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How would you keep a dog from straying into the wild and getting injured? These are pets and not wild animals able to survive in the bush on their own.
by solotronics 8y ago
How would you keep a dog from straying into the wild and getting injured? These are pets and not wild animals able to survive in the bush on their own.
- oldandtired 8y agoTalking with a friend recently about how "wild" our pet dogs are. In the local area, dogs get out at night and form packs that hunt calves and lambs and simply kill them and leave the bodies. There is a good business in hunting feral cats and dogs that were pets and have been left to fend for themselves in the wild because they were no longer wanted.
- rlonstein 8y agoIt's changed as the demographics shifted and the county urbanized but thirty years ago the local sheriff still issued deputy animal control papers to hunters, farmers, woodsmen, etc. who reported dog packs. There are fewer farms, greater housing density, more posted land, revised laws, and different attitudes toward animal control (generally, better) but the problem still occasionally comes up. Feral dogs aren't just a semi-rural problem, this was the situation in Brooklyn https://gowanuslounge.blogspot.com/2007/07/dog-days-remember-red-hook-gowanus-wild.html https://gowanuslounge.blogspot.com/2007/07/dog-days-remember... and resulted in a handful of publicized attacks on joggers and pets.
- maxerickson 8y agoHere the feral dog problem is solved enough that there's a substantial population of rabbits living in town. (a small town in a rural county)
- vvanders 8y agoYup, many dog owners I know are shocked to find out that it's legal in most states to kill a dog that's harassing livestock(hasn't yet done physical harm).
- oldandtired 8y agoThe dogs I referred to are not feral as such. They are pets to someone. It is when they get together in packs that their behaviour goes wild. The owners are often unaware that their dogs have wandered about and partaken in killing of stock. It is also applicable to cats.
- YeGoblynQueenne 8y agoAre you saying that most people who have dogs in farms use invisible wires to keep them safe? Because I'm in the position to know that this is not the case. My partner's father has a farm with animals, including dogs. The farm has a fence and the dogs can roam freely inside it.
- opinionator1 8y agoAnecdotes are not data. I know plenty of farms that do use invisible fences. Dogs have a habit of digging under fences when determined.