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Post by siletz on May 19, 2015 16:35:00 GMT
We have just over an acre of land outside of our fencing that we would like to make more use of. My son went back there yesterday to do some maintenance on it and was met by our neighbors aggressive dogs. There is no fence between the 2 properties at the back where this is. We have 4 foot high field fencing on the rest of our property but was wondering if anyone has any less expensive ideas for fencing this acre that would show the dogs where their boundaries are without having to spend tons of money.
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Post by Maura on May 19, 2015 16:51:13 GMT
Call the neighbors and ask them to come and get their dogs. Keep a watch out for the dogs and continue to call them to come and get their dogs. It is their job to keep their dogs on their own property, not yours. If you inconvenience them enough they may do something to try and keep their dogs at home. If they won’t, lure the dogs into a vehicle with a partition between front and back and take them to the shelter. If you really want to inconvenience them take the dogs to a far away shelter. Leave collar and tags on.
Keep in mind that if you put a fence on the boundary line, the dogs will just walk around it, you’d have to fence in the entire area.
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Post by Wendy on May 19, 2015 23:46:18 GMT
You could try electric fence.
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Post by wolfmom on May 20, 2015 12:01:27 GMT
You could paintball them. Haven't had the need to try this, but I heard somewhere that it really wakes up the owners..
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Post by siletz on May 20, 2015 14:32:15 GMT
Thanks for the ideas. I think I will go visit my neighbors soon and see what we can come up with.
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Post by Bear Foot Farm on May 23, 2015 7:48:13 GMT
Electric is the cheapest type of fencing, and dogs learn to respect it quickly
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Post by Awnry Abe on May 25, 2015 1:25:55 GMT
I fence around my garden to keep dogs out. They are incredibly destructive. A single electric polywire about a foot off the ground works very well. You will only need the juice on for about a week. After one yelp, the bluff works for a very long time.
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Post by bowdonkey on May 26, 2015 3:30:02 GMT
I fence around my garden to keep dogs out. They are incredibly destructive. A single electin fic polywire about a foot off the ground works very well. You will only need the juice on for about a week. After one yelp, the bluff works for a very long time. Back when I was a teen on the farm the only dog this didn't work on was our blue healer. I must have caught her half a dozen times in fox traps. Can you believe she died of old age too? But the rest of the dogs learned quick, especially if it was a weed burner.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2015 18:18:22 GMT
Do you know what your leash laws are where you live? Most places have a leash law even in the county. If there is a leash law in effect, contact your local law enforcement or animal control & report your neighbors for letting their aggressive dogs loose. It's amazing what being visited by law enforcement or animal control does to get the attention of negligent dog owners. Where I live in SC, we DO have a lease law here in the county, it's a $550.00 fine for allowing your dogs to roam.
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Post by wildhorseluvr on Jan 12, 2016 3:45:47 GMT
I think I'd second the electric fence for being cheap and relatively easy to put up. It's usually pretty effective after a dog hits it a time or two. If there's a possibility they might learn to jump over a low wire, put a second wire up about chest height. Our property is completely fenced with a woven wire type fence so I don't usually have dog issues. However for nearly a year now I've had 2 different pairs of larger type dogs on our place fairly frequently. They have been digging under my fence. Since the dogs haven't gone after my livestock yet, I really don't want to shoot to kill (and it wouldn't be legal unless they did attack my stock). I do want them gone. So back around Thanksgiving I was complaining to my family about the situation and mentioned I wished I had a BB gun. When I was a kid, my brother got a BB gun for Christmas one year and I was so envious! (My parents didn't believe a girl should have a gun. ) Of course, I used the gun every time my parents weren't around but never did get one of my own. (I do have other guns, just not a BB gun.) Well, when Christmas rolled around, my awesome son-in-law handed me a gift in a long box... I finally got my BB gun for Christmas! And today I got to try it out on a pair of dogs!
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Post by farmchix on Jan 12, 2016 10:46:13 GMT
I would try a nice visit to the neighbors first. If they don't get the hint, call animal control once. Then, they will get the point.
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Post by motdaugrnds on Jan 12, 2016 13:48:49 GMT
I'm glad you're going to visit with the neighbors about their dogs. I hope they appreciate your situation and your thoughtfulness. I would, also, call the local authorities and find out what laws pertain to such a situation. (You might want to do this prior to your neighborly visit.)
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Post by countrymom22 on Jan 13, 2016 2:09:37 GMT
I wouldn't want to hurt the dogs unless necessary, so I would opt for a paint ball gun. When those dogs go home, the owners will realize they have been troublesome for someone and that they were lucky they were only shot with paint. Hopefully that would be a wake up call.
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