The neighbor's dog killed a chicken of mine :( (renting, condo)

[InLondon]

Umm, is this legit or a joke "TheTransientTranny"??

[missymomof3]

Originally Posted by InLondon

Umm, is this legit or a joke "TheTransientTranny"??

I wasn't sure either so I checked their posts. They seem like they are legit.

[Digger57]

Originally Posted by missymomof3

I wasn't sure either so I checked their posts. They seem like they are legit.

Yes m'am, or sir, or whatever.....

Dig~

[Hinton Bound]

Unless you're willing to shoot the dog (bb gun, pellets, rock salt,...what ever) a fence is the only 24/7 solution. Seems the neighbors don't really care about containing. An electric fence around the coop might work too. Animal control will come and get the dog, just report it. Sadly, they don't sound like the sort who would go pick it up, and it would be put down.

[Digger57]

What kind of chicken was it? Regular, or extra crispy?

RR~

[marmac]

The OP mentions --"tall grass"

mow the tall grass to give about a 2ft clear cut swath between you and the neighbor before installing an electric fence.

[dcsldcd]

I couldn't resist this question. You got a few different stories on the demise of the chicken. You never really saw this dog kill the chicken and it may have even been your own dog.

Are you sure it's the neighbors that is the problem? By your handle there, you are already in a state of confusion.

[TheTransientTranny]

First off, it seems quite a few people in this thread have something to learn about the saying of "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything". I'm appalled at some of your "confusion", "legit" "yes ma'am" comments. Very un-called for. Those comments had NOTHING to do with the thread. In fact, I will be reporting each of you (you know who you are) to the mods.

As far as the "different stories", yes, I did not see the neighbor's dog kill the chicken, but I DO KNOW that it wasn't my dog. Why is that, you ask? Because my dog has been around these birds for four months now (we've had her far longer than that) and if she was going to go after the birds, she would have already done so. I know my animals. Both my wife and I are being totally fair (and objective) when we agree that there was a difference in the way the two dogs were going after the bird the other day. Our dog was protecting the bird, trying to keep it away from the neighbor's dog, and the the neighbor's dog was going AFTER the bird. You'd have to had seen the thing unfold to know what I'm talking about.

Now, the bird that was killed? It was nearly on the property line, near the house of the neighbor's dog. I SAW their dog licking the bird, about ready to bite into it (it was freshly dead). If my dog had killed the bird, it would not have been laying where it was, it would have been on my back porch or she would have taken it way down the road from us, away from other dogs. Likely it would have just been on our back porch, because she's brought groundhogs and some other animals (that I couldn't identify because they were so badly mangled) to us.

[TheTransientTranny]

Originally Posted by InLondon

Umm, is this legit or a joke "TheTransientTranny"??

Originally Posted by missymomof3

I wasn't sure either so I checked their posts. They seem like they are legit.

Since when did you two become moderators??? Is there any particular reason why you felt the need to hijack my thread with baiting posts???

[dcsldcd]

Here is the bottom line. You have a dog that knows he is a dog and acts like a dog and you talk about killing or maiming this dog over a chicken that could have very well been on the dog's property.

And you don't find that rude or vicious? Who is the better neighbor in this picture?