My dog has killed my neighbour's chickens twice now

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Hi everyone,

I’m looking for some advice and opinions: I have an 18-month-old Siberian Husky who has eaten my neighbours' chickens. He dug a hole under the wire fence, dashed into the chicken coop, and killed 17 chickens in total. Of course, we paid them back for the loss; the owners were very understanding, so there wasn’t really any drama, and we made sure to fill the hole back in properly.

Two months later:

My dog managed to get out again. He went through another neighbour's garden and got back into the one with the chickens (they’d bought some new ones). I think he’s eaten more of them because he was covered in feathers.

I’m scared that this time the neighbours won't be so understanding and might even want me to give up my dog. They haven't come round to complain yet, so maybe I'm mistaken and it wasn't actually chicken feathers, but my dog was definitely gone for 20 minutes. No matter how much I called him, he wouldn’t come back, and the neighbours were likely asleep. What can I do? Can the neighbours report me? Could the RSPCA come and take my dog away from me?

Thanks for reading this long post :)

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    Yeah, I understand, we’ll compensate them and make the fencing more secure, but it’s like a game to my dog; as soon as he sees chickens, he goes absolutely mental—it’s just his instinct, after all. But anyway, aside from asking us to pay them back and sort the fence, is there anything else they can actually do?
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    Hi there

    I think your neighbours are being quite decent for not taking things any further 😁

    Technically, you’re in the wrong in the eyes of the law; if your fencing isn’t secure, it’s as good as having no fence at all. So, definitely reinforce it—it might even be worth burying some wire mesh on the inside, that way even if he digs, he won’t be able to get out. I doubt your neighbours will be quite as understanding if it happens again, and I can completely see their point.

    Having said that, I don't think it'll go as far as the RSPCA coming to take your dog away.

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