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What would you do if....
Kevin_L
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your dogs were attacked by another dog when your wife was out walking?
It happened just this evening. A neighbor dog got out, jumped my dogs and my wife, and fortunately nothing terrible happened to my dogs or wife.
The report goes to animal control tomorrow. Get that dog and family into the system so the next time it happens…..
🇺🇲 "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." - Thomas Jefferson 🇺🇲
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What dog? Don
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"Independence Now, Independence Forever."
John Adams
The three S's come to mind, but that might not be realistic. Animal control is the next best move and perhaps a letter from your attorney….
Glad Mrs., and your dog are ok. I'd be pretty mad and the neighbor would damn sure know it. Animal control is a good move. Get your wife a small can of pepper spray.
Pe0per spray for the owner. 5
Tread carefully, absolutely get it reported and make contact with the “ neighbor.” YOU could be the one in trouble without the above steps if “ something” happens to the pooch, just saying. Bear spray would be a must . IMO only
Totally agree, @Grasshopper . Not gonna do anything rash.
🇺🇲 "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." - Thomas Jefferson 🇺🇲
I have a call in to county animal control. My dog is limping around now and that plus the witnessing neighbor should be enough to get the menace and its owners into the system.
🇺🇲 "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." - Thomas Jefferson 🇺🇲
Take your dog to the vet….. send the bill to the other dog's owner.
Oh no. Yep, to the vet ASAP
I hope the other dog is up to date on his shots etc……
"A neighbor dog got out, jumped my dogs and my wife,"
Got out of what? Was the enclosure an adequate structure? What are the local regulations about 'dangerous animals'? On whose property did the 'attack' occur?
Ran thru an open gate and onto the sidewalk where the event took place. Not really a fair fight with my 35 pound guy on a leash and a 120 pound flabrador off leash.
Process dictates that I report the incident which I did but as it was kinda late, I will need to follow up in the morning. After that, who knows. If there have been other reports, by legislation the attacking dog could be terminated and the owners fined. But like I said: who knows.
🇺🇲 "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." - Thomas Jefferson 🇺🇲
Despite what you might like, shooting the dogs will only make things worse.
Shoot the jerk owners instead.
Since I do not have a dog in this fight (I've always wanted to say that) , I would do just what you are doing Kevin.
Looking out for others down the road so it will never happen again is a very good thing!
Next time carry a pistol loaded with blanks, and fire off a couple of rounds. That should scare it away, and I can't imagine that would be illegal.
Joe
It's unfortunate that you, your wife, and pets are dealing with something that is controllable. Another sad example of the brain dead me-ism society we share.
My dog seems OK this morning. No limp, no nothing.
Still gonna talk with animal control , though. When I or my wife no longer feel safe walking in our neighborhood without some sort of defense in hand, time to escalate.
🇺🇲 "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." - Thomas Jefferson 🇺🇲
I would get a bigger dog and when the dog came out sic him on.
Similar situation happened to my girls a while back. We contacted animal control, they visited the dog’s owner and presented a formal warning. Owner improved their fence and gate immediately. Best case scenario. I would try the same. Problem is…. most owners will not be responsible as in my case. It will just keep happening. As such, make sure to prepare for next time. Pepper spray is a good bet. That said, I think you can pretty much defend any way you please against an attacking dog. Just don’t go over there now and shoot him in his yard. 😁
I'm too protective of mine to let them out of our fence. If something ever gets in and harms our dog that is where their life will end. I don't live in an area that anyone would want to walk, so I do not have the enticement of putting my animals on a leash and roaming around with them. It seems that the judge judy show is filled with this problem….someone with a dog, came across another dog, things went very wrong…..no matter what fault it is it seems having your dog out in the world is a bad idea.
The only time I've taken them anywhere is to the vet or a groomer appointment. I don't think you can fix someone's stupidity. No matter what you do to these people it seems like a dangerous situation to risk taking your dog out and hoping it doesn't happen again.
That's the outcome I'm looking for. The owners were apparently very apologetic and even offered to cover any vet bills when they were talking to my wife. I was too amped last night to care.
Carrying as I walk my dogs is simply not an option. If that's the way I have to behave in my own neighborhood, I'll pack up and find a new place to live. Better to find an additional form of protection to augment the stun gun that I carry (and my wife forgot to grab yesterday evening). Something with a bit more reach.
🇺🇲 "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." - Thomas Jefferson 🇺🇲
My wife walks with an expandable baton. I’ve seen her open it at a dog, and the “clack” alone definitely gives your average dog a moment of pause. Like you, I can’t always carry when I walk my own neighborhood. I do often carry my “killing stick” though. Just a comfortable mahogany walking stick, but I drilled one end and fitted it with a hefty 2-blade broadhead and capped it with a foam ball. A very discreet and legal “smack it or stick it” option.
Squirt gun with ammonia and a little bit of dish soap.
I carry a big 5 foot walking stick, keeps the stray dogs and stray people away………..
Sorry your wife had to experience this. I’d take a deep breath, be thankful the damage was minimal, and proceed with logic not emotion.
Apologetic, offering to cover vet bills, etc…sounds like responsible pet owners. Perhaps this was the one and only time the dog wasn’t properly contained? Perhaps something your dogs did set it off? Perhaps it’s a dangerous menace? Too many unknowns for us to give a well-thought out answer.
You gotta live there. Safety matters, but so does working things out with your neighbors.
Good thoughts @scooterdriver I agree completely not enough info to make much of a comment imho. You get a promote for that.
Yep. Totally agree and that's the course I took. I talked to animal control and they asked if I wanted to press charges. I said "no, just talk to the owners and that'll be enough".
Rational decisions are best.
🇺🇲 "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." - Thomas Jefferson 🇺🇲
Happy to hear you have settled this situation…. Issues like this sure can eat at you until they get settled ! Hopefully the other party in this situation appreciates your grace in how it is being handled..
A Surprise Promotion? Thanks @Ruger4me. Please have the GB limo here by 7:00 so I’m not late for the Ceremony!
It will be, remember it's a black tie affair although no real follow through on actual promotion, they do this just to make us feel important for a second, I keep asking and all I get is "the checks in the mail" and "don't try to cash it though, if it ever arrives" LOL!😂
If the dog escaped due a gate left open, that's 100% negligent on the owner. Dogs can and often do manage to 'escape nearly any sort of enclosure.
We use LGD(livestock guard dogs) to prevent coyote predation of the Grandkids' goats. Even when using a 10,000 volt electric fence, these dogs sometimes leave their assigned pasture(often in pursuit of a coyote). Most of the time, they simply show up at my house but sometimes they 'visit' the neighbor's house. Neighbors have dogs of various sizes and have been told if they see one of our big dogs to immediately call me and keep their dogs inside. One morning I got a call and hurried up to get the errant dog. Arriving at their house, I met the homeowner coming out her backdoor with our dog at heel. EXACTLY OPPOSITE of what we'd agreed. Turns out our dog had chased a coyote into their yard, killed it, and after all that excitement, they let it into their house with 2-3 house mutts. I was petrified and still incredulous that the LGD didn't maul all their mop dogs and tear up their house in the 15 minutes it took me to get there.
I think you’re approaching this in a very sensible manner. I’ve had dogs show up on are property and seem threatening to are pets, how ever I keep in mind that they are someone else’s pet and in most cases are looked on as family members to the owners. Now if that would change to where my wife or someone else would be threatened, or bitten, that would change the scenario, there would be no hesitation on my part of the action I would take.
Animals as you know have there own rules when it comes to other animals, maybe they just don’t like the others smell, I don’t know. As long as it doesn’t cross over to where they don’t like my smell or my families smell and decide to attack I can live with it. I’m glad your wife wasn’t bitten or attacked. I guess one should always be prepared to defend them self even against the animal world.
Sounds like you and I think alike in this matter. Nothing terrible happened, the owners were genuinely concerned by what happened, there was no reason to escalate beyond a call to animal control. In this case, a "do over" is warranted because mistakes can happen and I'd like for people to treat me the same should the situation ever be reversed.
Though yesterday, I saw my neighbor's daughter walking their dog past the same house and all I could think was "I sure hope that flabrador doesn't get out". No way a skinny 75 pound kid would be able to defend herself or her dog.
🇺🇲 "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." - Thomas Jefferson 🇺🇲