[g'nad]

what an afternoon and evenin'...

we had last minute dinner plans, ended up invitin' friends over... made a brisket on the grill... spicey rub, smoked over mesquite... played "UNO Attack".... they just left...

I was lightin' the grill at around 1530, when I heard the stoopidbirds freakin' out in front... went around the house and come face tuh face with two HUGH dogs (boxers), one on my front porch... I yelled, they snarled, I went fer muh pistol, and was reminded I had taken it off 20 minutes before... I stooped and picked up a rock and they bolted down the lane... we got new neighbors across the holler, and I remember the lady sayin' she had a pair of boxers...

well... the stoopid birds were 30 feet up in the trees, and 4 chickens were under a bramble, 2 chickens were MIA; thegimpbird and one RIR... I grabbed muh pistol and a rifle and went in pursuit of the dogs... didn't catch 'em on my place

mrsnad decided it would be better fer her to pay the neighbors a visit, as I may have shot the dogs in their yard... she discovered the dog in their own yard, and the lady apologized, but said she didn't think it was her dogs... yeah right... I'm gonna go over tomorrow and pay a call...

on the bright side, the MIA birds wandered back an hour later, but they roosted immediately... they are freaked... me?... I'm tired of people lettin' their undisciplined mutts run on muh place and mess with my property... shoot shovel, and shut up is muh plan...

[Wneighbor]

I'm tired of people lettin' their undisciplined mutts run on muh place and mess with my property... shoot shovel, and shut up is muh plan...

I'm with ya on that plan. My cousin and I were talking about similar situation he had last week. He shot the dog. It had been in their yard raising cain for a couple of weeks and attacked his mother-in-law's dog. They've got a 3 year old and a 5 year old. Opened the front door one day this week for the 5 year old to catch the bus to kindergarten and the dog was waiting and growled in attack mode. Jason shot him. Now the owners are up in arms wondering what happened to the dog. Jason ain't talkin' but he's also not about to put up with any other dogs. He figures he didn't buy 13 acres in the country to have to put up with other folks who don't keep their critters up.

[300winmag]

I'm tired of people lettin' their undisciplined mutts run on muh place and mess with my property... shoot shovel, and shut up is muh plan...

Are you being flooded with stoopid city folks who feel that the entire countryside is now their doggie playground? Maybe mrsnad can politely inform the new folks that the countryside is also a freefire zone for unwelcome varmints. You do not raise chickens just to satisfy the killing instincts of misbehaved mutts.

[osagebowman]

g'nad; yup, the "our dogs never go off our place" type; got 'em in the city, got 'em in the country. A simple application of shoot-shovel-shutup may be what is called for. Unfortunate for all concerned but obviously necessary.

[SuziQ]

shoot shovel, and shut up is muh plan...

Then if the lady comes looking for her dogs you can say, "Dogs? I didn't see any dogs." I guess if she can deny their existence, so can you!

[2Jedismom]

g'nad, be sure and tell the woman with the dogs this:

"Ma'am, I just want you to know, that if my chickens are ever on your property, you have my permission to shoot 'em...that's how I believe trespassin' animals should be handled."

:-)