Emergency call from the neighbor

[StGermain]

Oh, man. Panicked call from my neighbor - “Emergency, we need you down here right now! Their Anatolian shepherd got loose and attacked one of their old dogs and killed a couple sheep." She said she was sick and couldn’t help her husband. (She’s about 30 and I’m a 59 year old woman.)

So I drive down and go into the field. The bad dog is attacking the old dog, while dad and son are trying to untangle the dead sheep from the electric net fence. I grab the bad dog by the hind end and drag her off the other dog, yelling for them to get a rope. The dog wrestles loose (she weighs about 130 lbs) and goes back to attack the old beagle mix. I grab her again and pull her off and half lay on her to keep her down while they try to find a rope. Finally they get a line on her and I hold her while they find a place to put her. Now my asthma’s acting up because I was breathless and cold.

What got me is they were out dealing with the dead sheep while the attacker was still loose attacking the other dog. Priorities. I think they were afraid of being bit, but the dog never raised a lip to me. They ended up shooting her. They got her as a puppy when their old Great Pyrenees was aging, but she’s been unreliable with livestock and other dogs her whole life.

It turns out, there was one dead sheep, the dog didn’t kill it, it got caught up in hotwire mesh fencing and either strangled or broke it’s neck, but in doing so let the Anatolian out of her confined area.

Life in the country - a laugh a minute.

StG

[LilRanger]

Jaysus, that’s just bad all round.

Good on you for being such a good neighbor, regardless of their fecklessness.

[Zu_Zu]

[color = # 009900] Bless you for helping the neighbors and especially the senior beagle ~ [ / color]

sorry the color option is much too difficult … cra_

[Zu_Zu]

[color = # 009900] Bless you for helping the senior dog. [/ color]

second attempt

[Simkie]

Zuzu, I wanna help you with the color thing. Which one were you going for?

If you want that to be…green, let’s say… You’d type this:

[Color=green]Bless you for helping the neighbors and especially the senior beagle ~[/color]

And that gives you this:

Bless you for helping the neighbors and especially the senior beagle ~

So, color= in brackets, with the color you want, then your text, followed by /color in brackets. Think of it like color= with the color you want as the on switch and /color in brackets as the off switch. No spaces inside the brackets.

Does that help?

@Zu_Zu I see your second attempt. No spaces inside the brackets. Pull them out and see how that goes.

[Bluey]

The way that was explained to me is, [ whatever you want there ] in front means, “computer, I am asking you, pay attention” and [/ whatever you were asking ] " is finished", ends the request.
The important part to remember is, those brackets to start, to end, the brackets with the / slash to finish the command.

Works for quoting, for colors, for bolding, for italics and so much else.

[Simkie]

Yep absolutely! You got it!

[Weezer]

OMG, that is insane! What a miracle that you didn’t get hurt!

[OverandOnward]

Wow, you were brave to grab an overwrought Anatolian - what a large dog! Hats off to you for saving that poor defenseless aging dog.

I agree, why they would get all involved with a dead animal instead of saving a live one, and leaving to the lady from up the road to wrassle the giant raging dog to the ground …

Sounds like not a surprise that when a hero was needed, you were called.

[StGermain]

I pretty much wheel-barrowed her, grabbing her by her back legs and pulling. That’s about the safest way to disengage a dog.

I was pretty upset that they didn’t take the poor beagle into the vet today. The wife was taken to the doctor by her husband. We have a mobile vet that lives about 5 miles away and is always willing to come.

StG

[Haybert]

What a sad situation! People with dogs like that need to really know what they are doing.
Hope the beagle gets to the vet

[moonlitoaksranch]

Glad you didn’t get hurt! What a mess. You don’t need one of those guardian dogs unless your farm is extremely large. I have neighbors with them on tiny farms. It doesn’t end well.

[swmorse]

Wow, what a day; glad you are OK and hope the Beagle gets care

[BAC]

That was very brave of you OP, you are a good neighbor. It disgusts me that those people didn’t even take the old beagle to the vet, they don’t deserve to have pets.

[Jenerationx]

I hope the beagle is ok.

[SLW]

Good work by you to stop the fight. I feel sorry for the beagle mix and hope it’s ok, poor dog.

Livestock Guardian Dogs are the nuevo rage for anyone who lives rural now days. There are 3 places within 2 miles of me who have them, all of the people newbies in the area. Farmers have good old fashioned cur dogs.

When I worked at the vet clinic I hated when LGD were brought in because the owners had not socialized them. The big dog is injured/sick and scared to death. Almost always a big cluster @uck to work on.

[StGermain]

As for the need for a LGD, I will say that the neighbor has sheep and we have a lot of coyotes. Even vultures have attacked new lambs.

I asked about the dog today and they hadn’t checked on her. I can’t understand - usually the wife is very emotional about the dogs. But she’s sick. And again, they could’ve called the mobile vet, and even asked me to come down when he gets there, if she’s so sick she can’t get out of bed. I’ve done it for them before.

We’re generally good neighbors, but I’ll admit, it’s more me doing for them. They go away on vacation or camping trips about 4 times a year and just assume I’ll farmsit for them for free, feeding the sheep and dogs, watering the plants, etc. They run out of something, and they call me before they go to the store. But they’ve helped me, too. Not often - I don’t go away and I’m a planner, but sometimes you just need help.

StG

[StGermain]

The neighbors still haven’t taken Clover to the vet, but say she’s up and around and eating. I’ve told them to keep watching for infection. I’m afraid it’ll come to a head on the weekend (of course) and be too expensive to treat.

StG

[ReSomething]

We have either one roaming Great Pyrenees or several new ones and it or they have no job, so far the neighbor with the unspayed bitch got some puppies when it came calling and it’s made a couple of appearances on the Next Door website at odd hours in odd places. I’ve spotted one a couple miles from the person reporting. It’s hard to tell them apart TBH.
I’m glad you were there but it does seem odd that they were dealing with a carcass that could wait at the same time there was a fight going on. I hope the beagle gets medical attention or dies quickly rather than suffer.

[moonlitoaksranch]

What happened to the LGD?

I hope the beagle recovers.