Posted on 10/30/2009 9:23:06 AM PDT by stillafreemind
This article is on dog packs and dogs that run with coyotes. Is the economy adding to the numbers? I think so. Instead of feeding the dogs or turning the dogs over to the humane shelter, people are just "dumping" the dogs. Not only is this not the "right" thing to do, it's a dangerous thing to do.
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Trust me it will make it into the suburbs and some city areas.
It’s a good point to consider because if we ever have a real big SHTF moment, roving dog packs are going to be a real problem people will have to be prepared for dealing with.
Obama economy fails, dogs hardest hit.
I’m rural. I haven’t seen any dog packs. If they did exist we’d take care of them the old-fashioned way.
And you will NOT want to get bit, not only for the damage, but for rabies. Where are you going to go to get shots, in a SHTF scenario? They may not be available.
I once lived on a 300+ acre farm not too far away from a Big Ten university. I used to dread the end of the school year. Students would just dump their pets out in the country before moving out of town.
It’s not just dogs in the rural areas;two people we know locally have had horses dropped off in their barns in the middle of the night.One person left a note stating that they could no longer afford to feed the horse and asked that the barn owner would have compassion and take care of the animal.
I heard of someone who bought an (empty) stable, and a couple weeks later, someone dropped about 14(!) horses into it. Aren’t those animals registered? Apparently not.
It is.
Aye, Dog is a fine meal.
“I’m rural. I haven’t seen any dog packs. If they did exist we’d take care of them the old-fashioned way.”
No dog packs here either. I haven’t even seen a dog dumped in the country in ages.
I do remember my father shooting dogs decades ago. For better or worse, I think the Humane Society has done a good job educating people to leave their animal at a shelter rather than dumping them in the country.
Unless the horse has a tatoo in it’s lip, they are mostly anonymous and you trust the seller that the horse is who they claim.
I can remember back in the late 70’s the packs of dogs that ran rampant through the country side, and my father going out to shoot some of them. We were always warned to be careful when we went out into the woods to play. I brought my .22, of course.
1) If feral dog packs are roaming your neighborhood, you need to keep your dear pet inside, otherwise fluffy will die a grisly death and be eaten. I certainly wouldn't want that to happen to anyone's pet.
2) Easy way to deal with feral dog packs, without having to "go hunting" -- put out a tub of antifreeze to slake their thirst.
I have a friend who lived on about 15 acres outside of a big city. He constantly had dogs being dropped off at the end of his (long) driveway. His daughters would immediately adopt the strays. Then they started breeding, with all the problems that went with it. In a nutshell, he has a mess. I offered to come by and “handle” his problems for him, but the daughters wouldn’t let him. Kind of like most liberals: Too tenderhearted to do what has to be done, and crying because they eventually have to live with the consequences. Just Dang...
NO, this is ALREADY a problem in Detroit and East St. Louis.
I saw a TV show a few months back where packs of dogs were roaming and living in abandonded houses in both these cities. I beleive it was on Monsterquest. Most of the dogs were mixed breeds from Pit Bull Terriers and Rotweillers.
Your basic urban breed favorites.
I think this is fear-mongering, but you never know. I will say two things, however:
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I don’t see anything fear-mongering..what, if you don’t see it it must not be happening?
1) If feral dog packs are roaming your neighborhood, you need to keep your dear pet inside, otherwise fluffy will die a grisly death and be eaten. I certainly wouldn’t want that to happen to anyone’s pet._________________________________________________________
I guess I look at it differently. Why the heck should people who do the right thing have to always clean up after people who never do the right thing. Our pets are supposed to not enjoy the outdoors because someone can’t be responsible with theirs?
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2) Easy way to deal with feral dog packs, without having to “go hunting” — put out a tub of antifreeze to slake their thirst.
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This is just irresponsible. Antifreeze is an ugly way to go and how are you going to keep peoples pets and other animals out of it?
It already has been a major problem around here. My FIL had to start walking with a gun because of the packs of wild dogs that had cornered him near his hay barn. He is really only 10 minutes out of town and only has 28 acres but they really are becoming a danger fast and they have attacked in the past.
1) Yeah, I don't happen to see it, but -- unlike the sentiment you imply for me -- I do not claim that "it must not be happening". I said "you never know" because I did not want to deny something about which I could not have full knowledge.
2) If you want your pet to enjoy the great outdoors, then go right ahead. I merely observe that a roaming pack of feral dogs may possibly put your pet in danger. Do you disagree with that? I also think that people who pride themselves on "doing the right thing" might want to take steps to protect their pet. Do you disagree with that?
3) Based on my first (and primary) point -- i.e. good people should protect their own pets -- I think that the secondary point: rat poison for feral dogs running loose and threatening a neighborhood, is hardly unconscionable.
Here in NH , small dogs and especially cats are disappearing all over the place in suburban neighborhoods.
We see the “MISSING FLUFFY” posters on telephone poles.
Folks put their cat out at night before bed and it never comes back.
The culprits : THE FISCHER or FISCHER CAT and
WYLE E. COYOTE
I’ve seen the occasional dumped dog in my area. Usually some banger from Albuquerque drops his pitbull by the side of the road.
My neighbor rescued a tiny dog from the side of the highway. We called him Scruffy (he was!) and he was king of the neighborhood within a month.
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