Thread: random question re dogs

I was the bloke on the other forum whose dog "Izzie" was attacked by pig dogs in Rotorua a couple of years ago. It was the day after she indicated on our first "wild" deer and took me in for the shot. My wife was running Izzie in the Redwoods forest when they were both attacked.

As I said at the time on the other forum I had to fight with dog control for them to enforce the act as they went down the line of all the dogs not being on leads. I said fine write me a ticket and we are all on the same page and then we can start dealing with the attack.

As I said to Dog Control during my interview, if that had happened in the bush all of the dogs would have been wearing 130grn necklaces delivered at 2980ft/sec from my .270.

All it really reinforced to me is the difference between a "hunting dog" and a pack of dogs who hunt.

It is this sort of dog handling/control that makes access to many of our back country areas with dogs difficult. These blokes are just as mongrel as their dogs and enjoy the mana that they think driving around town with a flat deck ute and dog boxes on the back with carpet on the bonnet gains.