I live in the country so there is no such thing as “animal control” unless I do it. Someone dumped a Pit years ago and I tried to just chase it off (armed with a .45) one morning. It was back the next and charged me when I tried again. First Hydroshock to the chest at about 15’ slowed it down. Second one finally took it down. I gave it a chance, it chose poorly.
That is what you do to a crazy stray dog, in the country.
We did it.
I really do not like the idea of discharging a .357 in a residential neighborhood. Some of the imported Biden voters want to keep a vicious dog in their front yard because they did that in Guatemala or where ever they came from. In this case they had a wrecked car on the side of the house and were afraid somebody would steal parts off it. The HPD issued them a citation and animal control took that dog and four others they had. If I had been a kid who did not know not to run that thing would have killed me.
“I live in the country so there is no such thing as “animal control” unless I do it”
We live in the same type of area, with dirt roads nearby. For decades, college students have come out in the country to “set their animals free” after graduating. In their minds, the pet will find a farm to live on and fulfill their dreams of a long and happy life. In reality, the pets are usually only found when they are diseased and tick-ridden. It’s painful to my husband when he has to be he one to put them out of their misery. The cowardly students put that chore on someone else to do. We have gotten to a few before they have reached that point and found homes for them or adopted them ourselves. But, most of the time, they are too far gone to save.
And, these people have the gall to set out their pet’s food dish with a day’s worth of food when they drop them off on the dirt road. As if the dog food fairy will refill the dish overnight. It’s a sad thing to witness.