Kira_Nightblade wrote:When people don't keep track of their dogs.. one time while taking a walk with Trump a neighbors dog (a very hyper Springer puppy, I think she's about 12 months now so we don't have this problem now usually) would just come up to us and start making Trump hyper, they'd leap and roll around playfully, and a few times the neighbor wasn't even home?? Actually happened twice. And it's about idk half a mile to our house to theirs, sooo while trying to get back to the house they'd just be playing without a worry in the world, it also makes me nervous that the dog would get hit by a car so that's nice v.v And then it would get Trump in a super hyper mood, and it'd happen all the time (though usually the neighbor was there and would notice.. after a few minutes *COUGHS*) Also my sisters violin teacher's young cat got mauled by a dog and died. How hard is it to keep track of the dog???
This.
Just this.
Except much worse.
Ever since my neighbours got their one dog, it's been so irritating for me and my dog.
They don't watch her, they don't have a fence, no electric fence, no cable, nothing. They don't even stand outside to watch her. They just put her outside and that's it.
My family and I have almost hit her countless times while driving. She always bolts out of thin air and stands in front of the vehicle barking. There's been too many close calls, I still can't believe we haven't even bumped her yet.
She also gets the sense she can just roam other people's yards and do whatever. I actually taught my dog to use the bathroom in the woods so I would never have to worry about stepping in something or cleaning it up in the yard, it's awesome! But now that she comes up into our yard, there's always a pile somewhere, or she's ruined my mom's plants in the flower beds from peeing on them. She also has a tendency to pee on our stuff.. and it's like she really tries to! She managed to go on my brother's SUV's wheels as well as our garage door.
Another thing is that I used to be able to let my dog out worry free, because he knows to stay in the yard and you could trust him to. But their dog has a tendency to come up to our yard, grab my dog's attention, and then run away while my dog tries to fend and chase her off, and ends up leaving the yard, and then she runs right into the road! It's like she's trying to get my dog hurt.
The only thing I can do is just put him up and wait for her to go away, which ends up taking longer than I would like. Even if I let him out on a leash, she'll just come up to our yard and bark and bark and bark. Even if I chase her off and out of my yard, she just comes trailing back and barks all over again, like I'm envading her territory.
Just another thing, my dog isn't fixed, and while I know I can simply just change that, I really don't want to, but what makes it worse is that because she's a female and they don't supervise her, I'm worried there's a chance something might happen, and sure enough I imagine my dog will get blamed and I might get stuck with some bills I shouldn't have to pay if puppies are the outcome.
And this is all because of my neighbours. Which actually, just around Christmas, their dog wandered into my other neighbour's yard (they also have a dog, but he's enclosed by an electric fence when he's outside) and started winding him up and making him act out, AND she sure enough was using the bathroom all over their lawn. My (nice) neighbours seemed very overwhelmed and unsure of what to do, and one of my other neighbours (who don't care about their dog) just stood in the doorway of her house. My nice neighbours tried to ask her to come get her dog, so they could put an end to the situation, but my other neighbour (who doesn't care) just stood there watching, and seemingly waiting as if she thought the dog would magically know it was doing something wrong, would stop, and return home. The expression on my nice neighbours face just really summed up the disappointment and amazement I've felt over all this time.
What really hurts is that I've come to hate this dog, but it kills me inside because I absolutely love dogs, and I know it isn't entirely her fault, but it still irritates me greatly when I see her around. I don't get what's so hard about looking after their pet? Why can't you just take the time to go outside with her? Maybe if you did, and maybe played with her, she wouldn't disrupt everyone else. OH, and, they do the same thing with their kids. Like young kids, they just let them out with no supervision at all. And you know, they wouldn't do anything about them either when they come waltzing onto our property. The only thing they actually look after when it's outside is their other dog. I cannot explain to you why or what reason, I don't get it. If the corgi is outside, there is a person there to accompany it. If it's the other dog, there's no one.
This has been going on for so long, it's affecting me and my dog, my stuff, the lawn, everything, and I'm ready to call the police or even animal control.
I got angry when my mom was looking at stuff we could buy to keep the dog away from our property. Why should we have to spend a ton of money to fix this? Wouldn't the real and simple solution be for the neighbours just to come out and watch their dog?
She doesn't want the neighbours to dislike us, and I get it, but this is a serious problem and it needs to stop.
by 86Eternity » Thu Jan 17, 2019 11:19 am 
