Legality of shooting dog on your property?

[farmerbyron]

I had issues with neighbor's dogs digging up the yard looking for gophers and waking me up in the middle of the night barkin at another neighbor's horse from my yard. I spoke with two different agencies and both said there wasn't anything they could do in the county for me since they weren't strays. Both told me I was within my rights to shoot them if I wanted though. I didn't want to be that guy. Now, 6 months later, one problem neighbor has his fenced in, one moved away, and the other still lets his dogs roam wherever. They've worn a path down to dirt in the yard from coming over so often to defecate in the yard and chase gophers in the neighboring pasture. They leave when I tell them to go home but they wait for me to leave and come back. I can sit at the stop sign at the end of the road and watch them come back across the street. I still don't think its right to shoot them for having a jackass owner.

You sir, have a need for a suppressor.

 

[fluxed]

Can you imagine the butt hurt a dog in a Barbie powerwheel would cause!

LOL

I love most dogs. Not too fond of pits and other large breeds if they are aggressive, but they better be doing something really naughty for me to shoot one. Living off the beaten path requires a dog or two to get shot for various reasons, but it better be a bad offense for me to aim at one.

I have a couple of little boston terriers as pets. If they get out and run onto someones place I would hope they would not be shot before I could locate them.

 

[farmerbyron]

I've shot a dog for just being on the property. When you've lost 3-4 calves to unknown circumstance, every coyote, dog, or other carnivore on the place is going to be suspect. Sorry, a stray dog is not worth risking a $1,000 calf, ever.

However, the guy bragging on FB is a retard. No need for that.

 

[HMFIC]

Back in the day we used to cut the heads off flathead catfish and put them on the fence poles to serve as a warning to the others. As a result, we NEVER had any flathead catfish trespassing on our property.

 

[338Shooter]

Dang it, Doug.

 

[HMFIC]

If fact, Ima gonna write me a song about it and see if Toby Keith will buy it.

It shall be called: "Fish heads on a fence post". It will be a number one hit.

 

[1shott]

Shoot em with a bb gun or sling shot. They get the message real fast and will stay away. All else fails if a dog is acting agressive towards me on my property that will be a dead dog. Folks want dogs, hey thats great, just keep them put up on your place, if I want to clean up dog ****, I will get a dog, and dont let them bark all night long to the point it keeps those around you from enjoying their property.

As far as talking to the dogs owners, I have learned over time, the hard way, that it does no good. People look at them as "babies" and how dare you say something bad about their "babies", you then become the bad guy who must hate animals.

I just make it clear, keep them put up and off my place, and there will be no problems.

 

[SoonerP226]

Not too fond of pits and other large breeds if they are aggressive, but they better be doing something really naughty for me to shoot one.

It's not the breed that's the problem, it's the behavior, which goes back to its training. If you put a Pomeranian in a feral pack, it's going to be just as bad as the other members; if you train a pit bull to be a lap dog, it's not going to be a danger to anyone.

I've never shot a dog, but I have put a round in the dirt to discourage some bad behavior on a few occasions. The most recent happened when a dog (most likely an escapee from one of the $$$$ rural neighborhoods near my place) was on my back porch barking most aggressively at my cats. Now, I don't want to shoot some kid's beloved pet, but I have those cats hired to keep the vermin away from my house, and I don't particularly want them to be in danger (the cars and coyotes are quite enough, thanks), so I told him to GTFO. At that point, he commenced to barking at me, so I put a rather expensive Cor-Bon .38Spl JHP in the dirt a few feet to his rear quarter, and I've not seen him since--but make no mistake: the next bullet had his name on it. I don't want to shoot a dog, but I will if I need to; I won't lose any sleep over it, but I damn well won't be bragging about it, either.

 

[twoguns?]

Yes I think it's pretty clear that a pit, rott, shepherd, husky, or other large breeds are potentially more dangerous than beagles, poodles, terriers, and other small breeds. And let's admit what we've seen with many(not all) pit owners.

With all Due respect , Sir
.You should meet my 10# Chihuahua ,Pei Pei.
Same as my 60# Pitmix, EJ, You have to train them...Down.
They both have a Purpose, protect my Wife. They Do
But braggin on da fasebook, fasebook is da debil ..!
I think people who post on there, well ,leave it alone

 

[twoguns?]

If fact, Ima gonna write me a song about it and see if Toby Keith will buy it.

It shall be called: "Fish heads on a fence post". It will be a number one hit.

I like it, and I dont even like country music