Quote:Got woke up by the kids screaming saturday morning. Went down and pulled my dog out of a ditch, this was a trained, AKC Brittany spaniel. It was still alive when I got there, multiple bites, none looked life threatening. Carried him home to clean up the wounds, cleaned and patched one side, flipped him over and Im looking at a kindey and intestines. Figured this was more than I could handle, saw he was going into shock. Took him to the Vet ($70.00 dollar emergency fee for a saturday) vet is concerned with how far in shock he is, says they would need to keep him for over a week just to stabilize him and the survival rate was less than 50%. Got an estimate of at least $800 not including the surgery for the hurneia, the antibiotics, the stiches, or the adrenaline to get his heart rate back up. Told me id have to decide to put him down or get going on stabilizing. Stepped outside to call the wife, by the time I made it back in he was dead. Followed by a half hour of convulsions the vet told me was his brain trying to jump start his body. Bad start to the day. Took him home, made a pyre. He was a good dog, we had just spent the day before hunting dove squirell and rabbit. Drove down to the "neighbor" that one of the offending dogs lived at. Knock knock.....knock knock.... Black lady answers the door:

Me: "Is the man of the house at home?"
Lady: "No, who the hell are you"
Me: "A neighbor, Your dog just killed my dog"
Lady: "Thats not my dog its a stray"
Me: "That dog right there? The one sleeping under your car, the one Ive seen in your yard for the past year?"
Lady: "Its a stray"
Me: "So you dont mind if I shoot it dead?"
Lady: Closes door *muffled* "Im going to call the cops"
Me: "I already did"
Lady: Door opens "Thats not my..." POP POP
Me: Drags dog to ditch, gets in car, drives home to burn dog

Never did hear from the cops

I do not advocate the shooting of dogs in most cases but this is not the first trouble these dogs have caused. There were 6 of them. Big german shepard and a mut that constantly breed and fill the roads with their run over offspring. Anyone whos met me will tell you I am typically against killing an animal without using it afterwards but sometimes theres a case for revenge.

The sheriffs department said they would set A trap on the next business day if they got a chance. Fuck government, even small government, some things need to be handled in a different manner.

Quote:yeah i took both girls out seperatly to identify the offending dogs. I deffinitly did not want to senselessly kill a dog. Both girls saw it happen, both girls identified the big German Shepard and a small Australian Shepard (that a neighbor shot with bird shot and I killed out of mercy). This big German Shepard roughed up my dog once before but that was when the wife was walking him by its "Not its Home" so I forgave it there.

Shitty situation but at least the neighborhoods a safer place. Probably didnt go about it in as controlled manner as I should have but Ill sleep alright