[Jacob-list] Dog Problems in Michigan

[sbennett]

You are very lucky to have the law on your side. As livestock oriented as 
my area is, we were still told we had to document with pictures any 
animal chasing our livestock and that we could end up in court if we took 
action aginst the offending animal. When the next door neighbor's dog 
went after my rooster, taking a picture was the last thing on my mind!

Around here, rather than put an animal down for chasing livestock, the 
animal rights activists want to move the dog to a new environment where 
they are not a danger. Ha! 

I think you have to know who your neighbors are to be able to decide what 
to do in a given situation. Our next door neighbor has done everything he 
can think of to keep his dog home and she still comes over to chase my 
chickens. The final solution came when the chickens escaped their yard 
and moved in with the sheep (this dog is deathly afraid of the sheep). 
However, I know that if I catch the other neighbor's dogs on my property, 
they will have to quietly disappear, as he won't take responsibility for 
their behavior.

Debbie Bennett
Feral Fibre
Oakland, Oregon