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Time to get Harley a big brother- a rotteweiler. A good rott will take care of three pits.

Hope Harley is not too traumatized and the same for the owners. I have no patience for this crap.

 
Forget buck shot, I think the .40 will do the trick. Sting, they may not remember. A 0.4 inch entry wound and...well, ugly exit? No need for them to remember.

But whatever you do, please don't shoot the dogs! :p

 
Sorry to hear Don. Thats always my fear when out with our Lab. We've been "approached" by unrestrained dogs and you never know if things will escalate. Love dogs, Hate irresponsible dog owners! Our girl was blindside attacked at 1 yr old and it forever changed her disposition around other dogs. She doesn't want anything to do with them.

Hope it works out well, and Yeah, glad the Mrs didn't get "involved".

 
Make sure your dogs are nowhere near, and give them a shot of this: Dogs are pretty smart... I doubt if they'll come back around no matter how stupid their owners are..

BTW--this stuff really will stop bears (usually)

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Make sure your dogs are nowhere near, and give them a shot of this: Dogs are pretty smart... I doubt if they'll come back around no matter how stupid their owners are..

BTW--this stuff really will stop bears (usually)

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This is consistent with my suggestion of Pepper Spray.

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I grabbed my pistol, ran outside and tried to scare them off by yelling and screaming at them but it had no affect. I was forced to kill one of them which caused the other to run away. I hauled off the body and never said anything to anyone (the owner had plenty of conversations with neighbors leading up to this and refused to make changes in his containment policy). Not long after that, the back yard ladder was removed and we never had another problem with his pets.
Dear ol' Dad as a semi-rural county dweller with 5 acre lots had two neighbor dogs come over, corner, and kill their cat. He was furious and instead of stealth....walked straight into the front door of the owners house with a .357 Magnum Colt Python (a visual statement unto itself) and announced to the wide-eyed resident, "Your dogs killed my cat...and I'm going to kill them. I just wanted you to know."

As he walked out he promptly dispatched one to the great doggie farm in the sky with a bullet to the head. The other turned tail and ran and he missed.

He went home and after he calmed down...he fully expected a visit by the local deputy. They never came and he never had a problem with the neighbor or dogs again.

.....dear ol' Dad was always been a softie. Now, ol' Grandpa was a bit more gruff and would have gone positively medieval on their carcasses. :devil:

 
I read someplace that, rather than pepper spray to buy cans of Wasp/Hornet aerosol. It shoots a stream that is easily directed and is some really nasty stuff....far more serious than pepper spray.

In fact, IIRC, the article suggested ladies keep it handy around the house as it will absolutely disable an intruder...and they WILL be found at an emergency room seeking treatment for the induced blindness.

 
walked straight into the front door of the owners house with a .357 Magnum Colt Python (a visual statement unto itself) and announced to the wide-eyed resident...
i imagine so. i keep my Python in the safe since it's something Dad left me when i passed away.

 
walked straight into the front door of the owners house with a .357 Magnum Colt Python (a visual statement unto itself) and announced to the wide-eyed resident...
i imagine so. i keep my Python in the safe since it's something Dad left me when i passed away.
My Python and Anaconda are both in the safe right now. If I really wanted to make a statement like Iggy's Dad did, the Anaconda (.44 mag) would make a little louder/larger one. ;)

But there just isn't anything like a Python. almost 33 years later, I'm still kicking myself in the ass for selling my first one, but buying food was a bigger priority at that moment.

 
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But there just isn't anything like a Python. almost 33 years later, I'm still kicking myself in the ass for selling my first one, but buying food was a bigger priority at that moment.
So, me adding that he got it for $250 virtually new from his brother the cop in Salinas in the 80's probably won't make you feel much better. ;)

 
I read someplace that, rather than pepper spray to buy cans of Wasp/Hornet aerosol. It shoots a stream that is easily directed and is some really nasty stuff....far more serious than pepper spray.

In fact, IIRC, the article suggested ladies keep it handy around the house as it will absolutely disable an intruder...and they WILL be found at an emergency room seeking treatment for the induced blindness.
Janitor grade 10% ammonia in a syringe is pretty good and then there's :eek:
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But there just isn't anything like a Python. almost 33 years later, I'm still kicking myself in the ass for selling my first one, but buying food was a bigger priority at that moment.
So, me adding that he got it for $250 virtually new from his brother the cop in Salinas in the 80's probably won't make you feel much better. ;)
I bought my first Python in 1974 from the trust fund beneficiary room mate of a friend in Reno. We were talking about guns when the room mate mentions he has a Python and may want to sell it. I asked how much and he fetched it from his bedroom. He said he wanted a smaller handgun that would fit in his sports car glove box, so he offered that we might do a trade -- I buy him the smaller gun of his choice and he gives me the Python. We went to the gun shop, he picked out a new Colt Cobra (.38 Spl.), I paid the $150 OTD cost for it and he gave me the Python with sales receipt right there. I was most appreciative that the Gun Shop owner never said what he may have thought of a Cobra for Python straight trade. :lol:

But I apparently learned nothing from any of that.

Four years later, mid divorce and needing money, I put it in the classifieds for $150 while I was house sitting for my Mom in L.A. (no transfer hoops to jump through back then). First call was before 7 am and I sold it to that guy by 7:30 am. I got roughly 20 more calls before noon, at which time I left for the day (and we didn't have answering machines back then). I KNEW I'd F'ed up before the end of the day, and there is nothing that has EVER made me feel better about that sale in the intervening years -- certainly NOT what has happened to their prices since they are no longer made (the first ones were made in '55 and a last, single 50 year commemorative Python was made in 2005). My current Python wasn't cheap, is Stainless Steel (first offered in SS by Colt in 1982) and my Anaconda is also Stainless (all Colt Anacondas are SS).

Colt is talking about reintroducing double action revolvers, but the Python is not likely to be produced again. There is probably no way that they could sell them for the price that would be required to make money off it for all that goes into this finest of all handguns, even with CNC machines making many of the parts.

Iggy -- I hope you got yourself on the will for that Python. I'm never selling mine.

 
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But there just isn't anything like a Python. almost 33 years later, I'm still kicking myself in the ass for selling my first one, but buying food was a bigger priority at that moment.
So, me adding that he got it for $250 virtually new from his brother the cop in Salinas in the 80's probably won't make you feel much better. ;)
I bought my first Python in 1974 from the trust fund beneficiary room mate of a friend in Reno. We were talking about guns when the room mate mentions he has a Python and may want to sell it. I asked how much and he fetched it from his bedroom. He said he wanted a smaller handgun that would fit in his sports car glove box, so he offered that we might do a trade -- I buy him the smaller gun of his choice and he gives me the Python. We went to the gun shop, he picked out a new Colt Cobra (.38 Spl.), I paid the $150 OTD cost for it and he gave me the Python with sales receipt right there. I was most appreciative that the Gun Shop owner never said what he may have thought of a Cobra for Python straight trade. :lol:

But I apparently learned nothing from any of that.

Four years later, mid divorce and needing money, I put it in the classifieds for $150 while I was house sitting for my Mom in L.A. (no transfer hoops to jump through back then). First call was before 7 am and I sold it to that guy by 7:30 am. I got roughly 20 more calls before noon, at which time I left for the day (and we didn't have answering machines back then). I KNEW I'd F'ed up before the end of the day, and there is nothing that has EVER made me feel better about that sale in the intervening years -- certainly NOT what has happened to their prices since they are no longer made (the first ones were made in '55 and a last, single 50 year commemorative Python was made in 2005). My current Python wasn't cheap, is Stainless Steel (first offered in SS by Colt in 1982) and my Anaconda is also Stainless (all Colt Anacondas are SS).

Colt is talking about reintroducing double action revolvers, but the Python is not likely to be produced again. There is probably no way that they could sell them for the price that would be required to make money off it for all that goes into this finest of all handguns, even with CNC machines making many of the parts.

Iggy -- I hope you got yourself on the will for that Python. I'm never selling mine.

Don't want to start a gun argument but you guys already hijacked the thread. I love my Colt 1911 but for a DA revolver I prefer the Model 27 or 28 S&W over the Colt Python. I have a python that I won't sell Just cause they aren't made but I like the trigger better on the Smith. YMMV :D

 
I regret trading off my Trooper Mark 3. Talk about excellent shooting and it had a Royal Blue finish on it. SWEET!

 
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Don't want to start a gun argument but you guys already hijacked the thread. I love my Colt 1911 but for a DA revolver I prefer the Model 27 or 28 S&W over the Colt Python. I have a python that I won't sell Just cause they aren't made but I like the trigger better on the Smith. YMMV :D
Since I assisted so mightily in the hijack, and since carver's problem has temporarily run out of new posting fodder, I'll continue the hijack. ;)

I like the trigger on my Anaconda better than on my Python -- really a top notch double action for a factory job. I have shot a Python on which Grant Cunningham had done an action job, though, and that one was special. Still, the BEST action I've ever had the pleasure of shooting is a 6 inch S&W 686 that belongs to a 70 year old instructor, from whom I've taken marksmanship, CCW and reloading classes -- it's the gun he shoots in the Monday night league at my club/range.

I think I shoot my Sig P-220 and Python about the same amount - mostly but not entirely a function of having a LOT of .45 ACP and .38 Spl. ammo stocked up here (and needing to generate more brass for the two die sets I have for the Dillon 550).

I regret trading off my Trooper Mark 3. Talk about excellent shooting and it had a Royal Blue finish on it. SWEET!
Indeed. Seems like I may not be the only one who has made regrettable selling decisions. (But I can back my superior stupidity claim with tales of my '66 Telecaster sale or the trade-in of my '67 Mustang Fastback for a '73 Ford Pinto.)

 
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For all you gun nuts, assuming WFO is really in my hometown (Idaho Falls) this year, a little excursion to a local manufacturer (OK, 88 miles away) could probably be arranged:

https://www.freedomarms.com/

They make a few interesting guns you may want to check out in the following calibers....

.500 Wyoming Express

.475 Linebaugh

.454 Casull®

And for pussies:

.44 Remington Magnum

.41 Remington Magnum

.357 Magnum

 
NEVER fire at an animal to wound. Those who recommend this upset me a bit,...A Lot actually.

If a dog presents a dangerous situation to you or you'r family (you'r dogs are part of you family) then remove the the offender by whatever means necessary. If they exhibit this behavior again it you need to have them put down by you'r self or the authorities immediately. Shooting at an animal to deter is wreckless/cruel and could turn into an incredible legal nightmare.

Miss my Bullie's (English Bull Terriers-NOT Pit Bulls) so I am a dog person and am aware of some of the bs associated with dog problems yet once an animal exhibits a uncharastic(sp) behavior they can never be trusted.

Don B

 
I've been incredibly busy - but have read, digested, and greatly appreciate all comments, from every angle. I decided to let some time pass and see what happens. So far, I've not seen the BC loose at all, where as before I would see her nearly everyday on my property, in some cases playing with Harley. And,for my part, I've been keeping Harles on a much shorter 'free' leash - although so far he has shown no inclination to return to the BC's house to play.

As to the PB - it's a visitor, haven't seen it all, as expected. And, it was not the instigator, although it was definitely the gun in a knife fight.

I know the good neighbor well, been acquaintances since they were in high school (they now have kids) and I believe he/they are good people. I plan to return this weekend and have a less stressful talk - I was pretty tight-jawed at the first meeting and really had to control the emotions. I am glad I did - maybe not the 'right' decision by some standards, but it is for me.

In the meantime, I've take corrective preparations which I will not discuss on the NeeenerNets should the situation reoccur.

Once again, Thank You all, and I'll keep you posted.

 
Dear ol' Dad ... walked straight into the front door of the owners house with a .357 Magnum Colt Python (a visual statement unto itself) and ...

Wouldn't have mattered past that instant. HE would've been the one carried out of my house.

:eek:

Back to FJRs now?

 
If a dog presents a dangerous situation to you or you'r family (you'r dogs are part of you family) then remove the the offender by whatever means necessary. If they exhibit this behavior again it you need to have them put down by you'r self or the authorities immediately. Shooting at an animal to deter is wreckless/cruel and could turn into an incredible legal nightmare.
someone go help Don. he's been attacked by feral apostrophes.

 
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