So Angry at my Neighbors Right Now

[Liberalynn]

They are pet sitting their son's best friend's dog again. Every single time they do the dog ends up roaming around loose. Now if we lived on a quiet street or still a truly rural setting that would be one thing but we don't.

We live on a road where people drive sometimes up to 80 miles an hour even though the speed limit is 45. There was a child hit and killed farther up the road for Pete's sake. Our house got run into by a speeding teenager on his way no joke to driver's education. Do my neighbors who are aware of all of this as I am really think the dog is going to be safe roaming wandering across it anytime it wants?

Now admitted it could have gotten out accidentally but I don't think so because as I said before it seems to happen every time the dog is with them. Plus they said to me a number of years ago that they thought it was wrong to keep dogs on a leash or in a confined area, that they should be allowed to "be free".

In a perfect environment I'd agree but it's not. Believe me if I had any way to confine the feral cats that come to my barn for shelter and a meal I would, or if possible I would relocate them to a safer area. That's what a truly responsible pet person would do, IMHO, and their not even my responsibility technically because I didn't buy or adopt them, or let alone promise a friend to safeguard them.

Sorry to rant I am just angry. Plus I got scared. Here Marnie and I are playing in our fenced in area in our own yard and suddenly there's this strange dog standing right next to it, and I have no idea of its temperament, etc. It seemed friendly but appearances could be deceiving and Marnie is afraid of other dogs which we are working on with her trainer in a controlled setting. We shouldn't have to be on guard in our own freaking yard. I don't know what I would have done if it had jumped the fence of course the neighbor was no where in sight. I did have my cellphone but not their number. They are just lucky I didn't have the dog control officer's number either.

Luckily though Marnie was barking and growling I was able to get her back on her lead and the other dog left when I clapped my hands and yelled shoo.

[LisaLynne]

1. Ugh, that makes me nuts.

I would be angry, too. A few years ago, there was a woman renting a house a couple of streets over from me -- we are in the middle of the city, btw, -- who would let her two pit bulls out to roam free. They were the sweetest dogs, but I was so afraid they would either get hit or get picked up by animal control and never find their way home. I would always call her when I had them, but she would never come and get them. She moved a while ago and I have no idea what happened to the dogs.

Yes, dogs need exercise and it's nice to have them off leash when it's safe, but we have a responsibility to keep them safe! Do you think the friend knows that they let the dog run loose when they are supposedly watching him? I would be tempted to let him know.

[Liberalynn]

3. I am not sure whether the friend knows or not.

His Dad lives across the street from us too, but his house is way back up on a hill and he is away working a lot so I'm not sure whether he's seen his son's dog out in the road or not? I also don't know why he doesn't pet sit the dog? There's usually someone over there caring for their horses, donkeys, and their dogs, and you never see their dogs any where near the road. I may mention this situation to him the next time I see him.


The dog's actual owner has been in trouble with the law regarding drugs and has to spend weekends in jail. His best friend is the other neighbor's son. Apparently he usually pet sits but when he can't do it, his parents volunteer.

I don't know the dog's owner very well, or his friend. I just know the owner's father, younger brother and the parents of the friend.

[orleans]

2. leash law? call & report them

have a cop go over & explain the leash laws & also what a shitty thing it is to take this sort of chance with a dog you're supposed to be "watching" for someone else.

[Liberalynn]

4. There is a leash law in the town.

A lot of the area is still farm country and our road used to be but with few exceptions isn't any more. The hospital moved closer and suddenly all the doctors and nurses decided they wanted to live on our road. The traffic is unrelenting and extremely dangerous. I have to be careful going to the mailbox or pulling out of the driveway. I think that's why the town enacted the leash law to begin with.

But sadly these neighbors still act like it's still the quiet country road it was 25 years ago when they first moved in.

I am going to have a talk with them the next time I see them and then if it happens again I am calling the Sheriff's Office.

[hibbing]

5. my neighbor's dog poops in my yard

I scoop it up and toss it back in his yard. For the life of me I cannot believe people are so damn rude. I looked up animal control and their website said you have to have time stamped photos of the doo deed happening.

Peace

[Liberalynn]

6. If people bring animals into their lives, they need to be responsible owners

and that includes picking up their doggies doo doo. It's good you throw it back in their yard but wrong that you have to put up with it at all.

My sister's neighbor had two Rottweilers who he swore were friendly but who terrorized the other dogs in the neighborhood, pooped in all the neighbors lawns, and even cornered a few people snarling and barking at them in their own yards. The cops were called several times. All they said they could do was issue citations which the owner ignored. He once said to my sister big deal call the cops I already have 15 citations and they haven't done anything to me yet even though I've never even paid their freaking fines."

[RebelOne]

7. I have the same problem.

They have 3 dogs which are usually in the house all day while the parents are working and the kids are in school. One day, I stepped in 2 piles of dog crap in my back yard. I knew it wasn't from my dog because I always have her on a leash and take her into a field across street. And she is a Chihuahua and does a little pile of poop and what I stepped into were 2 big piles.

Two days ago, I was out with my dog and saw the kids let their dogs out and they made a beeline for my back yard. Well, I yelled at them to never let those dogs go into my yard. I am hoping they got the message because I was not too polite.

[Liberalynn]

8. That's just wrong.

It's people's right and choice to have pets but not to force that choice on their neighbors. I understand that sometimes dog's manage to escape occasionally despite the owner's best attempts to keep them on their own property. Two of my shepherds got away from me in the past but I was right behind them to get them back.

It's another thing when the owners just don't live up to their responsibilities to the pet or their neighbors.