aeroslinger

Not sure I'd go that far. I love my dogs but no way are they on a level with my kids. Each person will handle it differently. If it were me, I'd check the law first. I wouldn't shoot a dog the first time I saw him but if I saw the same dog multiple times it would certainly become an option. I would not talk to the owner first. They should have had the sense and courtesy to keep their dogs in check to begin with. Plus, if they aren't obliging or have an attitude and their dog comes up missing, I'm the first one they will look to or seek revenge on. And I barely have time to hunt let alone trap dogs and drive them to the pound.

BigDaddy12t

If the guy "REALLY" liked his "PETS", he wouldnt let them run all over the country side. After all, would you let your children run all over like that. I really think that in this situation, the guy is letting them run, just to be a dink. [:'(]

Grasshopper13

There's quite a difference between shooting strays and dumped dogs versus shooting an animal you know is owned by someone. People who just haul a dog they no longer want out in the middle of nowhere and drop them off, often do so because they can't bring themselves to kill them. The fact is, it's a lot more humane to shoot a useless dog than to dump and let him make his own way. I raise beagles. WhenI raise a litter, I keep however many I think I want, and try to sell/ give awaythe rest. Of the dogs I do keep,if i come to the conclusion that they won't make a good hunting dog, I try to find someone who just wants a pet. If i can't find someone wanting a dog for a pet, or the dog has demonstrated for one reason or another that he doesn't even have the personality to be a good pet, I cull them. It's not fun, butI feel it's my responsibility......not some poor guy wholives near where i'd drop them off. In the case you've described, they arethe property of someone else. If they are creating a nuisance, and the owner doesn't care, then I'd call the dog catcher or game warden and ask that the guy be fined and/or the dogs be taken to the pound.


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Jack Ryan

OK here, I'll give ya'all a non lethal way to give the mutt one final chance. If ANY ONE CARES ANY THING ABOUT this nuisance after this they will fix it for you.

If you've got them eating your dogs food you are already more than half way home. Get some stuff at the auto shop called anti sieze. Make a little rail around the dog food where they have to rub up on it to get the food and then greeze the heck out of that rail with anti sieze. That stuff makes the worst mess you've ever seen and one drop get's spread EVERY WHERE. If that dog is a pet, it is going to ruin any body's cloths it touches when it gets back. Water won't wash it off even if he runs loose all day with it on and if he's an inside pet, well it's gonna make them wish they kept a better eye on him.

If that don't stop it, SSS.

GregH

Last year while bowhunting during the rut, I had 100 dogs and 8 people dressed real funny on horse back, come running through my lease. They said they were fox hunting! No one had a weapon! After they left, there wasn't a bird, squirrel or insect left on the property. Nice! I called the owner and he fixed it for me.

Dnk

Maybe this is too simple but why not just blunt the suckers?

NCYankee

It would seem to me that if a fella had that much tied up in a dog, he would take a little better care of it. I have a toolbox worth way more than $5,000, andI make my living from it. I certainly wouldn't leave it in the back of the truck and park it in front of some crackhouse!
If we're talking about dogs crossing someone's land, I say give 'em some leeway. If we're talking about dog's running deer on someone's land, then they're fair game!
Oh, and for the record, I'm a dog lover. I trained two labs for pheasant and partridge. They weren't worth 5 grand, but they were expensive. I kept them penned unless I was out running them. When I called, they came to me (or suffered the consequences). I never beat my dogs! They just hated my disapproval. That takes alot of work on a dog owner's part to instill in a dog, but if you don't have the time or patience, you shouldn't own a dog! (Same goes for kids!)I've since moved down south and the labs have gone on to the "great hunting ground" in the sky. I have a bull terrier that I believe may be schizophrenic (but I love her anyway)!