No quitten we're whelan onto chitchat 12.

DBK1 · 31-03-2026 06:21PM

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Aye.

Say my name · 31-03-2026 07:01PM

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A neighbour had a whole row of spruce trees down in the winter winds. He offered them to someone to cut and clear. They cut two trees up and then got tired in themselves and wouldn't come back for the rest. Neighbour is now clearing the rest in sections and bringing them home themselves.

Jb1989 · 31-03-2026 07:04PM

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Yeah people too lazy to bother cutting.

There might be a slight increase in firewood processing due to prices, but the art of everyone cutting some sticks for their house is lost.

50HX · 31-03-2026 07:12PM

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I've a neighbour here who i gave a hand to during a week we were snowed in with no power 2 years ago.

Weight of the snow brought down alot of dozed branches in his driveway & front of the house.

I had a battery saw, he couldn't get petrol in local filling station as no power.

Anyway I cleaned the branches & ringed a few of them small enough for the stove.

They are still outside in the same heap😁, same fella buys firewood by the ton bag delivered...

Say my name · 31-03-2026 09:35PM

If there's people with free trees to cut up and people willing to buy timber to save oil. This means.. money grows on…something??

Mehaffey1 · 31-03-2026 09:39PM

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Been in our house since April last year and last week was the first time I missed having either a stove or open fire in the place.

Limestone Cowboy · 31-03-2026 10:16PM

Had a neighbours dog attacking the sheep this morning. A big alsatain lad lucky I spotted him before there was too much harm done. I hadn't a clue who owned him and he only took him off a rescue crowd a few weeks ago as it transpired. I managed to catch him and was just dragging him out of the field and about to make sure that there would be no repeat offence and he came walking up the road crying sensing what was about to happen. He's a foreign fella and not the worst of them. He lost his wife a few months back aswell and he is low enough after it so I reluctantly gave the dog back to him. My blood is still boiling over it though, more than likely he will get free again and I might not be so lucky to come on him as quickly the next time. He had lambs singled out tearing at them. Not nice to see.

DBK1 · 31-03-2026 10:28PM

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Fair play to ya, not many lads would be brave enough or hardy enough to catch an Alsatian and drag him out of a field, especially when he’s in the mood for blood.

Dinzee Conlee · 31-03-2026 10:32PM

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I’d be afraid he’ll be back…

I’d report the incident to the guards and the local dog warden. If anything does happen again, they have the history…

_Brian · 31-03-2026 10:37PM

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Great advice. You were very generous.

tanko · 31-03-2026 10:38PM

You’re just going to lose a pile of sheep and end up shooting the dog. He couldn’t get a small dog, it had to be an Alsatian of course

Austinbrick · 31-03-2026 10:50PM

The dog needs to be put down. No point waiting for a sad story.

The boss man here never gave a dog a second chance.

Could you offer him a new dog in exchange for the Alsatian , a cavachon or something !!

Limestone Cowboy · 31-03-2026 10:53PM

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No gun here but ya to be honest that's probably the most likely outcome. Ive two sheepdogs here that are trained and I wouldn't trust them enough to have them loose and unattended but some people dont understand I suppose.

Austinbrick · 31-03-2026 10:56PM

A decent owner should give up their dog , but many owners double down if their dog is involved in an aggression.

Limestone Cowboy · 31-03-2026 10:58PM

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Maybe, the man has enough problems at the moment though without bringing the law down on top of him. I might try talk to him tomorrow see could he get him moved on. I told him it was nothing personal and that I shouldn't be giving him back to him and that he won't get another chance with me.

Limestone Cowboy · 31-03-2026 10:59PM

Temper.

tabby aspreme · 31-03-2026 11:00PM

Definitely report it to the Gardai and the dog warden, if he gets a chance he'll be back, it's in his nature.

Tileman · 31-03-2026 11:11PM

even there so many times limestone. That dog will be back 100%. It only takes a min for the dog to slip the owner when it wants to get out.
what is the obsession with foreig.n lads and big dogs. Similalar here a lad has a Doberman and an alstation. He has them off the lead walking the road. I challenges him a de times as he was walking beside a field of pregnant ewes . He didn’t give two ****.

Bass Reeves · 01-04-2026 01:28AM

There is a couplr locally with 3-4 dogs. If they got loose on to the road nobody could pass by them. Recenty two of them got off. A couple weeks before they got off and got home. Somebody nailed one of them.this time. Nobody know or is admitting to who but it seems the owners finally got the message

_Brian · 01-04-2026 07:32AM

I was looking at an imported wolf the other day. Rich lady imported it, got loose twice and killed 30-40 sheep.
It’s in a cage now behind a shed with a different owner. He said it needs to either be in the cage or on a leash, can’t ever be loose.
It’s a beautiful animal but it would be kinder if it had been put down, its no life for it.

DBK1 · 01-04-2026 07:52AM

There’s a local sheep farmer here and if he sees a dog on its own anywhere without its owner he shoots it. The dog could be just on the road and nowhere near animals but if there’s no owner with it then it’s lights out.

He gathers up the dead dog then, brings it back to the owners house, rings the doorbell and hands them back the dog and tells them it was out on its own.

It sounds harsh but it’s the only approach. It’s probably 10 or 15 years now since he had to shoot a dog because everyone in the area knows what he will do so all the dog owners are completely vigilant with their dogs as they know what the result will be otherwise.

I’d a block layer doing a job for me 5 or 6 years ago and his wife rang to say their sons new Labrador pup was after escaping from the yard. The block layer downed tools immediately and raced home to find the dog as he knew what the result would be if that sheep farmer saw him first. It has put great manners on all the dog owners around here and it’s a long time since any farmer here had dogs worrying stock.

weatherbyfoxer · 01-04-2026 08:42AM

Shot a fair few dogs at sheep for myself,neibours and guards.I found it best not to get into it with owners.If someone has to collect their dead dog in your field along with a bill for damages you can be sure they wont let it happen again

_Brian · 01-04-2026 09:05AM

years ago we had visitors staying from a Dublin. Both city folk. Mid dinner a mad knocking at the back door and there was bachelor neighbor with his shotgun broke but hung across his arm.

He was tracking two errant dogs that attacked his sheep and mistook our chicken run for a dog pen. He’d lost a few and more were driven into our land. He found and shot them that day.

Our visitors thought we definitely lived in the Wild West after that and regularly talk about it.

RockOrBog · 01-04-2026 09:20AM

There are loop walks here which border farmland and it's a time bomb because of strangers arriving with dogs. Last year I warned people more than once even though they weren't even my cattle. Cows with calves with them gathering along the fences ready to attack the dog, the Golden retriever might get away but the owner might be badly hurt trying to save him.

They are spending a fortune here on loop walks and the like, so local politicians can slap each other on the back and pose for photos. It would be better spent on the emergency services or a factory to get local people employed. The cyclists and camper vans don't leave much money in the area.

somofagun · 01-04-2026 12:22PM

Anyone listen to the latest Michael O'Leary podcast, he maintains there is no future for the small farmer in Ireland. From a business point of view he's right as it just doesn't pay and we put ourselves under a lot of additional pressure just to be shafted at every opportunity.

https://youtu.be/aK3uDoeqECo?si=WoOe4xIVlm6cqis0

davidk1394 · 01-04-2026 02:12PM

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I can guarantee you that dog will be back. Happened here multiple times before. When we had sheep and there was issues with neighbours dogs straying . We wouldn't say anything to the neighbour if there was problems. Just wait until the dog stepped foot in the field and shoot the dog and bury it and act like nothing happened. We had an occasion where we had a very bad dog attack. Ended up in court.

Dinzee Conlee · 01-04-2026 02:43PM

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Yeah, I think so too. Like you, we had similar issues here in the past.

I agree - best policy is shoot, bury, move on and say nothing (as long as you're not out of pocket)

patsy_mccabe · 01-04-2026 03:30PM

My neighbour's dog has bit me now 3 times. He's also a close relative and his attitude is, it's my fault. It's the same with other family members. They just don't want to know. I tell them "Well, let's wait till he bites a child".

Base price · 01-04-2026 04:38PM

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He would only bite me once. Does he come out onto the road and bite you or what?

patsy_mccabe · 01-04-2026 05:12PM

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He comes onto our property as shared driveway etc. Drives me mad. He bites me and somehow I'm the problem.

No quitten we're whelan onto chitchat 12.

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