Attack shows need for animal control

I was attacked in my yard a few years ago by 3 dogs. They attacked my cows right in front of the deputy when he got here. My cows kicked and stomped one of them and they left the cows alone.

I still don't know who owns those dogs or what happened to them.

As for owning a stray because it eats your pet food and table scraps, if that's the case then I own a few raccoons and opossums.
I'm not sure what else gets my pet food.

I also had snakes, coyotes, rabbits, & squirrels here at times, but like the raccoons and opossums we don't clam each other.

Dogs are pack animals and have the urge to hunt, some more than others. They do hunt and attack animals and sometimes people. If while hunting they find another food source it expands what they consider their territory.

There is a way to keep this from happening. Keep your dogs pinned up. Fence in your yard, or do like most farmers around here. Have cats instead.

If you can catch them doing wrong, you shoot them. I don't believe in condemning all of them for the acts of a few.
The day I was attacked I had loaned my shot gun to my neighbor a few weeks before.

If you find a calf or a pet killed you try to follow the dog to it's owner so you can get paid for the damages. No one will claim it if they have to pay damages.

For all you shoot first people. I want to be compensated for my loss if they kill or harm anything that's mine. A dead dog can't lead you to his master.

A neighbor of mine lost two calves to two dogs. He had saw the dogs but didn't know they had harmed anything at the time.
He found the calves later. He knew about where they come from. He went to the house and talked to the owner. It wasn't his dogs because his dogs were pinned up and had been all week. So he was out his money!

A few weeks later the same dogs were chasing his calves again. He shot and killed both of them. He dumped the body's and took off their collars. A few days later the same guy he had spoke to earlier came and ask, " have you saw my dogs". He told them, "I shot two dogs that were chasing my calves". The man still wouldn't claim the dogs.

I was working in my shop a few weeks ago when a black lab run in my yard and chased my cats. I went out and called it to me. It was a nice 1/2 grown puppy. It wasn't long before his master came looking for him. I had no need to kill him.

You're absolutely correct. That's another reason not to shoot first. Being that the animal most likely belongs to one of your neighbors, you should tell them there's a problem. It's best to be on good terms since they most likely aren't going anywhere soon.

Once their informed that the dog is, "for example" tearing up your trash, digging up your garden, chewing up your what ever, or just plain trespassing, but not attacking you or anything of yours. Then they have a chance to do something about it.

If it's killing something of yours right this minute shoot to kill it.

If it's killed something of yours and you don't know who it belongs to try to follow it home. If you shoot to scare it, it normally heads home.