Mardy would you be the main suspect if the dog were to 'disapear'.

aparintley the dog had done it befor and the owner worned. it was 2 dogs 1 shot and killed the other shot and wounded and ran away befor the farmer could finesh it off. the owners of the dogs just let them road frees because they DONT BELEAV IN FENCES and all that stuph.

 

THATS REDICULOUS!

As a dog owner, i would

a.  keep him under control at all times (hes trained to the whistle)  or if i couldn't, keep him on the lead.

b. not let him into the field if livestock posed a threat or vice versa.

Its rediculous that owners are letting this happen, and it will be distressing for the owner and the dog as well as the stock, but what do owners expect when someones trying to make a living and you get some loony come in with there dog. Its common sense - remind me not to work with general public!!!!

 i would be main suspect, i suppose, my land adjoins his.

im organic so these animals are worth something.

however, im inclined to grin and bear it im afraid. 

our farm is much mardy- we know who the culprits are, all the police do is *advise* us not to shoot the dogs for fear or retaliation. sod them, the next dog/ owner to attack our livestock get my foot up there ***! (the dog ill just shoot). the public don't actually realise how much effort we as farmers put into raising our animals, nevermind the hard work of trying to stay on top of things. by the way, a bit of advice on the green chain walk, if you have one- you can legally close and chain the gates along the walk, as long as its on you're land. owners and dogs are only supposed to keep to edges of fields when walking around them, any further in and you can scream at them! (roughly 10 feet from the edge)

 

understand your problem, grew up on a large stock farm. know what a pack of dogs can do to a flock of sheep.

but now tell me how do i keep goats out of my property? they have no regard for fences

their owners know that my rottie kills smallstock and they still roam where ever they will

but then i live in africa

we have a got on our farm, depending on the type pf fence (this case slatted wooden fencin we use chicken wire to cover the gaps, you'll need to re-inforce the fence, other wise they will get in. try electrifying the top and bottom- sometimes works. when our goat goes for me i grab him by the horns and push him back hard- won't hurt him, you gotta show em who's the boss btw the fence needs to be at least twice the height of the goat, or they will just jump over- ours did just that, on multiple occasions!

The best way to keep goats in one place is to use Heras fencing. The type building sites use. Best thing ever invented it is. I keep goats and poultry and my goatyar and poultry pens are made of the panels which are 12 feet long and 6 feet high.

I own 18 dogs which are 100% stock steady and luckily don't live in livestock farming country. If I did, I would make sure none of mine ever got out (they don't anyway) because how would a sheep or cattle farmer know that my massive 65kg of amiable dog isn't in the slightest bit interested in even chasing his livestock? I wouldn't want to risk one of my dogs g etting killed. I personally don't own a shotgun and don't think I could bring myself to kill someone's pet dog, however, if I had a problem, I might invest in a painball gun. Not only do they flipping hurt, but would make a real nasty painty mess of any dog. I would ask the newspapers to print a story saying that your dog gets paintballed the first time, but killed the next time.

Dog licences won't work. It'll mean that careful dog owners like me have to struggle to find the money because we care about our companions. Less caring owners will simply offload their dogs and as per usual, the scumbags just won't buy a licence and know that the law won't do anything about it. It is illegal to own a pitbull terrier type dog in this country yet I know of several pitbulls in my local town which the police do nothing about. The owners say that they are 'Irish staffordshires' or 'Amstaffs' which is just pitbull by another name.