It is always a lot better if we can convince a dog to come with us rather than forcing it to come with us, but there are some days when a dog is so afraid of humans due to a lifetime of abuse that there is no amount of coaxing that we can perform to get the dog to come with us for treatment. We have a wide array of methods of catching these dogs and transporting them to a clinic but some of these animals have lived a life of constantly running away from humans and we can't even get close enough to them to "net" them. Normally, the dogs have some sort of experience with humans and if we show up and give them food they will start to trust us a bit but there are other times that the dog is afraid if there is ever a person around and we have to break out our custom-made doggy trap in order to get them the help they need.
It functions in a very similar way to a rat trap that is common all around the world but it is obviously a lot bigger. We load up the entrance with food and at the very back is where the best food is. We give them a taste of some kind of nice food at the entrance, but then they have to walk into the back to get the really good stuff like meat and chicken.
Once they touch that platform in the back and rock it forward just a little bit the door behind them drops and locks into place. This is not a spring-loaded door because we want to make sure that we don't injure any dog or if there is more than one and the one in the front triggers the door we don't want another one to get whacked. It is only by gravity and one-way lock mechanisms that the door closes. Therefore if a dog is halfway in and the gate falls on them, it will not kill them or injure them, but they will become trapped and the door cannot be forced up. In almost all situations dogs will choose to retreat forward if the door is resting on their backs and then the door will slowly close all the way.
We don't often use this contraption, but there are certain dogs that we have identified that are in need of help that simply refuse to come anywhere near us. When we do break this thing out, it normally involves a rather large amount of patience because on more than one occasion we have ended up capturing the wrong animal and in one situation we ended up trapping a very scared and very violent monitor lizard. That was a fun day but as it turns out monitor lizards are not very interested in humans and as soon as the gate was opened it ran away at a speed I have never imagined them capable of.
You will notice that two of these cages are a bit different and that is because we have two of them. The first one we had made with the really small holes in the side turned out to be a lot heavier than we wanted it to be and on our inaugural use of it we experienced a great level of difficulty transporting it once the animal was inside. The 2nd one we had made is much lighter and is a lot easier to transport. We have some arms of sorts to attach to the cage so that we can carry it without exposing our fingers to the animal trapped inside when we have to move it. I don't think the dogs we have used this on are actually interested at all in hurting us, but a trapped and scared animal will do whatever it takes when they are afraid.
The dog we recently trapped with this contraption had what appeared to be a broken leg and it was also reported by the people in the neighborhood that she has loads of puppies and then just proceeds to ignore them once they are born. Whether she ignores them or not isn't really the issue, this is a dog that needs to be sterilized once we sort out the leg. This is exactly what we are doing right now.
It took some time to get her used to people getting near her and sedatives were necessary on the first day. We leave that to the veterinarians though because they are experts at this sort of thing.
In this particular capture we had to leave the cage overnight one night and it was kind of amusing what we had actually captured when we returned the next day.
I like pigeons as much as the next guy but that is not what we were trying to capture. The were not happy about it and freaked out once we got near. For catching the dog we determined that we would actually need to be on site but at a great distance in order to capture her, which eventually we succeeded in doing.
She will be treated and returned to the area as soon as she has made a recovery.
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It was indeed a great idea using this trap for the dogs, what I admire most is the care for the animals and for always considering its welfare.Great job♥️♥️
Such a smart move. Your compassion, whether through gentle coaxing or humane traps, is truly admirable. Keep up the fantastic work! You're making a huge difference.
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Sounds like a mission to get tis right and happy you guys were successful. The pigeons remind me of rat trap I bought that has bee useless thus far. The first one was the spring trigger one that went off within minutes of setting it. I was quite chaffed until I found out a bird was my first and only victim. This new trap is I believe over engineered and too complicated for a rat to even get to the food lol.