I never said the owner or husky was innocent. I did say the owner did try and the owner did pay for damages in the past and would have again. He also built a bigger fence but mother nature had her say in the matter. To me that is very responsible. The owner tried.
I mean if the man is trying could not the neighbor have worked with him???
This whole thing just looks bad more so the name of the dog. I know who the neighbor is too even though the DM has not published it. His name is already out there and his life is going to be hell over this.
The story doesn't say, but "paying for damages" is something that the law and most people get wrong all the time.
For instance, your dog kills my goat. If a similar goat goes for $60 at the local farmer's market, most people think that if they write a check for $60 they are clear.
Wait a minute there. I took me 1.5 hours to dispose of the goat, 8 hours to track down the dog owner, and it is going to take 3 hours with my livestock trailer to go pick up and return a goat to my pasture. So there is an additional 12.5 hours of my time that I have not been compensated.
What is that worth? Good question. The last time I worked for someone else I was paid $100/hour, but that was 20 years ago. So put 20 years of inflation on top of $1250 and pay me that. Plus the mileage for my truck and livestock trailer.
When your dog comes on my land and kills my livestock, you don't get to just pay for the livestock and leave. And you don't get to tell me my time is worth $0, or even $30/hour.
This is why dogs get shot...
“Neighbors have lodged 14 complaints about his dog running loose.” Case Closed.
I’m not replying to anything you, Morgana have said.
Though, I do appreciate you posting this story.
The above sentence tells the whole story.
What responsible pet owner accumulates 14 (fourteen!!!) complaints about their dog doing the same thing over and over and over without resolving it fully? Yes, the owned tried, but that wasn’t near enough. Clearly, the dog did not belong in that area, and could never be reliably confined by this owner.
This dog needed to wander in order to be happy. He would have been howling in bored misery being tied up all the time.
Sometimes, a pet is simply not suited for a particular circumstance. I’ve had to think in such terms before too.
I had the chance to get a healthy Amazon Parrot for a very low price. Owner was leaving the country. But I already know how LOUD those birds can be, and how much constant stimulation or interaction they require. Some are very needy. Excessively needy pets or people annoy me, even cats!
I wouldn’t dare move him in this small Apartment Complex. I would be asking for trouble.
I couldn’t keep the black-out cover on his cage all day. That would be cruel. So I had to pass that big opportunity by.
I’m a total dog lover. But a dog going killing animals at the neighbors isn’t tolerable. And it isn’t made all better by writing them a check.
Even when an animal will end up in the slaughterhouse one day, they care about the well-being of those animals and nobody wants to come home and find their goats ripped apart for fun.
The Husky is fed at home, it just does it because it is what they like to do.
I’ve given dogs up after realizing
they were a threat to livestock or
people. This problem should have
been recognized long before the sad
outcome. I fully understand the love
for a pet and companion. I had a Husky
that absolutely hated cats. After him
dragging his doghouse in pursuit a
couple times, Oso found a free and happy
life on a homestead in the middle of
nowhere.
The dog previously killed —not chased — livestock.
A dog, and his owner, get one bite. If that. You’re now messing with a mans livlihood.
Dog should have been moved or put down.