A 4ft fence isn’t a fence at all if you own an animal, even chickens-it is a lawn decoration-6 ft. and more is a real fence. As long as your neighbor’s animals are inside their fence, you can’t screw with them-and since the fines out here for loose animals are horrendous, I can’t remember the last time a roaming dog bit someone, or they were attacked by a loose rooster, llama or cow-those last two can be fatal. Fines for a loose dog start at $500.00 per occurrence- livestock as high as $5000-that keeps even stupid people responsible.
The bully-breed terriers like American Staffordshires, American Pitbulls are not seen much out here-the bigger working bully-breeds-like American Bulldogs, Bullmastiffs, and Mastiffs of all kinds are preferred, along with the guarding/working dogs like Rotties, Chows, German Shepherds, Dobies, Great Pyrenees, etc. My Siberian Husky was one of the smaller dogs around here at 84 lbs. Her breed is on that bad dog list, along with all the others I mentioned-yet we do not have biting incidents like those rampant in crowded cities-possibly because people know what personal responsibility and proper dog training means-poisoning someone else’s animal on their property is still a crime, and a reprehensible act that shows a disregard and lack of respect for the property of others...