Ready to shoot the rooster! - Page 1

So, aside from the fact that the rooster never shuts up, Sierra (who I in no way expected to ever get out) got out this morning.  She had gotten out behind the trees this time, in a space that doesn't even seem possible. It's about 8 inches wide, and four inches up/down.  She was behind the trees this morning while the rest of the pack was up in the front yard, I thought she was just back there using the bathroom......Well, no....she got out wanting to go hunt.  She did come around before before she went to get anything (like the Rooster), but it's starting to get annoying. I found the spot in the fence where I "know" she got out because her fur was all over it (she's blowing her coat right now, the others stopped already) and even on the outside of the fence there.  So, I patched that part of the fence up, it's covered now, but I'm about ready to take a gun down there and shoot that thing.  Unfortunately, my grandparents (who own the fields, though they are giving me another part of it in the near future) don't mind the roosters. They grew up in the "country" on a farm so to speak. They don't mind the roosters or the chickens. I'm "this" close to putting Max on lead and taking him down there to hunt the rooster the next time it's in the field.   Any ideas on what I can do though? Besides fixing all possible places in the fence she can get out.  Eventually we'll be putting up a new fence, but for now, I'll just have to fix any place they might get out. That's the only spot I could find that was broken on the fence though at least.

Move back into the City where they don't have live stock (usually)
Learn to love nature (roosters crowing)
Get a good set of ear plugs
Double and triple check every inch of fence so your dog doesn't get out or get a small kennel to confine her
The fact is,  if your dog gets out and kills or harasses the rooster? The owner is probably within their rights to shot your dog :-(

Thomas Barriano

Cocka doodle BANG sounds pretty darn good to me :)

Melissa

Unless the bang is your dog being shot by the roosters owner?

Thomas Barriano

Dobermanman, I'm being sarcastic about letting my dog do that. I know people would shoot my dog for that.   With that said, I am not going to move to the city because of a rooster....There is no sense in that comment.  I may be going down there and patching up the trailer park fence though. There is a hole that the roosters walk out of, onto the field.  And no, I will not be getting a small kennel to confine her.  You don't confine Huskies to small spaces. Not to mention, it was just their first let out in the morning to go to the bathroom before I feed them. She had been out no more than a couple of minutes.  Sorry, but I don't "have" to learn to love ....nature...I don't call a rooster crowing, nature....but no. I don't have to learn to like that.  Make sure every inch of my fence is fixed, yes, I will do that though.  The interesting thing is that I absolutely never see any people at the trailer down there (if you go into the field you can see down there) where the roosters stay at when they aren't in the field. I mean, never.....   It's just frustrating, I've had Sierra four years, I've had Max 5 for that matter....and there had never been anything coming up here from down there until a few months ago. 

melba, my thoughts exactly.

Aside from the roosters.....I still haven't seen those two dogs that kept visiting up here since I ran at them.  At least I stopped one problem easily.

gsdguy, who owns the property on the other side of your fence

When the old lady down the hill from us finally passed away, they must have cooked her rooster. It used to follow her around like a dog. I actually miss it. Of course, being deaf in one ear does have its advantages. Sorry GSDguy, but I do think Thomas gave some good suggestions. Maybe you need to try a little meditation, just let it all GOooooooo.  

brnjulf, my grandparents currently own it. Not saying they're dying soon (I don't wish death on anyone), but they're getting very old, and they don't always hear the rooster. They just don't mind it.  They're giving me the field in the near future that is in between my house/their house though.

beetree......maybe I should let it go lol.  Would it hurt to patch the fence up down there in the process though? haha I know in the past, very young kids would tear the fence apart and go around playing in the fields.  No one does that anymore.

Fix your fence
Fix your problem
It's not that complicated

FYI When someone starts a topic with
"Ready to shoot the rooster!"
it's a little dishonest to claim you weren't serious if someone believes what you actually posted.

Is this the same dog that you needed advise on what to do about an abcessed jaw?

Thomas Barriano