Jeff Cambeis wrote 04/13/2008 12:17 PM Letting your dog hunt its own food. #190199 - 04/13/2008 12:17 PM
Jeff Cambeis Webboard User Reg: 03-12-2008 Posts: 159 Loc: Sacramento Offline	Dori, my AB has caught and eaten a wild turkey or two in the past. I was talking to my father in law about it. His 10 acres are over run with chickens. He wants Dori to solve the problem. A big part of me thinks it would be more human to shoot the birds first. But there are many birds. They attacked his wife. What is your opinion on the ethical treatment of chickens.
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Carol Boche wrote 04/13/2008 12:22 PM Re: Letting your dog hunt its own food. [Re: Jeff Cambeis ] #190200 - 04/13/2008 12:22 PM
Carol Boche Webboard User Reg: 10-30-2005 Posts: 4531 Loc: South Dakota, USA Offline	Get a log or stump rather, two large nails in a V pattern and a sharp hatchet.... or you could wring their necks....(wild cat traps actually work well with a can of feed in them. buy a box of large gallon freezer bags and have at it.....that would be a jackpot for me..... If someone saw you allowing the dog to kill those birds...you might be in a world of hurt..... Until The Tale of the Lioness is told, the Story will Always Glorfy the Hunter
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Sarah Morris wrote 04/13/2008 12:25 PM Re: Letting your dog hunt its own food. [Re: Jeff Cambeis ] #190201 - 04/13/2008 12:25 PM
Sarah Morris Webboard User Reg: 08-29-2006 Posts: 2324 Loc: Central Coast, California Offline	I think the more humane way to deal with this is to kill (or give away?) the chickens first. I also wonder if encouraging Dori to go after chickens might not cause problems later with her going after animals you don't want gone? buy a box of large gallon freezer bags and have at it.....that would be a jackpot for me..... For me, too! True
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Connie Sutherland wrote 04/13/2008 12:32 PM Re: Letting your dog hunt its own food. [Re: Sarah Morris ] #190203 - 04/13/2008 12:32 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Quote: Sarah Morris I also wonder if encouraging Dori to go after chickens might not cause problems later with her going after animals you don't want gone? My take too.
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Ingrid Halonen wrote 04/13/2008 12:36 PM Re: Letting your dog hunt its own food. [Re: Jeff Cambeis ] #190206 - 04/13/2008 12:36 PM
Ingrid Halonen Webboard User Reg: 02-06-2008 Posts: 139 Loc: Offline	Quote: Jeff Cambeis What is your opinion on the ethical treatment of chickens. Ethics seemingly only apply to only the lucky chickens in the world, but personally I'd kill the chickens first. Shoot 'em, cut their heads off, shank their brains through their beaks, whatever... But to have a dog kill them seems very inhumane. Plus, what is it going to do to your dog mentally?
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Mary Velazquez wrote 04/13/2008 12:37 PM Re: Letting your dog hunt its own food. [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #190207 - 04/13/2008 12:37 PM
Mary Velazquez Webboard User Reg: 12-24-2007 Posts: 575 Loc: Texas Offline	Wouldnt the dog just kill the chickens and not eat em? seems like a terrible waiste and destructive.
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Carol Boche wrote 04/13/2008 12:39 PM Re: Letting your dog hunt its own food. [Re: Mary Velazquez ] #190208 - 04/13/2008 12:39 PM
Carol Boche Webboard User Reg: 10-30-2005 Posts: 4531 Loc: South Dakota, USA Offline	Quote: Mary Roach Wouldnt the dog just kill the chickens and not eat em? seems like a terrible waiste and destructive. My dogs would eat them.... (I also agree with Sarah and Connie, you need to think about what it will do with other animals) Until The Tale of the Lioness is told, the Story will Always Glorfy the Hunter
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Ingrid Halonen wrote 04/13/2008 12:59 PM Re: Letting your dog hunt its own food. [Re: Carol Boche ] #190212 - 04/13/2008 12:59 PM
Ingrid Halonen Webboard User Reg: 02-06-2008 Posts: 139 Loc: Offline	Yeah, your dogs would eat them and the OP's dog would eat them too. Heck, probably most of our dogs would eat them, but what I think Mary was getting at was that most dogs would likely kill a chicken, see another one moving in the area, and decide that it would be better to kill again than eat at that time. I know mine would!
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Carol Boche wrote 04/13/2008 01:04 PM Re: Letting your dog hunt its own food. [Re: Ingrid Halonen ] #190214 - 04/13/2008 01:04 PM
Carol Boche Webboard User Reg: 10-30-2005 Posts: 4531 Loc: South Dakota, USA Offline	I am sure that is what she was getting at and if it happened, I would still be bagging and freezing them. Until The Tale of the Lioness is told, the Story will Always Glorfy the Hunter
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Sarah Morris wrote 04/13/2008 01:08 PM Re: Letting your dog hunt its own food. [Re: Ingrid Halonen ] #190216 - 04/13/2008 01:08 PM
Sarah Morris Webboard User Reg: 08-29-2006 Posts: 2324 Loc: Central Coast, California Offline	I honestly don't know if my dog would eat them The two occasions he's caught a live animal (gophers) he played with it. I have no love for gophers but what started out as kinda cool quickly became disturbing to watch. True
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