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Raising BackYard Chickens
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Losing my patience with neighbor's dog....
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<blockquote data-quote="gtaus" data-source="post: 25941753" data-attributes="member: 536250"><p>Sounds like you are a responsible dog owner. You saw a problem and fixed it. I expect dogs to be true to their nature, and a Laboratory Retriever is a hunting dog. Owners of hunting dogs need to keep their pets close because it's in their nature to capture and kill prey. I grew up with labs when I was a kid. Mostly black labs, but we also had a beautiful golden lab for many years. Good hunting dogs, but, like you, I would never trust them around livestock.</p><p></p><p>Fortunately, for me, this chocolate lab was old, limping, and could not move very fast. She was getting smarter with each visit, and that was my concern. I think a younger, stronger, lab could have broken through my defenses and caused a real problem. I had to patch up some weak spots on my fencing - I guess that was a good thing.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I want to be clear, these were good people, a young mother with teenage kids, but none of them seemed to be all that concerned that their dog was going off their property and causing problems. I don't blame the dog, but I do have concerns about dog owners who you need to talk to not only once, but twice and even three times about a trespass and harassment of your backyard flock. Good people, but maybe a bit lacking in the responsibility for the actions of their dog.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gtaus, post: 25941753, member: 536250"] Sounds like you are a responsible dog owner. You saw a problem and fixed it. I expect dogs to be true to their nature, and a Laboratory Retriever is a hunting dog. Owners of hunting dogs need to keep their pets close because it's in their nature to capture and kill prey. I grew up with labs when I was a kid. Mostly black labs, but we also had a beautiful golden lab for many years. Good hunting dogs, but, like you, I would never trust them around livestock. Fortunately, for me, this chocolate lab was old, limping, and could not move very fast. She was getting smarter with each visit, and that was my concern. I think a younger, stronger, lab could have broken through my defenses and caused a real problem. I had to patch up some weak spots on my fencing - I guess that was a good thing. I want to be clear, these were good people, a young mother with teenage kids, but none of them seemed to be all that concerned that their dog was going off their property and causing problems. I don't blame the dog, but I do have concerns about dog owners who you need to talk to not only once, but twice and even three times about a trespass and harassment of your backyard flock. Good people, but maybe a bit lacking in the responsibility for the actions of their dog. [/QUOTE]
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