RE: neighbors dog and my deer: story
It might take a few more deer - but you'll learn.
A foot off the ground? Heck there's not just cats and dogs roaming just about everywhere these days, but all kinds of other opportunists. Like skunks, coons, coyotes.......... String 'em up good and high.
Just cutoff the chewed part. And now that the dog's got a taste for blood - deer blood, he's gonna be keeping an eye on your place you can bet.