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What type of pet do you have or have you had?

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ASHES said:
There's a thread on the efficacy and ethics of shock collars if you're having behavioural issues.
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My Siberian outsmarted shock collars.

He would probe the barrier to figure out out where the shocks came, back up a bit, then run full speed through....
 
Fledermaus said:
My Siberian outsmarted shock collars.

He would probe the barrier to figure out out where the shocks came, back up a bit, then run full speed through....
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My sister had huskies and they always ran away and the only way they came back was to go get them often at the home of another husky. They were spoiled rotten at home too. They just like to roam.
I love dogs and have had a bunch. 3 Manchester terriers and a Rat terrier, 2 labs and a golden retriever and lately Boston terriers. My most unusual pets were green iguanas that were all rescues. I never knew 4 foot lizards could be so tame and loyal. They would escape their outdoor cages and come back at dinner time. Collard greens were their favorite and a few lived 15 years.
 
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iguanaman said:
My sister had huskies and they always ran away and the only way they came back was to go get them often at the home of another husky. They were spoiled rotten at home too. They just like to roam.
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Our neighbour had a great dane that liked to roam. It was a nice, big friendly dog, but it broke into our chicken coop and killed chickens at least 3 times. They had a tether they just wouldn't use it half the time. Every time I'd have to drag him home tail between his legs and tie him up.
 
ASHES said:
Our neighbour had a great dane that liked to roam. It was a nice, big friendly dog, but it broke into our chicken coop and killed chickens at least 3 times. They had a tether they just wouldn't use it half the time. Every time I'd have to drag him home tail between his legs and tie him up.
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Don't mention chickens...my sisters husky did the same once and when her husband went to pick him up, the children were all crying. The chickens all had names and his dog was all covered in blood. It was a terrible incident to say the least.
 
ASHES said:
Our neighbour had a great dane that liked to roam. It was a nice, big friendly dog, but it broke into our chicken coop and killed chickens at least 3 times. They had a tether they just wouldn't use it half the time. Every time I'd have to drag him home tail between his legs and tie him up.
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The dog's owners are lucky you didn't either shoot the dog, or at least call the authorities and have their dog siezed. I couldn't kill a dog unless it was self defense, because I like animals and I put a high value on the lives of most of them. But I also kinda have a soft spot for chickens, turkeys, etc, and if the dog was intentionally killing other animals, then I'd at least have to have it removed, especially after THE THIRD TIME! How many chances do the dog's owners get before they FINALLY do the right damn thing!? I wouldn't be surprised to learn that the owners were themselves the type of people who'd shoot and kill a neighbor's dog that attacked and killed THEIR animals....
 
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The dog's owners are lucky you didn't either shoot the dog, or at least call the authorities and have their dog siezed. I couldn't kill a dog unless it was self defense, because I like animals and I put a high value on the lives of most of them. But I also kinda have a soft spot for chickens, turkeys, etc, and if the dog was intentionally killing other animals, then I'd at least have to have it removed, especially after THE THIRD TIME! How many chances do the dog's owners get before they FINALLY do the right damn thing!? I wouldn't be surprised to learn that the owners were themselves the type of people who'd shoot and kill a neighbor's dog that attacked and killed THEIR animals....
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I'm sure my parents called authorities at least a couple times, but we never caught him in the coop, or have him on video, and there were coyotes in the area too so all we could prove is he was off their property. Out in the sticks where we were, dog off property wasn't high priority. We ended up rebuilding the coop and didn't have any more problems with that dog except him sometimes coming to play with our dogs.
 
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ASHES said:
I'm sure my parents called authorities at least a couple times, but we never caught him in the coop, or have him on video, and there were coyotes in the area too so all we could prove is he was off their property. Out in the sticks where we were, dog off property wasn't high priority. We ended up rebuilding the coop and didn't have any more problems with that dog except him sometimes coming to play with our dogs.
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That changes a lot. If there's no way to prove it was the neighbor's dog, and coyotes live nearby, then having the dog removed would be off the table IMO. If repairing the coop solved the program, then all is good.
 
ASHES said:
I'm sure my parents called authorities at least a couple times, but we never caught him in the coop, or have him on video, and there were coyotes in the area too so all we could prove is he was off their property. Out in the sticks where we were, dog off property wasn't high priority. We ended up rebuilding the coop and didn't have any more problems with that dog except him sometimes coming to play with our dogs.
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Oh yeah, that reminds me, there are 'allegedly' coyotes living in some of the *cough-cough* "rural areas" here in northern Delaware. I had never seen one, nor spoken to anyone who's even aware of their existence here, but I read an article about a coyote being videotaped here. Also DNREC officials have verified that they are here. Somewhere...... maybe working in the Amazon warehouse(??)
 
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Oh yeah, that reminds me, there are 'allegedly' coyotes living in some of the *cough-cough* "rural areas" here in northern Delaware. I had never seen one, nor spoken to anyone who's even aware of their existence here, but I read an article about a coyote being videotaped here. Also DNREC officials have verified that they are here. Somewhere...... maybe working in the Amazon warehouse(??)
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You don't see them often, I only saw them a couple times during the day, but you always hear them at night if they're around.
 
ASHES said:
You don't see them often, I only saw them a couple times during the day, but you always hear them at night if they're around.
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Right now I'm mainly hearing spring peepers doing their annual, early spring mating calls at almost every pond, lake or swampy area. Most people probably mistake them for crickets, but they aren't out til October. These are small tree frogs.
 
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