if i caught a dog either breaking through my fencing for the chickens or already through it killing my chickens, his/her owner would get 1 chance to make sure it didn't happen again, and that would be more than they would expect, and they'd gladly replace any injured or killed chickens. if the dog was being aggressive towards me while i was trying to get it out or away, well, you know. it wouldn't even cause weird relations at all with any of my neighbors for me to drop off one of their dead dogs in their driveway, or in the ditch at the end of the holler. same if it happened to mine. while we all love our dogs, we all understand a dog killing someone's food or production animals is a dead dog, and that's ok.

BUT THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE OF LIVING IN THE COUNTRY VS. THE CITY.