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Vespair@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yeah the shepherd though has been good, only coming by to say hello when he’s real lonely. It’s the ~35-40lb mix bread that bit me. Precious is a mix too that she has by the throat. The shepherd is the one I’ve had come by my place and while I got worried once he may hurt my chickens, he didn’t. He let them go with no wounds and it’s been 8 months with him never trying to break into their pen since I told them no. Now they just stop by every few months to say hello and get pets. Honestly, her/him being able to jump the fence makes the neighborhood feel safer as I know they won’t let others mess with my property. Not every dog is bad like not every person is bad. The pitbulls that attacked my chickens, are afraid to mess with the shepherd… . So I kind of like the shepherd knowing they can hop the fence and come defend them if I am at work or asleep and can’t hear.

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  • Vespair@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    That you were lucky in the temperament of your neighbor’s dog doesn’t change the reality that having a pet that can and does regularly escape enclosure is bad pet ownership. You could have just have likely lost that draw and ended up with a problematic animal that wasn’t properly secured, but thankfully you didn’t. It sounds like the shepherd is a great animal; my condemnation was not direct at all towards the dog, just the dog owner.

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    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      The fight was in their enclosed back yard. I jumped the fence to help him. The shepherd is 2 doors down and is the only one that can leap the fences, but he stayed out of this mess as he knew it was upsetting people.

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      • Vespair@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I got that, your story-telling was fine, no worries. I’ll admit, I was sort of just making a non-sequitur based on your off-handed aside in my commentary there. ✌

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