Growing up in Farm County if Dogs are in your livestock and they are not yours they get shot. Right or wrong, but thats your money, your investment, and most states that is law as well. You do not wait on animal control, or rely on others, that ideal sounds great but it just doesnt work at all times. Others do not have a responsibility to covet and protect your pets....especially if things they own are being compromised.

However you need to have proof IMO to ethically shoot a mans dog and that is usually law as well. It does not matter how many times the dogs have been there. Dogs can do harm without physically harming an animal undue stress and panic to animals can cause aborting, and other injuries. Livestock are pretty feeble at times.

When my dogs have gotten loose he runs over to the farm next to our subdivision and he thinks he is a shepherd dog or something and loves running with the cattle. However, I definitely know that any cattle owner has to protect their property and fortunately my dogs haven't been shot. If they were to be shot then I would understand. However, if the shooter wanted to brag about it on social media in this fashion there would be serious problems. We have spoken with the people who own the farm and they have been understanding when our dogs have gotten loose and gone to the farm. To date our dogs have never harmed any of their cattle.

 

I agree with your post well said. For example a cow is not real agile a pregnant cow could slip on frozen ground and abort or miscarry that farmer is out a full year of expenses of that cow with no payday, thats a big deal and you could see how in a different situation that could cause concern, anger, or a dead dog.

Growing up in Farm County if Dogs are in your livestock and they are not yours they get shot. Right or wrong, but thats your money, your investment, and most states that is law as well. You do not wait on animal control, or rely on others, that ideal sounds great but it just doesnt work at all times. Others do not have a responsibility to covet and protect your pets....especially if things they own are being compromised.

However you need to have proof IMO to ethically shoot a mans dog and that is usually law as well. It does not matter how many times the dogs have been there. Dogs can do harm without physically harming an animal undue stress and panic to animals can cause aborting, and other injuries. Livestock are pretty feeble at times.

 

Good post, and it seems like most of us are onboard with the realization that if ours or another's dog is "trespassing" and especially mingling or whatever with livestock that the farmer has the legal right to dispatch the predator. I think we all would hope that the neighbors, such as PP92's example, have a relationship that creates a little more cooperation. But lastly, as already said, posting the result on facebook was stupid.

This thread has me wondering...my property is bordered on two sides by two different cattle farms. If a tree falls on the fence and it is compromised (as recently happened) it is like a cattle jailbreak. If they are on my property (maybe even chasing my dogs), can I shoot them and eat them?

 

Not that I would ever do that.:lol2:

Very poor judgement of posting it and I think it is right to investigate someone who made a spectacle out of a lost pet could be some ill intent here, and prolly would call for a whooping of sorts!

This thread has me wondering...my property is bordered on two sides by two different cattle farms. If a tree falls on the fence and it is compromised (as recently happened) it is like a cattle jailbreak. If they are on my property (maybe even chasing my dogs), can I shoot them and eat them?

 

Not that I would ever do that.:lol2:

 

I would be knocking trees down, I love ribeye!!

I would be knocking trees down, I love ribeye!!

 

Maybe we can post pictures of the cookout on Facebook!

I told em not to let them cows loose!!! not sure who that sweet feed got piled up on my side of the fence.