The dogs, including the agressive one, developed a facial expression of a man who's 3 kings were just bested by three aces. And they haven't posed a serious threat since.

Lucky for me, the occupants of said cabin are short timers. The land and cabin have been sold (the survey tape is everywhere!) and they don't seem to want to leave voluntarily, so they will be evicted. I'm sure they will take their dog pack with them

 

[greatrandini]

[. Today, I took my BH down the road about a 1/2 mile to bury a stray that was hit a couple of weeks ago, couldn't find the owner so I put him in a grave beside the highway. He was preserved as its been below freezing for the last couple of weeks.

Steve[/QUOTE]
That was very kind of you! I always say "bless this (dog, cat, mouse, bird etc...) for it was a (good dog, cat, mouse, bird etc..). " Luckily here we can call dispatch and they send someone right out to remove the dead animal. I have often called. They also pick up deer.

 

[thingy]

That dogs liable to be real mean now,,with a bullit in his head,,? thingy

 

[rox]

Nice shooting Joe. Now all you need to do is get a laced steak for the pooch to eat and finish the job before he bites someone else.

JimR,
By nature i am not a sneaky person, however in this case i have to aree with you. I think i would throw a poisened steak his way one night. I just wouldn't want that tied up to a bumper of a car, mean dog living in my neighborhood. i wonder why the people didn't have the vet put him down instead of fixing him up? I suppose becsue they enjoy having a dog to terrorize people. Wonder if there is some type of drug operation going on. hey it happens in the nicest of neighborhoods in perfectly pedestrian homes, could be!

 

[JimR]

JimR,
By nature i am not a sneaky person, however in this case i have to aree with you. I think i would throw a poisened steak his way one night. I just wouldn't want that tied up to a bumper of a car, mean dog living in my neighborhood. i wonder why the people didn't have the vet put him down instead of fixing him up? I suppose becsue they enjoy having a dog to terrorize people. Wonder if there is some type of drug operation going on. hey it happens in the nicest of neighborhoods in perfectly pedestrian homes, could be!

Rox,

You may be right about something not right at that house. Or it could be the people are just not the freindly type and need a mean arse dog for a reason. If it was my dog I would have taken it out back and put another round into it's head to finish the job. Something is not right with these folks.

 

[TomKioti]

I'm suprised PETA (People Eating Tasty Animals ) didn't send lawyers and swat teams to take Joe down and have him imprisoned for life!

 

[thingy]

Rox,what if one a them poor little starved to death kids they got,saw the meat and decided to take a bite out of it first,,,,or fluffy,[the good neighbors dog],,was trotting with timmy on the way to school the next morning and ate it,,?thingy

 

[bmac]

Rox,what if one a them poor little starved to death kids they got,saw the meat and decided to take a bite out of it first,,,,or fluffy,[the good neighbors dog],,was trotting with timmy on the way to school the next morning and ate it,,?thingy

I think that is what is called "collateral damage".

 

[JimR]

I think that is what is called "collateral damage".

You guys are funny. I would think a dog that mean would swallow the whole thing whole. Besides you would want to throw it right where the crazy creature is, not just anywhere in the yard or edge of the property.

 

[thingy]

Just walk down to the neighbors,tell them that you been thinking and hate to see a wounded animal suffer,,and volunteer your services and your pistol,,,they maybe gratefull,thingy