I had six horses in the North pasture. When I was out in the yard I heard a commotion, look up and a big dog was chasing them. The dog ran them into a corner and they turned and ran back across the pasture as I ran toward them yelling, get out of there. The horses stopped, looked at me for a coupla seconds and turned on the dog. They ran it across the pasture twice and the dog then dove into the electric fence between the wires. With a loud yip it ran out of sight. Never saw that dog before or after. The horses were running in fear until they knew I was near and the fear left them. When I fall in the pasture I have two that will come up to me so I can use them to pull myself up. No teaching involved just trust and instink.
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37chief
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That dog will probably not be back for a while. When my brother was raising cattle he had a lot of problems with dogs chasing his cattle. Some of those dogs will never be back. A cat story. My neighbors cat would come over and eat our cats food. I was trying to catch a stray cat, with a have a hart trap./ I caught their cat thinking it was the stray. After a few hours in that trap, and a over night in the local shelter. The cat was rescued by the neighbor after they found out I trapped their cat. The cat has never been back, to eat our cats food. Stan
Neighbors dog kept coming over and chasing cats up a tree, I would take him back. One morning the dog came over, knocked me down, and put a cat in his mouth. I picked the dog up, through him in the back of the truck and took him home. I told the neighbor the dog would get shot next time he came over, next day he had an invisible fence, no issues since then.
wjytexas
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I live in a semi-rural area. We have had a dog problem off and on. I have had dogs kill one of our cats in our back yard, attack my horse, and try to get at my daughters show lambs and goats. Some of them didn't ever go home. My dogs stayed in the yard or with me and my neighbor's well behaved dogs are welcome anytime.
I I have a river a couple hundred yards behind my house and kept my horses in a wooded pasture next to it .Years ago I had a dog that one early spring morning came all exited running up to me then run back from where he came from,..stop and whine then back to me,..back and forth in the same direction like he wanted me to follow him. Si did and he led me right to the river where i found one of the horses had slid off the bank 12' down and gotten stuck in the bottom with nowhere to go as spring run off was at its highest and the piece of the bank he was standing on was disappearing fast in the raging water.
If it wasn't for the dog come and get me that horse would've drowned.
Dogs are smart.
If it wasn't for the dog come and get me that horse would've drowned.
Dogs are smart.
fixerupper
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Neighbors on a rented acreage a mile and a half from me had a dog that chased cattle at various farms in the neighborhood. It finally visited my farm so I did the shoot and shut up thing. Neighbors wife drove in looking for her beautiful $400 purebred dog. Of course I didn't know a thing about it but I did tell her I don't let my expensive livestock run loose so why does she let her expensive dog run loose?
jennifer408
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our little ernie feels that he has the need to shepard our horses in the morning when they come to get their treat. i just yell out to him to leave the big dogs alone and he finds something else to do.
It does help to talk to the owner. Friend of mine was setting up his travel trailer in a rv park when the guy nest door let his cat out. He said " Hi this is _____ so you may see foot prints on your truck hood." My friend said "Hi this is my new 40,000 dollar truck, your cat may not be able to make foot prints ever again."... Never had a problem.
Goose
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Reminds me of a former neighbor who had a Doberman. I was by my shop one day when the dog came over, grabbed our daughter's favorite cat, and threw it about six feet in the air.
There was a shovel handy, so I grabbed it and lit into the dog. I really connected a couple of times. While this was going on, a pickup drove up. I was holding the shovel, the cat was hissing at the dog, and the dog was staggering around like a football player who's had his bell rung.
This poor guy got out of his pickup and said, "I was going to ask about deer hunting here, but I'm not sure I want to". He got into his pickup and left.
I called the neighbor and told him I had a loaded .30 .30 in my shop and if his dog ever set foot on my premises again he was history.
Six months later, the neighbor told his wife he'd like to move to Mexico. She told him to go right ahead. She's still our neighbor, and a nicer gal you'd never meet.
There was a shovel handy, so I grabbed it and lit into the dog. I really connected a couple of times. While this was going on, a pickup drove up. I was holding the shovel, the cat was hissing at the dog, and the dog was staggering around like a football player who's had his bell rung.
This poor guy got out of his pickup and said, "I was going to ask about deer hunting here, but I'm not sure I want to". He got into his pickup and left.
I called the neighbor and told him I had a loaded .30 .30 in my shop and if his dog ever set foot on my premises again he was history.
Six months later, the neighbor told his wife he'd like to move to Mexico. She told him to go right ahead. She's still our neighbor, and a nicer gal you'd never meet.
Nice of you to at least give the neighbor a chance or two or more. I have two hound dogs that are never loose, but twice the one dog broke loose off the harness I use to walk him. The metal ring just broke in half. It would really be a sad situation if someone decided to shoot him when he was loose the first time. I don't see him causing any trouble if he was loose but I believe I should have him under control. All I'm saying is it would be nice if more owners gave the animal a chance like you did.
I've tried being nice in the past. For the most part, it just doesn't work. For some reason people think their dogs and cats are people or even higher on the evolutionary ladder. If Rex comes over and craps in my garage, pees on my gloves and tears my wifes laundry off the line, I'm supposed to laugh it off as a dog being a dog. When Rex is running my sheep or cattle I'm supposed to realize he just wants to play. When some townie drops of 2 very pregnant cats outside my barn I'm supposed to feed and care for them and "give them a nice home in the country". Horse puckey. You want dogs and cats, you take care of them, keep them in your own yard, erect fences to do so at your cost if you have to and act responsibly if they do get out. Other than that, it's a crap shoot on what treatment your dog of cat will get. You made the choice to own them, now take responsibility for them. I don't want to have to shoot anyones pet, but some people just shouldn't be allowed to own one in the first place.
Dieselbreath
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The neighbor had an ongoing problem with the pack of dogs he was keeping on his place until they were caught chasing the other neighbors horses and caused one foal to break his leg and had to be put down.
After going to court to fight the charges (the horse people wanted $9,000 for the foal.) and talking to his lawyer who said if they can show they were making a living off their livestock he could be liable for $75,000.
He ended up giving them his backhoe and no longer has dogs.
After going to court to fight the charges (the horse people wanted $9,000 for the foal.) and talking to his lawyer who said if they can show they were making a living off their livestock he could be liable for $75,000.
He ended up giving them his backhoe and no longer has dogs.
We've had a few dogs get in with our llamas and chase them, for a short time. With so many in our herd they scatter and when not being chased they stop and turn on the dog. When they see one of their number in pursuit they all join the chase and it's lights out dog if it can't get out quick enough. Being so tall they usually see them coming and gather at the fence and only a really dumb dog would try to come in the pasture (most aren't that stupid). They don't care at all about little dogs, although we have a few that won't stand any dog and try to stomp them. When we just had a couple of males and three females a dog got in with the girls and our stud broke through a full dimension 1 X 6 board to get in and chase the dog out of that pasture (we think he jumped and didn't clear the fence and smashed into the top board of the fence). A neighbor saw the whole thing with the llama with death in his eyes chasing the dog through the fence.
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