Ugh! I am so angry and extremely sad today. Last night I found out that a man who lives close shot and killed his amazing, loving Great Dane for roaming the country side. (He was intact and ran with 2 other intact males in the area) This is the 2nd dog in 3 years he has "taken care of" for running. The other was a GSD puppy- less than a year old. Last fall, the Dane came over with another dog and wiped out my MIL's flock of chickens. As soon as I found out, I called the owner and begged to take Gus b/c I knew what would probably happen. I took a day and found him 4 loving homes who understood his chicken eating, roaming habits and were dedicated to loving him and appropriately confining him to prevent those issues. The girlfriend loved the dog and bought a kennel run and invisible fencing. The fencing took training, so it went back to the store. The kennel and barn apparently worked well during the winter months when he couldn't be supervised, but I hear they went lax this week allowing him to roam. I am so frustrated that noone alerted me that Gus was in trouble again and even more so that the owner KNEW I had homes lined up and could take him at the drop of a hat. A well placed bullet is not illegal here. Esp if livestock is in danger but to kill him and be fully aware of other options was so cold hearted. I am going to turn into a raging lunatic when a new puppy shows up over there. I know one will before summer is here. Anyone have some proactive ideas for me?

When you see a puppy roaming don't look too hard for it's owner and rehome it.

Seriously.

This person is obviously a sociopath. A conversation isn't going to help.

I'm with Betty take action, or work to get the laws in your state changed.

Ugh. How sad. I'm not normally the take someone elses dog type, but in this situation, I agree with Betty. Next time a dog of his wanders over to your place, rehome it. Unfortunately you can't really make laws against idiots owning dogs.

I don't think I'd say he's a sociopath. Just incredibly stupid and old school.

I also agree with Betty's advice. I won't go the laws route, because here we need protection from strays and other dogs that could potentially devistate our herds and our ability to feed our families. Plus, people like him would just find a loophole or do it sneakily. Many times, animal law has the unintended consequince of only hurting those who would choose to do the right thing anyways. I agree about the sociopath part as well. I would honestly worry for my dogs' safety if I confronted him. They have never been out of their yard offleash, but if the opportunity presented itself and he was angry, I dont' want to know what could happen to them. It is beyond frustrating that people continue to sell pups to this guy.

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Ugh. How sad. I'm not normally the take someone elses dog type...

Me neither, but I have had enough of this senseless shooting.