I disagree. I had an expensive Chesapeake Bay Retriever once that was one of the smartest duck hunting dogs I ever had. One Sunday my grandmother came over and brought her little Chihuahua. I had gone to the grocery store and when I came back I found my grandmother had been attacked by the chessie and her arms were mangled. The dog had snatched the Chihuahua out of her arms and was running around in the yard slinging it to death in his mouth as she desperately tried to get the dog out of his mouth. Nevertheless I went out to the kennel and attempted to get the dog hoping it was still alive. My chessie looked at me with bloodshot eyes with a vengeance like he didn’t know me. I had no choice but to go get my Colt M1911 .45 and put a bullet between his eyes. He was so friendly to everyone but he snapped when he saw that Chihuahua.
I’ve known quail hunters to buy expensive Pointers and Setters who spent tons of money having them trained and then shoot them dead because they wouldn’t hunt or point. Noem did the right thing as I did.
Wow. Quite the story. Ya gotta do what ya gotta do, and it sounds like you had no choice. Dogs are STILL animals, no matter how cuddly/smart etc. I remember a vet calling in to Rush one day when the subject was on vicious dogs, and she said the one dog she ALWAYS put a muzzle on when they came in was Chihuahuas! She was always getting bit by them. Said if they grew bigger than they are they’d be the most vicious dog out there. I believe her. I can’t stand them. I’ve been tempted to drop kick the little effers myself on a few occasions.
Back in the day, a long time ago......I worked for a large ranch next to our small ranch that had thousands of goats that we sheered and drenched and treated medically. Goats were happy and well cared for and the owner made money and we got paid for the labor.
But, back then, dogs owned by others, sometimes a mile or two away, would come on the ranch and kill goats. Our orders were to immediately kill any strange dog on the ranch which we did.
Back then, nobody would have even thought about taking a strange/stray dog to a Vet.
That said, Noem was, in my opinion, wrong to kill the animals for the reasons she stated. Plus, I’ve always thought Noem was flaky. You can never tell what she’s going to do or say.
It was her dog/goat, her decision....... NEXT
you are right, you don’t want that dog spreading his genes around.