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PiPoe posted an update 5 years, 1 month ago
I’ve had a situation develop and I’m curious if anyone else is running into this problem. I live in a rural area; occasionally, people’s dogs will leave their home property and roam. They can pose problems for other animals; in the past, just hollering for them to go home in a stern voice would cause them to leave. Lately, I have been hearing that people (who are financially strapped) have been turning their dogs loose as they have chosen not to buy food for them anymore. I am now running into packs of dogs on the property; they are becoming more aggressive. An incident a few days ago could have turned quite ugly had I shown any fear and not employed ‘dog speak’ to turn them away. I now have various deterrents (non-lethal) placed around the house within quick reach. I have also ordered a couple of items that I will now be keeping on my person wherever I go (an ESEE-4 knife and a Scout Slingshot) just in case I run into a problem when I am away from the house.
Is anyone else seeing packs of stray aggressive dogs where they are? If so, how are you responding to this potential threat?
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I heard one of my neighbors lost quite a few animals to a pack of dogs a couple of days ago. I don’t know if it was the same pack (which so far has not returned here) but now that they’ve identified a food source, I have no doubt they will visit my neighbor again. Chances are this pack’s numbers will be reduced on that occasion. They will pay the price for the uncaring acts of the irresponsible humans that created this situation.
It’s probably a good thing that I do not know who these irresponsible humans are.
One thing to consider, maybe not now but as things likely get worse economically, be weary of these neighbors if you don’t have a relationship with them. From a security perspective, now is a good time to reach out and build and/or shore up relationships with your neighbors. I live in a rural area too, one thing we did during the summer riots was set up a group chat via text (email would also work if need be). Many prefer social media private groups, which is fine too, but I don’t partake in FB and the like. For that reason, we kept it simple with text and email. One of the unintended positives that came out of this, is a neighbor who many did not particularly like, came into the fold and now we are all on great terms. This has led to cookouts and gatherings that never occurred on such a wide variety. As always, safety in numbers. My main point, it may be a good idea to take an approach like this, before involving the law, this could drive a wedge that comes back to bite you later.
Just my $.02
-Ronin