Today I was outside building a storage shed for my neighbor. I heard my chicken's clucking the predator cluck and went to investigate. Sure enough there was a huge St. Bernard jumping on the fence and coop. I got a rope around him and then chained him up in the backyard. Tomorrow at 5:30 am, when I go out to collect my morning newspaper, I will chain this dog up to my front gait so any motorists or pedestrians can see him/ her. I put a padlock on the chain so the dog is going nowhere. I'll let the dog sit out there until about 7:30- 8 and then the Animal Control people will come by and collect the dog. If the owner does happen to come and claim the dog, I ask that they call Animal Control and find out how much they would have to pay if they were to retrieve their dog from the pound. I ask that they pay half that amount to our neighborhood renovation of the historic Washington School which serves as our community center. So far I have raised between 4 and 5 hundred Dollars. In the four years that I have had backyard chickens, this dog is number 34.

Douglas