Someone has been down to my hives ...other than me

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Why?
He didn't lose his ticket and his firearms were safely secured. No laws were broken and he still occasionally writes articles for the shooting times

 

[Itchy]

Lucky, its an irresponsible move.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

is it? explain. You live in a remote location, you see people breaking into your property in the early hours of the morning and the police can't be bothered to respond? I know what I'd do!
Of course he'd have to use one of the shotguns or he could get prosecuted for using a rifle on quarry not specified on his certificate

 

[Itchy]

Well, its a story I've heard many times. As a firearms owner, suggesting you've shot someone to wind the police into a frenzy is akin to saying "hope you don't find the bomb" when you're checking your luggage in at the airport.

Personally I don't know what I would do with a remote area break in, but it wouldn't be that.

 

[Hivemaker.]

suggesting you've shot someone to wind the police into a frenzy is akin to saying "hope you don't find the bomb"

Tell the police you think the burgler has a bomb, or a gun.

 

[Itchy]

That would be better

 

[Tom Bick]

We have a Yorkie terrier and a Rottweiler, i doubt they would even bother to enter the house with the noise those two make.

I bet they are lovely to watch together

 

[Hivemaker.]

I bet they are lovely to watch together

They are couple of characters when playing, or when the Rottweiler upsets the Yorkie, the Yorkie latches on to the Rottweilers neck, i think the Rottweiler just thinks of it as a mouse/tick....but the little one is definitely the boss, although never any serious fighting between them.

 

[waverider]

I am looking forward to the time a trespasser climbs the fence/wall !

With two Ridgebacks having access to the garden all day and the cctv on-loop it would provide me with some amusing entertainment after a hard day.

 

[Michael Palmer]

We have a Yorkie terrier and a Rottweiler, i doubt they would even bother to enter the house with the noise those two make.

Anyone who saw Digby the Yorkie, and his tooth, would surely head the other way.

 

[pargyle]

They are couple of characters when playing, or when the Rottweiler upsets the Yorkie, the Yorkie latches on to the Rottweilers neck, i think the Rottweiler just thinks of it as a mouse/tick....but the little one is definitely the boss, although never any serious fighting between them.

I used to have two Yorkies when I was at home in Yorkshire. My Mum & Dad both worked and the milkman (who came late morning after they had gone to work) used to leave the mik in a fridge in the conservatory on the back of the house. One day, my mum forgot to shut the door between the kitchen and the conservatory -- the milkman arrived, the two Yorkies greeted him in their usual affable manner, he put the milk in the fridge and turned to leave only to find two snarling, teeth baring, hounds from hell blocking his exit. My mum arrived home at lunchtime, to let the dogs out, only to find the milkman sat in a chair in the lounge with the two Yorkies keeping guard at the door. We weren't big on locking doors in Yorkshire in those days ...

Tremendous little dogs ...

 

[Tom Bick]

They are couple of characters when playing, or when the Rottweiler upsets the Yorkie, the Yorkie latches on to the Rottweilers neck, i think the Rottweiler just thinks of it as a mouse/tick....but the little one is definitely the boss, although never any serious fighting between them.

Wonderfully dogs Yorkshire terriers and I can well imaging it will be the boss. Lovely image thinking of them playing.

 

[REDWOOD]

I think it's only fair that you give them a warning shot........below the knee

 

[oliver90owner]

Collies can make a good protector. I recall (but did not actually see it) my mum and dad leaving my brother, in his pram, in front of the kitchen stove while they went out - probably shopping. The prisoner, out on day-work from the local nick (Grendon Underwood) was tthe only person left behind (unless I was left with him - I was coming up towards four years old at the time).

He went to check the baby and was immediately set upon by the dog. No warning bark or even a growl from Shep, she just nailed him and put him out of the house. Apparently the nasty bite was left unreported (at least truthfully) as the prisoner would not want to even risk losing his 'day job'.

That was a case of the dog being the baby's best friend that day. Twenty years later my brother never locked his house back door unless he took his alsatian with him. Again, anyone could walk past the open doorway but would not dare to go through it without risking severe consequences. Bella did give adequate warning, mind.

 

[Goran]

I think it's only fair that you give them a warning shot........below the knee

I heard long time before: salt charge instead of lead ( hunting gun - "two smoking barrels"), and the one who get it in a but - scratches for a month..

 

[Erichalfbee]

My younger collie would lick an intruder to death and the older would sleep through it all

 

[Cellectronic]

I would be tempted to lay down a few paintball mines !!

 

[hiveabee]

My Dad never kept Bee's on his farm (back int 70's). But we did have 2 labs and a Lancashire heeler which would go absolutely berserk when strangers were on or land. But the best alarm was the geese He kept up by the poultry pens, the gander would send anyone fleeing after a load of noise and a sharp tug at the ankles.

 

[BILL.HEARD]

Went through Ebay yesterday looking for second hand man traps, apparently they don't sell them any more, now they would sort the bu----s out!

 

[user 6228]

My younger collie would lick an intruder to death and the older would sleep through it all

yes, when we had a collie, we thought that....
but the TV repair man could not leave with a telly until one of us had returned.
and the postman, said the dog stalked him when he was delivering letters.Although this dog was friendly even protective to all cats and kids in the neighbourhood it was suspicious of strangers, not by barking but stalking them and barring the way.
Be very very careful of collies you dont know, without their owners nearby, as their intelligence can make their response to threats ...