By C_Ramirez1695 - 01/08/2015 02:31 - United States - Houston
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Unfortunately our dog has passed. It was a choke snare. I don't blame my grandpa he loved our dog just as much as we did, he was only trying to protect him. I don't know where you're from in the world but foxes and coyotes are not harmless. Our dog was a little shih tzu and a fox or coyote wouldn't think twice about attacking him.
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Oh man that sucks. This reminds me of a time we put mouse traps in our house under my moms bed. My dog crawled under there and no joke, got his dink caught on it. I had to pull it off oh so carefully.
Scubanaut
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I bet he baited the traps with dog treats too.. You know to "attract foxes".
The traps weren't baited. They were choke snares.
When we fed our dogs at the barn there were some foxes that started trying to fight them for their food. But those foxes were also some that someone had hand-reared then released so the situation probably doesn't apply.
Also quite confident that a fox isn't randomly going to attack your dog.... Kinda a pointless thing to do.
They can carry diseases that can transfer from them to domestic animals and livestock. And foxes can and do attack dogs, cats, chickens, and newborn livestock.
Foxes are flexible predators that have a very wide prey range: if it is small enough to kill and eat, it will consider going after it. Small dogs and cats are not off the menu by any means.
Unfortunately our dog has passed. It was a choke snare. I don't blame my grandpa he loved our dog just as much as we did, he was only trying to protect him. I don't know where you're from in the world but foxes and coyotes are not harmless. Our dog was a little shih tzu and a fox or coyote wouldn't think twice about attacking him.
I am sorry for your loss OP. Your grandfather had good intentions.
They won't think twice about attacking humans either, of they're rabid, and foxes are big time carriers of rabies.
theamazingd
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I'm very sorry for your loss, OP.
Sorry for your loss, hope you're handling it okay.
God, i am so sorry ):! Thats so tragic!
Gwyddone
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So so sorry about your loss. I'm sure your grandfather just wanted to protect your dog, foxes are nightmares for smaller animals/pups... Freak accidents happen. Still must be hard.
TheNiceOne
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Aww I'm sorry for your loss. That makes me really sad because U have a shih tzu. :/
shit_fer_luck
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Yikes. Why the hell does he use snares instead of live traps, just in case this sort of thing happened? Poor pup :(
Also guys my grandfather is not an "asshole" or a "dumb ass". He has caught many foxes and coyotes in these traps, some were even rabid. He had been trapping them for a while before this happened. It was just a freak accident.
thats so sad. I'm sorry to hear.
I'm so sorry for your loss OP losing a pet is always so difficult, hoping you the best doing this time of sorrow
I couldn't imagine something like this.. I'm so sorry you had to go through that. As is said, best laid schemes o' mice and men often go awry.
I'm sorry for the loss of your dog OP and although I am in a suburban town I live near a railway where foxes have dens, one night they attacked birds we had and scared the crap out of my mother. Wild animals can be so dangerous to pets.
I'm sorry to hear that OP and I'm sorry what I said still stands your grandfather is still a prick. If he thought things through there wouldn't of been an accident. Sorry OP
shame it wasn't him! who the hell does that???
petlover7598
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Why wasn't the dog in a fence where it could not get to the traps?
Because he was trained to only stay around our property. Like a good owner we actually take the time to teach our dogs right and wrong.
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Honestly, what was your grandpa thinking? That dogs are somehow exempt from traps?
Grandpa logic-Back in my day our dogs were smarter and didn't have all of this damned technology!