tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842136564899097734.post7882563261716005390..comments2023-12-15T02:04:08.213-08:00Comments on meat: The dog park across the streetBruce Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10995706761794063165noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842136564899097734.post-88238096577118581792009-02-10T02:01:00.000-08:002009-02-10T02:01:00.000-08:00I'm sorry your dog got hurt. I'm guessing you'll h...I'm sorry your dog got hurt. <BR/><BR/>I'm guessing you'll have problems as long as you've got the turkeys near the dogs. Maybe you could put the sow that hurt Monster up by the dog park. <BR/><BR/>If your sows eviscerate their dog, they'll blame themselves. If you shoot a dog, even to save your turkeys, all bets are off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842136564899097734.post-22190734339676297982009-02-10T01:36:00.000-08:002009-02-10T01:36:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Heath Putnamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02448892103363285974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842136564899097734.post-6412378692932424522009-02-09T19:57:00.000-08:002009-02-09T19:57:00.000-08:00Jeez. I'd love to see what my grandparents would s...Jeez. I'd love to see what my grandparents would say if they saw that a local farmer had killed some lady's dogs in the Ebey Dog Farm. Not to sound totally evil, but just their reaction would be really funny.<BR/><BR/>I would have reacted the same way. I mean, anyone with common sense can see that their dogs chasing SOMEONE ELSE'S TURKEYS is probably not a good idea. I bet she went home, told all her friends, and made you sound like a bad guy.Snowi-Ellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09748126519704707214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842136564899097734.post-72786497116894012352009-02-09T19:00:00.000-08:002009-02-09T19:00:00.000-08:00mmp, I own and keep dogs for livestock protection ...mmp, I own and keep dogs for livestock protection too, but I raise them as pups with the livestock and correct the predation behavior as much as I can. If I can't, I have to let the dog go somewhere it can be without killing the livestock. <BR/><BR/>But that's my dogs. Random dogs running riot through my breeding stock just looks like a wasted year of effort to me. <BR/><BR/>That said, I'm attaching hog panels to the inside of my gate so that the dogs can't slip through the bars, but that's not going to help when the gate is open. I've spent thousands of dollars on my fencing but the gates are the weak spot.Bruce Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10995706761794063165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842136564899097734.post-46684060331672527392009-02-09T18:56:00.000-08:002009-02-09T18:56:00.000-08:00David, I was a bit mixed about whether I should wr...David, I was a bit mixed about whether I should write about this or not. It happened -- and I'm doing my best to try to give an accurage insight into this sort of farm that I can. What did you get out of it?Bruce Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10995706761794063165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842136564899097734.post-37993604509367706652009-02-09T16:09:00.000-08:002009-02-09T16:09:00.000-08:00Bruce, thanks for writing this - if/when you do sh...Bruce, thanks for writing this - if/when you do shoot her dog(s), please do blog it!<BR/><BR/>thanks<BR/>davidUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11888183239640884681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842136564899097734.post-8449013440144767262009-02-09T12:28:00.000-08:002009-02-09T12:28:00.000-08:00I can sympathize about the dog. I had a fox terri...I can sympathize about the dog. I had a fox terrier puppy maul half my flock of guineas two years ago. The owner, a distant neighbor, was apologetic and did resolve the problem by giving the dog back to the previous owner. But they were no where in sight when the dog attacked my animals. I read the law in my state recently and a person has the right to kill an unrestrained dog if it is attacking livestock and there is no other reasonable way to gain control of it. I think that means if it is eating it's kill and retreats on seeing you, you can't kill it, which seems to leave the farmer at great risk. There are groups in our state (humane society and peta) trying to push through legislation that would give dog owners the right to sue for emotional harm regarding the death of a companion animal. The current law only allows for suing for the value of the animal as property.<BR/><BR/>At the same time, I have a farm dog that I allow to roam my property in order to keep predators at bay. He generally stays close and is pretty good about where our territory ends, but not perfect. He's good around livestock and not an aggressive dog, his real job is to look good and pee on the property line. But I do worry that a person could be intimidated by his size or just unhappy seeing him off leash and do something rash.MMPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03882874991542193811noreply@blogger.com