Post by kidsandpets on Sept 30, 2016 14:24:43 GMT -5
Two random large dogs were just out milling around my yard/goat pasture fence. I'm not sure where they came from. Thankfully they were more interested in sniffing at my dog through the fence (who I let bark at them all he wanted) than trying to get in. My goats stayed at the other end of the field too, out of their way. They may (probably?) had no interest in my goats or desire to got over our fence. But I gathered a handful of good-sized rocks and watched just in case. They finally wandered back off down the road.
I just have no tolerance for roaming dogs. I've talked to owners of roaming dogs who just cannot understand how they are in the wrong, when their dog gets into someone else's pasture even if their dog isn't doing any harm (supposedly.) But I've seen the results of what a loose dog can do (to other dogs or livestock) and I've been a part of trying to put the pieces back together (literally.) And my own dog, who was a roamer in his previous "home", was shot in the face with pellets before we got him - possibly as he was out roaming around.
Just...
I just have no tolerance for roaming dogs. I've talked to owners of roaming dogs who just cannot understand how they are in the wrong, when their dog gets into someone else's pasture even if their dog isn't doing any harm (supposedly.) But I've seen the results of what a loose dog can do (to other dogs or livestock) and I've been a part of trying to put the pieces back together (literally.) And my own dog, who was a roamer in his previous "home", was shot in the face with pellets before we got him - possibly as he was out roaming around.
Just...
