"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 19:31:28 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>>On 10/15/2014 6:11 PM, Jeßus wrote:
>>> On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 15:00:59 -0700, "Cheri" >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Jeßus" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>> All lambs were female this year - very pleased - aside from the one I
>>>>> lost to a dog attack last week. Tracked down the owner and they
>>>>> replaced the lamb with a ewe... they got their $2000 German Shepard
>>>>> back wrapped in a blanket.
>>>>
>>>> You killed the dog?
>>>
>>> Yes, it was the right thing to do. Their Wolfhound was also in on the
>>> act, and the only reason it too wasn't wrapped in a blanket was
>>> because I only had two rounds in my rifle.
>>>
>>
>>You have to remember, he lives in a rural area in Australia. If people
>>let their dogs run loose and they kill valuable livestock what would you
>>expect him to do? Ask the dogs politely to sit and stay? Please don't
>>kill anymore lambs while I make the call?
>
> I didn't even know whose dogs they were for two days, but I had heard
> about a Wolfhound killing other people's stock for the past two months
> or so. I know that they have killed at least 6 lambs of my neighbours
> before mine. Nobody, including the owners of the dog, has a problem
> with my shooting the dog. If it wasn't for one of my ewes smashing
> through the gate (amazing in itself) next to my house at 1AM, I would
> have had no idea about it until the morning and the carnage would have
> been total.
>
> This all happened at 1AM in the morning, BTW, and I still wasn't
> finished getting things back to normal by 8AM. Found three ewes way up
> my creek and had to carry them back one by one in the dark... oh what
> fun
>
> Once dogs start killing livestock - they never stop.

That's true. We had around 300 head of sheep and did have problems
occasionally too.

Cheri