Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Not Good

Sometimes I fall in love with one of my animals more so than other animals. Something about their personality or the fact that they love me makes me love them extra lots. But on a farm animals come and go. I've learned not to get attached to my cats, because coyotes will eat them. Even then, I have lost some cats that I really liked. It's losing a dog that I have more trouble getting over. And I lost one.

Yesterday the neighbors came by to tell me that they had shot and killed one of my dogs and wounded the other. They said that my dogs had killed one of their calves -" torn him all up." They said they killed the "pit bull" and the big black dog was "hit." In my mind I was thinking, "Juba was not a pit bull; he was a Dane, and he was a puppy." My mind went into overtime - my dogs are not vicious - dogs often get blamed for some other animals kill - What the Hell! I didn't say anything to the neighbors - what could I say? The neighbors asked me to let them know if my black dog showed up. I said,"sure," but in my mind I said, "Hell No."

I went to look for Max. He came home with his paw shot. My vet came by and bandaged him up, and he will be okay. But I cried all day over Juba. When Toby got home, he went to the neighbors to pay for their calf. In my book, they killed my dog - we were even. But Toby has a different, probably better, view of things. It turns out that their calf was not dead, but Juba was. Toby brought him home.

In the country, you can't have a dogs that chase or kill the neighbor's animals. Of course, you could have a neighbors who chased off your dogs or something and gave you warning. Last night I was thinking it would be best not to have neighbors at all. Bottom line is that my dogs were on the neighbor's property and they shot the dogs. It is going to take some time for my heart to heal and to be okay with this. In my head I can be sort of understanding. In my heart I cry for my big puppy.

7 comments:

Stefan said...

I hope they caught the dogs in the act! Otherwise they are just mean people. I've never heard of a Dane attacking a large animal. Most people can't get them out of the house (I've heard). Sorry to hear about Juba !

Jo Castillo said...

Awww. Natural instinct for dogs to kill and eat meat. They might have been chasing and playing and one drew blood and then ...... So sorry. We had an airedale that bit Larry. Larry was eating a cookie and the dog went for the cookie. Took a plastic surgeon to fix his lip. Long story but the dog had to be put down a year or so later. Gosh we liked that dog, he was so protective and good companion. But he reacted, and airedales have a real clamp in their jaws. So sorry for you. Take care and hugs.....

Bag Blog said...

Yep, they play with the mini horse. It is all fun and games... Both dogs were very gentle with the Grand Boy. They were certainly not being vicious. I sure loved Juba, though.

Bag Blog said...

A veterinarian once told me that dogs are often caught eating something dead - something that they did not kill, but came along after the fact. Still, my dogs were on the neighbor's property. Although it turns out that they did not kill the calf, they could have been chasing it.

John said...

I'm so sorry Lou. I admire Toby for what he did, but...

I changed my mind. I best not air my opinions on this. Just breaks my heart though.

Bag Blog said...

That is kind of the way I feel, John.

Moogie P said...

I'm so sorry, Lou. My heart hurts for you.

But not for your lying neighbors.