The Great Weiner Dog Massacre Of 08.

[jdmidwest]

My next door neighbor "had" this mini weiner dog.

This is the neighbor everyone dreads to have move next door to you. Moved out to the country because he was tired of all the ordinances in the city. He bought the place on the other side of me for his daughter when it came up for sale. He has always had 4 dogs from rotweilers to weiner dogs. All untrained and in everyones yards and trash. The first thing he did to upset the balance of the neighborhood was to dig a 20'x30' "pond" in the back yard of his one acre lot. This lead to lots of mosquitos, the trophy one being the one I found this summer that was larger than a dime. Next, son in law brought home a fully auto H&K MP5 to shoot. I came home and they were shooting at a milk jug, full auto, from one side of the pond to the other. They used my yard, a neighbors yard, and a neighbors shop as a backstop. They could not figure out why I would call the law when I asked them to stop and they didn't. He thought he had Elmer Fudd bullets that stop in mid air and drop to the ground when they reach the end of his property. He retaliated by trimming my row of pines I had the forethought to plant at each edge of the property line clean off to the trunk on his side.

On with the weiner dog. Last year, he got the mini weiner dog when his older weiner dog was run over. Seems like he has to keep a minimum of 4 dogs running in and out of his house at all times. This thing was all over the place and would run up and bite you if it got a chance. It was not afraid of sticks, hoes, guns, or rocks. He tugged my pants a few times, bit my girlfriend, and generally made a pest out of himself. I caught him in a live trap I set for coons getting in the trash twice this summer. First time, girlfriend would not let me "take care" of him. Second time, too many of his family and him were out for me to take care of the problem.

Finally, the dog bit the neighbor on the other side's daughter. He called the sheriff, filed a complaint, and informed him that he would shoot the dog if it came back in his yard. The sheriff deputy informed him that he had the right to protect himself from what was now a known biting dog.

Last Sunday, I decided to do yard work instead of fishing. I mowed and mulched leaves and started trimming trees. One thing lead to another and I ended up with 20 piles of limbs to clean up. I was sharpening the chain saw when 2 shots rang out and a dog started yelping the yelp of major pain. I walked over to my tree line and spotted the guy that had the dog bite. I asked "Did you shoot"? Yes! "Do any good"? Yes!!! Seems like the shot from his 38 was a little off and he gutshot the dog. It made it back thru the doggy door and was yelping in the house. Owners were still at church.

This was getting to good to miss.

About an hour later, they came home from church. I was carrying the limbs down the hill to a pile and he caught me at the top. We talked about trees and I informed him that his pit bull lab mix had come across the yard after my daughter on Friday. I informed him that it will be shoot on sight if I see him do it again. Then his wifey starts hollaring inside the house and I knew the show was on. Next trip up the hill, here comes neighbor back over. "Have you heard any shots today"? I replied that I had heard shots all day and about that time there was one in the distance. Then he said they found the dog gutshot, bleeding out, in the house. I started to offer my services to "finish the job" when the shooter started down the road to my property.

The show was on. The owner of the dog started cussing and threatening the shooter as he came down the road to my yard. Shooter came into my yard and asked if I had problems with their dogs, which I replied that I had already discussed it with the owner after church. I tried to diffuse the situation some as the owner was getting out of hand and his grandkid was standing with him. I was informed that the grandkid had heard it before. When the owner threatened the shooter, his kids, his wife, and his dog I broke it up in my yard. Owner threatened to shoot any of them if he caught them in his yard. The law was on the way but it took 30 minutes.

All said and done, shooter was in the right. Dog owner received a summons to appear in court for charges of Animal Neglict. Seems like you can't let dogs run free in this county. It is the responsibility of the pet owner to control the animal or it is a class b misdameanor with a $500 fine, All has been pretty quite in the ole neighborhood. I was told that the pit bull lab grabbed another dog thru a woven wire fence last week. I have not seen it since..

Better than Jerry Springer!

[bclift65706]

that is funny did you get to finish the job.I have shot dogs and had them run home and die on the owners pourch but never run in the house through the doggy door what a mess. I dont just shoot neighbors dogs for no reason but this guys dogs were half starved eating my dogs food and act like they would bite whe I would try to run them off.

[jdmidwest]

I did not get to finish the job, it died slow and painful I am sure. I doubt if they really noticed a mess in the house, since all 4 of the dogs run down to the "pond" and play in the mud each time they come out of the house to poop. The best part was the yelping coming from inside the house after it was shot. The shooter was afraid he had missed. I assured him there was something ailing the dog. When the owner verified that there was a hole all the way thru and intestines coming out, I knew he was a goner. I did not see any new digging in his back yard, he probably just thru him in the trash.

People should be more responsible with their pets.

I have shot many dogs on our farm, running stock, running deer, or just simply abandoned by the owner. Its a shame, but a fact of life.

[taxidermist]

Several years back, we had cattle and as the town creeped to the edge of Grandmas Property (Homestead by my ancestors in the 1850s) the new people in the subdivisions would all turn their dogs out in the afternoon. Dogs will pack up and attack cattle, they had killed two calves and ripped ears off the cows. One day I followed several of them home. Maybe a whole mile as the crow flies.

Dano knows where my brother lives and where the Wilson additon is in Harrison AR.

Anyway I went back to the home and told Grandpa where the dogs lived, so we headed out and and grandpa told the owners the dogs would be shot if we caught them on the property again.

The next darn evening as Granddad milked the cow I sat in the hayloft with a trusty old 30.30 lever action, here came the pack German shepard, poodles, wiener dogs and mutts. The leader of the pack was a sheperd, the owner had been warned. I managed to kill the shepard, two mutts and someones lap dog as they attacked a calf.

Grandad still milking ask what I had shot, I told him, he wanted to know if I knew where the dogs lived. Told mt to take the dogs to the owners homes.

So I did, yea the owners were mad mad as hell. We had reported the calf killing and cow mangling to the sheriffs office, Buck Green was Sheriff back then. He had told us to kill the dogs if we could. No lease laws then in the county or even now. Finally we ended up in court over the crap and we of course won the case. But dog owners started keeping their dogs under control.

Still happens time to time. Guess thats why I hate dogs that are loose and their owners who dont control them.

[denjac]

Had a neighbor in Girard Ks that raised cattle and catfish. Our farms were divided by the Frisco railroad tracks. We also raised cattle. I had a german shepard that would run his cattle but not bother ours. One morning no dog so went to searching. Found her on the railroad tracks decapated, and a bullet hole in her. He had shot her and then laid her on the tracks so we would think she got ran over by the train. I was a teenager and thougt I would catch all th catfish out of his brood ponds,( he had 8 of the ponds all right next to each other) and make him go broke. I began my nightly rituals of sneaking over there with pole in hand. I caught the crap out of channel cats. He got wise as his dogs would bark when I was down there so he brought his cattle up every night and when the dogs barked he would spray the pond areas with his 22 rifle from his back porch. I would lay low on the pond dam until the shooting stopped and then go back to fishing. One night I caught a huge channel cat and Wal Mart had a fishing contest in Pittsburg. I put it in our stock tank and the next day took it over there. It weighed 22 pounds and I won the channel cat division from Wal Mart. The next day he came over to the house with the Pittsburg paper in hand. It had a picture of me in the paper for winning the fishing contest. I was busted! We later became very good friends and he taught me alot about cattle and catfish. I later held no ill feelings for him killing my dog. Its the way of the west!

[twosets]

Man

You country folk sure live hard lives.

Gunplay over dogs?

Wife held in house by a pack?

Dodging bullets to catch catfish?

I guess I am glad to live in the suburbs and visit the Ozarks.

George

p.s. I am sure that running packs of dogs are a serious issue, but one that is so far afield from my problems that it semms incredible.

[zander]

When I was in high school in Louisiana my dog would occasionally get out of the yard and make a bee line to this old sharecropper's place to chase his turkeys and chickens. He never killed any of them, he just enjoyed all the ruckus. The old sharecropper used to hollar at us through his dentured mouth that he was going to shoot the dog with rock salt the next time. Of course I was such a juvenile deliquent at the time, I would have killed all his turkeys and chickens and hogs if he would have done that. Glad none of that ever happened. I am also glad that I didn't live next to some of the people talked about on this thread. At least with rock salt the dog would have learned his lesson and lived another day.

My friend lived out on Bayou Rapides and he did shoot plenty of "loose" dogs. He always claimed that they were attacking him. As an amazing coincidence, a bobcat, several coons, and three otters were also "about to attack him" while duck, squirrel and deer hunting at different times. We all realized he just liked shooting stuff. Maybe there are guys like that everywhere.

I've been bit several times by loose dogs when a teenager. Usually while waiting for the school bus. I always used to run away but the dogs were always faster. Finally my dad explained what man's advantage over dogs really is, and how I was naturally gifted with my size 13 feet. Ever since then a good kick well timed is all I have needed.

I guess the point of my ramble is to kick the dogs- it will make you feel better and takes less time than dealing with the law and courts and if you absolutely MUST shoot a dog, use rock salt like good old sharecroppers did.

[Quillback]

Those are some great dog stories - bad endings mostly for the dogs, but funny to read.

JD - I think having that guy spray the country side with that MP5 would have me more upset than the dog - ATF finds out he has a full auto weapon he could be in big time trouble.

[twosets]

Hey Phil

Perhaps you could add a seperate section to the web site called "Dogs that I have shot" or somrthing similar.

A dog walks into a bar and says "Who shot my paw?"

[mhall02]

Our Irish Setter was shot when I was a kid. The neighbor said he was chasing his horse and was authorized by Dad to shoot it if it did it again. Dog disappeared for a few days, called the neighbor, and yep, he said he shot it. Wish he would have at least let us know. Anyway, second time the dog was shot, hit with shotgun pellets by another neighbor in front of my eyes, neighbor said he was chasing chickens so what can you say? Not a smart dog and was not disciplined by us. No hard feelings on my part, but I can see where some folks would be upset, dogs are like their kids for some. I'll guarantee you not all kids are kept out of trouble or taught right from wrong, they just aren't shot. Dont' get me wrong, I certainally would not equate an animal to a human, but this topic may open up an interesing can of worms.