OT: 4 wheelers and dog conflict

Soundguy

Here in Connecticut local leash law or not, you're responsible for your dogs damages. Car hits your dog, your homeowner's insurance is on the hook for damages to the car.

Dog Licensing began possibly back in the 19th century, it was certainly around in the early 20th reading the old town reports from then.

Back then the Towns were responsible to pay for dog damages to livestock if the dog's owner couldn't be found. The Dog Licenses are what provided the money to pay for investigating livestock damage and paying the owners when it was unknown whose dog did the damage.

Some dogs don't seem to be trained by mere pain such as cause by broken bones or from hitting vehicles they are chasing.

And sometimes those being chased egg on the dog but not briskly out running the dog but by just keeping barely in front of the dog. A dog will sometimes chase for miles if teased that way.

Gerald J.

I'm pretty sure you will have a leash law in your county. If so, your responsible for all damages, requardless. I'd check that out first.

My Lab doesn't like ATV's, motorcycles or our local trash truck and from the way he acts it's the exhaust sound he don't like. He will start barking inside the house when the trash truck is 3/4 mile away. The other company's trash truck doesn't bother him that much until the driver compacks trash.

I made a yard leash from 1/8" aircraft cable, 200ft long and used 3/4 pipe 24" long as the stakes. I then took a 2" round 1/4" ring off the 200ft cable to a 6ft long leash with a double "D" closer. The double "D" will only get tigher the more pull that it has or breaks (not yet). The double "D" hooks into a nylon dog harness, not collar. So far this set up works well and gives him about 15ft of side movement x 200ft long.

T_Bone

Thanks,
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Get a shock collar like used to train hunting dogs. (Dogtra is ours) They operate like a TV Remote. They usually vibrate or send a beep, which can then be followed by a shock. Or just the shock alone. The strength can be controlled, lasts only a fraction of a second � AND SCARES THE HECK OUT OF ANY DOG! You just sit there and wait. Zap �em a time or two as soon as they start to chase and it�ll be the last time they chase any vehicle.

Our local animal shelter will lend a shock collar � maybe yours will too. Or borrow one�.

Good luck � and this worked for us on two �herding� dogs! Hope it does for you too!

We also have the Dogtra wire fence (have had one for 20 years). We like Dogtra because the initial signial is a vibration rather than a tone. Live on a rual road in Wyoming with TONS of wildlife. Our dogs wouldn't even THINK of chasing any car, motorcycle, bison, moose, elk bear or deer - you name it.

Now, it takes some training on our part, but it does work!

And, if from Cabela's you can always just send it back!

Take the boy's parents to small claims court if he doesn't pay you. When you win, file an execution against the four-wheeler. Cut it up and sell it for scrap; or part it out and sell it on eBay.

As far as your PETA neighbor they have their place in animal cruelty but most of them are so extreme like yours sounds they need to be taught a lesson on how to keep to their own buisness. Maybe your cows could get out in their yard cause it would be unethical to them to keep them penned up. Dealing with neighbors like that is extremly frusrating to me cause you give them an inch they take a foot.

Good luck with the dog!

Cabela's sells these pretty reasonably and they have a great return policy if it doesn't work.