Hound dogs coming on yard

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Originally Posted by wrknapbt

Had a buddy that had someone's hunting dog come onto his yard and into a chain space and got in done over pretty good. Problem is that the hunting hound belonged to a law official and now they are giving him problems about his dogs. How do you guys that have chain spaces prevent this from coming up as a problem for you and how can he fight these guys about the problems that they are giving him?
I know the 1st step is to always do a outstanding job at healing your own dogs.
Making sure you keep good shot records for ALL of your dogs.
And even taking the extra big step of putting up some sort of fencing around your property which could cost some a large amount of money.

Technically, the law enforcement official is in the wrong; the trouble is he has clout and your friend doesn't.

Deep down, all this is is a butt-hurt man (the officer) trying to get back at another man (your friend) for having is doggie get beat up. If the officer was an honest man, he would be the one apologizing to your friend for the officer's dog causing problems on your friend's property. In a perfect world, people are honest and accept responsibility for their actions. Unfortunately, we're not in a perfect world, and many people (including those familiar with the law) are ultimately irrational idiots when their feewings are involved, and in this case the officer simply can't take it like a man that HE let his dog run loose, and so HE was ultimately the one responsible for his own dog getting hurt.

Because of these unfortunate truths, we pit bull owners have to compensate (and apologize for) other people's stupid mishandlings of their own dogs. I too have had strays come onto my yard; in fact, Silverback actually killed and half-ate some poor mutt 3 years ago, who wandered in because one of my bitches was in heat. Silverback is normally pretty friendly, and will play with a dog if it will play with him, but he won't put up win an ounce of aggressive behavior. I am sure this little feller "growled" at Silverback at some point ... and met with a pretty horrible fate because of it. Fortunately for me, the neighbor never knew, and I just quietly took the remains a few miles down the road and presented them to the buzzards :lol:

I really don't think your friend can do much else besides keeping a clean yard and making sure his dogs look good. The only other suggestion is above-ground pens, to where (even if a stray dog does come around) there won't be any physical contact. He might also consider brushing up on his knowledge of the laws in his area and showing the officer where HE (the officer) was the author of his own misfortune. For example, suppose your friend had chickens, or ducks, instead of bulldogs (and if the officer's loose coonhound got back there and killed some of them), it would be the officer who would have to pony-up the money to have your friend's livestock replaced. Unfortunately for the officer's dog, your friend had a dog that were higher up on the food chain, which isn't your friend's fault. In other words, regardless of the kinds of animal your friend chooses to have on his property, the fact that the officer's dog was there messing with them at all is the officer's fault.

Or, your friend might even just try being a buddy and simply saying, "Look, I am really sorry about what happened to your dog, I honestly did the best I could to make sure my dogs are secure in my yard, but I can't control things if you don't likewise keep your dogs in your own yard too ..."

Jack

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