Neighbor's Dog Attacked One of My Goats

[OK Corgi Rancher]

I prefer chicken fingers. Just takes so damn many to make a meal...

 

[snipes]

The dog is gone. I'm not sure where or how, but the dog is gone. The neighbor has reimbursed me for the vet expenses I had today.

Other than some time for Annie to heal the issue has been resolved as far as I'm concerned.

I have to work out what's best in terms of fencing off an area but that will happen in due time.

Neighbor sounds like a stand up guy.
I applaud both of you for conducting yourselves as adults and not letting something like this devolve into caveman behavior.
Seldom seen these days

 

[turkeyrun]

Yeah, my brother had a problem with coyotes killing his chickens—and not just one or two chickens, either, but almost all of the flock; one time they came home from church to find that the Chickenpocalypse had happened, with nothing left but a few piles of feathers. He got an Anatolian Shepherd/Great Pyrenees mix, and the dog stopped the coyotes, but man, that dog eats almost as much as his kids.

Son lost 150 layers in 3 days to yotes.
Got a Greater Pyrenees and hasn't lost a chicken in 4 years.

The goat goes hunting with the Pyrenees and decoys the yotes in.

 

[Firpo]

Don’t have a Great Pyrenees but I do have a “Gunner” that would probably do the trick. He’s a 225 pound Leonberger.

 

[lilcountry]

True story. My kids were watching one of the Jurassic Park films. There was a big thunderstorm going on outside, just like in the movie. Just after the part where a dinosaur slaughtered a goat our neighbor knocked on the door. Scared the kids to death as they were all locked in on the movie. Neighbor says she has a goat missing and asked the kids to help look for it as it may have got on our property. They found the goat - headless. Don't know if the kids watched the rest of the movie.

 

[wawazat]

I also just got Annie back from the vet. She's pretty beat up and in a lot of pain. The doc seems to think she'll recover physically but didn't rule out some brain damage due to being choked so badly. He does think that's not likely but is possible. Gave her some pain meds and antibiotics and cleaned everything up. Surprisingly few serious puncture wounds but very severe bruising on her neck and a couple of her legs.

The neighbor has already taken steps to remove the dog and to reimburse me for the vet expenses. I'm sure we can work thru this...he's pretty reasonable and I sometimes try to be. Maybe we can make that work.

We used to keep goats to keep our tree line cleared of underbrush. Strays got into them a couple of times and I was always amazed at what they could bounce back from. They are incredibly resilient animals when someone is caring for them as you are. I bet she will bounce back a lot quicker than you think possible right now.

I will pile on with the compliments on how you were able to stay far more levelheaded than a lot of folks would in that scenario and you are 100% right about the importance of our interactions with our neighbors. I also dread the thought of ever having a moment where I have to put a dog down regardless of the cause. I have done it when necessary, but very seldom is it the dog's fault alone for whatever happened.

Our neighbor to the south is a certifiable POS human being and his dog is always running wild but never hurts anything. I would never do anything to that dog because he got stuck with a crappy owner, even though I know that owner wouldnt extend the same courtesy if one of our dogs got out. The closest I get is laughing and not telling him when I see his cows graze through his half assed fence and wait to see how far they get before he has to start trying to drive them back in. I have had to brew a second pot of coffee to keep from running dry before the credits rolled, hahaha.

 

[OK Corgi Rancher]

There was a time in my younger years (not that long ago, actually) that I was incredibly inflexible. I thought everything was black and white. Honestly, now that I know things aren't just black and white, life is much less stressful in a lot of ways. I'm easier to get along with, too. I'm a firm believer that unintended consequences will bite you squarely in the butt if you rush into something without at least trying to stop to consider your actions.

Unfortunately, it took me most of my life to figure that out.

 

[montesa]

I don’t think I could put a dog down. It would have to be life or death or if it were suffering. I’ve hunted small game twice and hated that. A hypocrite since I eat meat but I’ll let someone else do the dirty work.

 

[wawazat]

I don’t think I could put a dog down. It would have to be life or death or if it were suffering. I’ve hunted small game twice and hated that. A hypocrite since I eat meat but I’ll let someone else do the dirty work.

I definitely understand that too. My brain segregates harvesting an animal for food and killing an animal. Harvesting something for food creates no issues for me unless something goes wrong and the meat is spoiled, but killing an animal that wont be eaten is difficult for me. I've had to shoot strays because animal control wouldn't respond unless we got a leash on them and tied them to the corner of our fence. Those were either due to extreme neglect with no collar or chasing our cattle and it filled me with dread every time I knew it was coming to that.

I have had to dispatch one rooster that had become aggressive enough he was leaving some pretty deep wounds on my in laws and nephews, which I justified by using it as an opportunity to show my son how to kill and process a chicken as humanely as possible.

I have had to put a lot of animals out of their misery, some of which we could get to the vet to be put to sleep and some that the ride wouldve been torturous so I had to shoot them at the house. It sucks every single time, but I have been the only one that would do it for a good portion of my life so it is what it is.

 

[OK Corgi Rancher]

As far as I'm concerned animals deserve our compassion far more than a lot of people do. I generally love being around animals. I've had to put many down and it bothered me to do it...a lot. I have no idea how many elk and deer I've dispatched as a deputy working in the mountains of Colorado but likely a few dozen or more.

Even when I was a pretty avid hunter I didn't enjoy the kill at all. Later on there were many times I wouldn't shoot an elk just because of how beautiful they were. And we certainly didn't need the meat to survive. I don't even bother hunting any more. I don't begrudge anyone hunting...it's just not for me. I could do it if I had to...but I don't have to.