That must be awful nice to have a range in your back yard!

Spaniel, i'm glad everything truned out well. Your spaniel saved the day.

In this part of OK it is fashionable to take unwanted dogs to the country and turn them loose. All kind of feral dogs running around. The smaller ones become coyote bait pretty fast but the big ones usually survive pretty well.

Was opening a gate a year or so ago and a big Samoyed came at me from under an old building nearby. Got back into the truck, capped my CVA Stag Horn and exited the truck: The big dog came at me again and he died instantly.

Recently the wife of a good friend called me to say that two pit bulls were chasing her cattle. Their ranch is only 5 minutes away and i got there before any damage was done-deceased two pit bulls. A couple of months ago i killed two pit bull cross dogs that were chasing deer on one of our places. An AR-15 does a good job on feral dogs. If a dog is running deer on our property it becomes deceased rather quickly.

I had a similar incident in my resedential neighborhood. The dogs suddenly disappeared. Some gunshots were reported in the neighbirhood but it could have been from the woods!!

Glad everything turned out. It is amazing how protective our loved animals get.

I have a large Blue Great Dane who is in heat this past weekend. I locked her in the 3 season room as there had been undesirable dogs around the pen area. Came home to find a pit / Sheppard mix in my house. It had pushed the outside door open (my wife left it cracked a bit) and broken through the screen. My wife went to open the door and the dog would not leave. My wife picked up a broom to try and get the dog to run for the now open door. The moment she picked up the broom, the dog started snapping, growling and coming towards her. I realized if this would have been a person who broke in and started coming towards my wife I would not hesitate to shoot. Threat was eliminated immediately.

I love dogs, but there is no excuse to have an aggressive, untrained, free roaming animal. Glad it worked out better for you.

Thank GOD your daughter is ok. This past Sunday a neighbor up the road let his two pit bulls out to run. They came to my house and killed our mommy cat that had a litter of kittens (my brother-in-law saw it). So this morning I went and payed him a visit about the matter. I told him that I didnt want any trouble with anyone, but if they come back on my property or my dads they would be shot dead. I wasnt rude to him, but very firm about it. He said that he had tried to stop them from killing cats but cant. I let him know that if they come back my way I would take care of the problem for him. If a person has vicious dogs in my opinion they should be kept up.

I have had two encounters with vicious dogs and ended up killing them both.

I was deer hunting a few years ago and it was doe day. About 11am I heard something running to my direction and I saw fat doe running toward me. I put a .530 round ball through her ribcage when she went by. She ran into a thicket and disappeared. I reloaded and was going to wait a few minutes before looking for her. I heard something else running toward me and I thought it be another deer but it was a Rotweiler instead. I let the dog pass. A bout five minutes later I climbed down and started looking for my deer. I had traveled no more than 50 yards and the dog had found the downed deer. The dog jumped out at me and was snarling at me, hair bristeled up and I was no more that five feet away. I thumbed the hammer back on my big bore mountain rifle and shot the dog kiling it instantly. I got my deer and went home.

The next incident happened while I was on duty at the fire dept. I accompanied two paramedics to the scene of a dog bite call. To make a long story short we were attacked by an enraged pit bull dog. I had my .44 charter arms bulldog pug in my inside jacket pocket. The dog had "treed" the lead parametic on some banister railing on the second floor and came after me as I was asending the stairs. I had just enough time to draw my weapon and fired point blank range into the dog's head. It tumbled down the stairs and landed at the other paramedics feet. You know, a 44 special is loud in a stairway. I was shooting cor-bon 165gr hollow points. There was no exit wound, which was a good thing since we were at an apartmeent complex. I had the the animal control personnel weight the dog's body(what was left of it) and it weighed 85 pounds. Had I not taken the action that I did I would have been seriously injuried or possibly killed.

When hunting I try to avoid killing peoples dogs because it makes for bad relations between land owners and hunters. If dogs come around my stand I pop them with a slingshot loaded with 40 cal round balls and that will usually send them on their way.

In both cases I only shot the animals in self defense.

If you can't shoot, then Timic.