Thank you, Susan! I actually do have the legal right to kill this dog if it attacks me on the road, but don't want to do that! This dog has already bitten one of my horses while we were riding by and drawn blood. The sheriff went out to talk to the owner and asked him to catch the dog to be quarantined and the dog bit its owner! Owner still insisted that there was no way his dog bit my horse. The sheriff "talked" to them and warned them that under the range law in effect where we live that I have the right to kill the dog if it attacks me or harms my horse. They promised to keep the dog chained or penned but still let it run wild.
I'm hoping a good smack from a paintball might get the dog to back off, prove to the owners that I'm serious, and prove to the sheriff that this IS the dog that's the problem.
Rhonda
> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:50:36 -0800 > From: desertduty@xxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [RC] Paintballing dogs > To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > --- Valerie Jaques <hammerithot@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> I would strongly advise that shooting a dog with a > paintball gun could be considered cruelty to animals > at the least. << > > But I suppose it is better than using my .38 which is > what the sherriff's deputy suggested when I complained > about some dogs coming after us. I, too, thought a > paintball would get the message across to the owner > that I could "kill" the dog if I wanted to, in > addition to keeping the dog away. My newest horse > knows the difference in the demeanor of our various > dogs that come running out to bark at us. The one he > is afraid of will back off when you face him, but as > soon as you turn to go on he is after us again. Other > that backing all the way down the street away from > this dog, I think a good splat with a paintball might > just do the trick! Like I said, better than the .38 > that the deputy told me to use. > > Susan in NV > Nevermore Ranch http://users.oasisol.com/nevermore/ > > Disclaimer > CAUTION: DO NOT DRIVE WITH HOT COFFEE IN YOUR LAP > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. > Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp > Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp > > Ride Long and Ride Safe!! > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >
