I'm a light sleeper.
This morning in the wee hours after dawn I heard this noise. I couldn't place it and fell back to sleep for a second (I was dreaming I took a pregnancy test and not only was it positive, but it also told me I had diabetes. Weird!)
Finally, I came out of my slumber and padded out to the living room. I glanced out the front windows and saw movement. I squinted my eyes out towards the barn and coops and saw the animal. The same animal I had seen Friday in our backyard: A black and white, short-haired squatty dog.
I watched it quietly yip and run back and forth to the creek and back to the coop. Then I saw the second one, red and identical in shape to the first, INSIDE the chicken yard!
I ran and woke Sr. Sure enough, the red dog was trapped in the yard and coop. The B/W one ran off into the woods.
I'll stop the story and spare you the details of what happened next, but suffice to say ALL of my hens, my special third generation rooster, ducks, Cochin chicks and RABBITS are dead. All my careful tending down the drain. Chicks I hatched out and cared for gone. All our investment vanished. A food source stolen.
I am seeking the owners of these dogs. I have photographs.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
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*sigh* I'm very sorry to hear this. Did you at least get to kill the red dog trapped in the pen?
Yes, we are still a old school farming area. The dog was skittish and growling when we approached it (but it also knew it was cornered). We were humane, but the dog won't be back. Hardest thing...
Oh, gosh. So, so sorry this happened to you. So disheartening and infuriating at the same time.
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Oh, wow. That is terrible!
How in blazes did the dog get into the pen??
Sad for you, and sad for the dead animals too. Such a senseless waste.
OH DEAR! How terrible. I hope you can find the owners. I was so worried last night- our dog broke his line and was gone... I was fearing that he would get into someone's livestock but fortunately, he just wandered down the road and some of our new neighbors kenneled him for the night before taking him to one of the local vets where we picked him up this morning. Fortunately we got him back no harm done.
I hope those dog's owners will do the right thing and make some reparations. It won't be the same but at least it will help.
Judy
Oh hun, I'm so sorry!!!
Mama Kelly
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Thanks, Everyone. It was hard to see all of my poultry and rabbits dead. I would have returned the dog if it had tags. This dog was not friendly or approachable. Over the last few years, we've lost $1000's to other peoples dogs (not to mention my own-add another 1000). I wish they had kept them at home.
Susan was so right on: Such a senseless waste on all accounts.
Gina--I'm so sorry for your loss.
Kris
omg. that is so awful. i'm so sorry about that. i'm glad you were able to keep one from returning but sad it finished everything off before you were able to catch it.
people should be held accountable. that is ridiculous.
again, i'm very sorry for your loss.
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