Mountain Man who had been snoring so loudly it is a wonder I heard the dog was instantly awake. (How does he do that?) He jumped out of bed and dashed outside waving the shotgun. Some of you may think this was a bit of an over reaction but remember where we live. We don't own a dog and our lovely Daisy (aka Nasty) is not locked in the barn at night due to her inability to stay in a fence or get along with other goats.
The barking continued and then there was a loud BOOM! Which probably could have been heard miles away. Silence. Lovely silence. Mountain Man came back to bed and promptly fell back asleep muttering, "How can a man get any sleep around here when you send him out to fight zombies?" ZZZZZ. The snoring began and I lay awake until the alarm rang laughing to myself. I sure hope the neighbors dog received enough of a scare that he won't be back again.
I've always found it very frustrating that their dogs wander at will all night long but there is nothing I can do about it. I've talked to them a few times but they just laugh it off as if it isn't a big deal. Thankfully all the other livestock is locked up at night but if they ever get so brazen as to come during the day and attack or kill some of my animals it won't be just a warning shot that is fired.
Daisy seems none the worse for the experience however and is her usual Baaaing self.
Glo,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. If your neighbors refuse to keep their animals on their property, you just have to do what you have to do. Your protecting yourselves and your animals. They received fore warning.
We would never want to hurt a neighbors pet but will of course protect our livestock if necessary. Mostly it was just funny. Of course it is all fun and games until someone gets hurt! :)
DeleteWhen I was little, we had goats and would run into the same problem about the neighbors' dogs getting after them. Momma had warned them about it multiple times before having to make "the call" to come get them out of her trash pile. I'll never forget one morning seeing her shoot a dog before we could out of the house to go to school...I was about 5 then, but I understood why she did it.
ReplyDeleteIt is sad when people don't take care of or train their pets properly. This leaves livestock owners in an impossible situation. I'm hopeful this situation will resolve itself in time.
DeleteHi making a comment here.I am adamant about peoples animals running loose,as,to say it breaks my heart becuse they can get rabies,get run over or someone take them and do bad things to them.I can understand people letting their dogs and cats loose n the farms as long as they are somewhat fenced in.Just saying.
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