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« on: May 09, 2012, 02:34:42 pm » |
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I read posts of people saying what they would do to someone if they had their dogs shot an it frustrates me an I would hate to have one of mine shot. But when u get a chance to see both sides of they situation an put yourself in the ranches shoes u mite do the same. For example when I was home in australia on the station which my dad manages that runs dorper sheep on 50000 ac, which is close to a small town, we had town dogs come out an kill 9 eews an 15 lambs in one night which they don't do for food they do for entrainment they kill them or just mall them so bad that u have to put them down. The sheep were worth 150 each if they had of went to the next paddock over an got into the stud sheep it would have been worse with them being worth between 500 to 20000 each. this is not the first time it's happened on dads place this year. An the other places which border town have had the same things happen. What would u do if u were running the place?? My dad an the other ranches r dog people with up to 15 working dogs each to work sheep an cattle an have pro pig catches come out with dogs to hunt too, but they have to protect their livestock aswell. My point is if your pets r chained up or in a good yard they will not get out an put in that situation an if u r hunting an lose a dog let the ranchers know. Just my two cents.
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JRyanS
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« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2012, 02:48:49 pm » |
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How do you know they were'nt Dingos?
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« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2012, 03:15:47 pm » |
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I THINK MOST CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEFENDING LIVESTOCK AND JUST SHOOTING DOGS ON SIGHT. IVE BEEN ON BOTH ENDS OF THE DEAL
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BA-IV
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« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2012, 03:54:14 pm » |
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Usually the dogs being shot are hunting dogs. I imagine most of em have name tags and quite a few of em have tracking collars. Any farmer who's been around livestock for more then a week can tell the difference between a dog hunting and a dog harassing livestock.
People need to stop and think before acting sometimes.
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Reuben
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« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2012, 04:07:28 pm » |
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I THINK MOST CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEFENDING LIVESTOCK AND JUST SHOOTING DOGS ON SIGHT. IVE BEEN ON BOTH ENDS OF THE DEAL
x2...but some folks are just looking for an excuse to shoot a dog...most hunting dogs will not mess with livestock... but I have seen dobermans, labs, great danes, rottwielers and other breeds including german shepards band together and run deer and I have seen this on more than one occasion...that I can remember 4 times...these country dogs will be laying around the yard when mom and dad get home from work...but there is no telling how many baby deer they kill every day...When I say banding together I have seen them running deer... 2 years ago at my deer lease the neighbor had about 6 or 7 dogs running loose...they were killing calves in the area and the coyotes were getting blamed...even after they were caught doing it once it started back up about 2 months later when they started letting the dogs run loose at night....I showed up at deer camp and saw 3 mutilated calves and the dogs left as I was pulling up...I saw to it that those dogs were put down... I won't shoot a hunting dog but a dog that is unsupervised that has the run of the land is another story... |
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Training dogs is not about quantity, it's more about timing, the right situations, and proper guidance...After that it's up to the dog...
A hunting dog is born not made...
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Amokabs
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« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2012, 04:12:24 pm » |
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Can your Dad shoot these dogs legally in Australia? Also, what, if any firearms are citizens allowed to own at this point in time? I just remember some years ago Australia banning, confiscating and destroying firearms.
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BA-IV
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« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2012, 04:16:42 pm » |
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I won't shoot a hunting dog but a dog that is unsupervised that has the run of the land is another story...
Should be common sense you would think. |
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Middleton
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« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2012, 06:42:54 pm » |
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Their r no dingo's in the part of the country where he is at, An fire arms are legal with a license 99 per cent of people on a station/ ranch have a rifle an need a rifle, it's more pistols an simi automatics that u can't have an as far as the police go they told the locals if u see the dogs on your place take care of them, ( it's prob more town dogs just running lose doing this than hunting dogs an the council from a bigger town has got involved now an come out a dew times a week an if your dog gets caught out on the streets running lose twice it will be taken an fines dealt out. I have talked to him about hunting dogs before an it don't make much difference to him his answer was theirs only 3 hunters that hunt this place an the sounding places about 300000ac. They call before they come an if they lose a dog they will call u ( its pretty hard for your dogs to hunt out of 300000ac) so other hunting dogs found will be from poachers which r really bad in his part of the country cutting fences an stealing fuel it's hard to keep people out of places that big. In saying that if the dog would come to him, he would load it up an check it out but people don't want to get caught poaching an don't usually have name tags on them. An I agree with u most "GOOD" dogs won't mess with live stock but their r alot of trashy an not so good hunting dogs out their too. An yes I think theirs a difference between where he in an some of the smaller places.
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JRyanS
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« Reply #8 on: May 10, 2012, 07:05:58 am » |
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What about wombats or honey badgers?
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