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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Dec 18, 2008, at 8:05 PM, EarthNSky wrote:

> I have permission from both owners(one doesn't even feed her dog) to
> shoot IF they are killing my chickens, not to shoot on site.

Now this is an example of where spelling is critical.

>  However, any dog up here has bad intent...there is no reason to  
> wander up here
> unless they are up to no good or looking for food, either way, it is  
> bad
> news for the chickens.  I've never shot a dog, but that doesn't mean
> that I wouldn't.

Used to be able to get .22 cartridges with little bird-shot BBs in  
them. There are also pellet guns. Rear shots should do the work.