Hunter Shot Dog!

[Luka-pop]

My friend, who's the owner of the barn I ride at, had a one year old lab/pit cross (Haley) from the MSPCA. Well, being a riding area, we have trails in the woods that we often take the horses on. Haley and two other Keeshonds would take off onto the trails during the day and come home in the afternoon. The dogs have been doing it for years, and none of them ever got lost. Well, on December 4th, the 3 dogs took off into the woods again, except this time, Haley didn't come home with the other two Keeshonds. A couple of days later, there were ads in the papes and the police and shelters were notified. A couple of weeks later, the owner and our other friend found the dead dog in the woods. There was a bullet wound that ran from her right shoulder to her left hip. The police later arrested a hunter, who said that he thought he saw "a deer (Haley) running alongside two wolves (Keeshonds)." Puhleez! He was definitely in shooting range, and he said he aimed for one of the wolves, but got the deer instead. They think he chased Haley off the trail and into the hunter's land, cuz obviously, they can't hunt on our trails. He's getting his hunter's liscense taken away, and possibly fined, but it still p***es :evil: me off that hunters are so irresponsible. Rgggg! What's the point of hunters? I really liked the beautiful dog, who would come with us to the horse shows and horse camps, wagging his tail. :cry:
By the way, she still has her old American Bulldog "Snoopy" and she got a basset hound pup "Charlie."


If anyone's interested, the barn's website is
[url]http://www.rockhillstable.com/[/url]

My friend/the owner of the barn and Haley, is wearing the blue on the STALLIONS page
I leased "Leavit to Luck" for the summer and I rode "Callaway's Bold Look" on the SALES page.
I ride "Reggie" and "Bejeweled" on the LEASING page all the time.

[yellowlabsrule]

:cry: That's horrible, but not all hunters are bad. :cry:

[behle]

Poor Haley!

Things like this happen due to carelessness or evil intentions. :x Responsible hunters would never shoot a dog like that. We live in a rural county in Michigan that is mostly farming country. We have to keep our dogs on our property, because farmers can legally shoot dogs that wander their property and "harrass" their livestock. So our dogs are never outside without direct supervision (even though we have a lot of woods they could wander through).

[Guest Anonymous]

how sad. i live in a very heavy hunting community in michigan, and i know alot of the hunters who have almost shot different dogs would talk to the owners if the dog crossed the property lines. but none would ever shoot a dog. just like in everything else you got some people who don't respect anything other then themselves.