Re: Dumb neighbor?

Posted by terryjd98 on June 18, 2008 at 00:40:03 from (74.14.130.106):

In Reply to: Dumb neighbor? posted by gun guru on June 17, 2008 at 12:31:44:

After reading these posts I have a personal experiance on this subject. About 5 years ago my 2 dogs got out of their 20 X 30ft kennel somehow, think a build up of snow made it so they could jump over the 6ft high sides. Now one dog was some kind of collie mix, the other a Golden Lab collie mix. Both great dogs, friendly with strangers comming into yard, wouldn"t hurt a flea. Both fixed, I got them from the humane Society to save them.
While me and my daughter were out looking for them yelling away I heard a couple of shots and I knew the direction they came from. I thought to myself oh no. Well when they got out they went to see a neighbour who has sheep. I guess they started chasing the sheep around. When I got to the neighbours house one dog was laying by the barn dead, the other dog made it home somehow but had the vet put him down, hole in the chest was too bad.
I pull into the yard and first thing he says is I already called the police and they are on their way. Your dogs attacked my sheep. Well I never said much, was afraid if I did things would have got bad fast, no doubt I would have got locked up. Got the one dogs body and carried it to the truck and threw it in the back. Police show up, takes the statements and thats it they go on their way. One sheep had a cut on it side so I told him I would pay for the sheep if he shot it or pay for the vet to fix it was up to him. He chose the vet.
Now this is the part that gets me, both dogs with collie breeding in them would be herding sheep not attacking them. But then again 2 dogs together you never know what they may do. Also he knew whos dogs they were, why not call me and say my dogs were around his sheep, I could have been there in under a minute easy. jerk never even called me after he shot the dogs. Did my dogs deserve to get shot, well if attacking sheep yes, if just around them a call would have been better then if need to shoot them before I got there fine. But 2 dogs, one sheep with a cut on it doesn"t sound like an attack, sounds like the sheep ran into something, still up to me to pay for it.
I grew up on a farm and know all about dogs and livestock, why I liked collies.
Anyways there is now one neighbour I never want to meet in a bar and he better never need ask anything from me. Even a call after he shot the dogs would have helped how I feel now.
He might have been in the right or might just be an jerk that need the need to shoot. He is always out on his 4 wheeler hunting wolfs or something. I guess I just don"t beleive the dogs were attacking, no blood or wool in their mouths or paws. If had time to get gun had 30 seconds to call me.
I do know I would call a neighbor if a problem with a dog or I would shoot one if going after a member of my family. I can see both sides of why the dogs were shot and reasons why I don"t think they should have been.
Sorry for the long vent but I see both sides of the fence and its a hard call to make sometimes when it comes to dogs.

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