Year: 1878

D. G. Richmond, of Sandusky.
Ohio, gives these practical sugges.
tons IN regard to dealing with dogs
that kill sheep:


"Dogs kill sheep by tearing omen
the large veins of the neck and
sucking the blood. When once thew
taste the blood they never can be
broken of the trick. A single dog
will sometimes kill sheep, bat gener-
ally there are two-oftsn q large
and a small dog. A sheep killing
dog will teach others. The first
time dog kills sheep he viii suck
the blood, and then eat some and be
satisfied. He will soon learn to kill
several, sucking the blood until he il
full, eating no flesh the first night.
Living on good sized farm close to
a large German settlement where
they kept mora dogs than sheep,
generally having two or three hun
dred sheep on my farm, l was much
exposed. For the first twenty-five
years suffered severely; there was
scarcely a year that l had not more
or less sheep killed; some years the
damage was over one hundred dol
lars. Rising one morning about 8
O'Clock, the moon shining brightly,
l saw dog worrying a sheep. I
called up a hand to shoot the dog
he shot and missed. l went over
quickly to my neighbor who owned
the dog, called him up and told him
his dog had been killing my sheep.
Of course heard the old story-his
dog never killed sheep. I told him
had a good witness and wanted
his dog killed, and when I cams
home from the market would come
over and settle the matter. This
man was as ugly as the devil is
wicked, and without property.
came home from market took load
ed gun and two men, went over and
talked pleasantly with the man, but
he was mad. Finally he consented
to have the dog killed. Another
dog jumped from under the house
and bit me severely in the leg, then
ran ont among the children. With
out reflection l turned and shot the
dog dead without injuring the child
rem; the first and only dog I ever
shot. / told him would Kill all bis
dogs. | went into the house, caught
up q good sized puppy, and knocked
out his brains against the door cas-
ings. This finished his dogI, except
one puppy the children hid in the
bad. We now put on three good
sized bells to one hundred sheep.
Small bells will not answer. When
sheep are killed by dogs, say moth
ing. Skin them and let them lie in
the same place. She first night af-
ter killing the dogs will not come,
but the second night they will be on
hand. Cut four or FIVE gashes in the
shoulder of the dead sheep, put q
small amount of first-class stryeh-
nine in the gashes, and next morn
ing you will be sure to have them.
Sometimes I have killed four dogs
in one night. 1t is well to keep the
mouth shut.


Any dog that will chase sheep
when out alone, will sooner or later
kill them. A green dog will some
times kill a sheep in the daytime,
but this seldom happens. Nearly
all the sheep killing by dogs is done
in the night; they are very cunning
about it, often going long distances
from home when there are plenty of
sheep close by. Caution must be
used. One morning found q small
yearling killed, with a small round
hole eaten out of bis fore shoulder.
It puzzled me. 1 knew it was not
common dog. 1 told my neigh
bors to shut up their dogs, The
night after killing put in the
strychnine, and the next morning
had The largest fox I ever saw"