Not my dogs, but my neighbors dog. He has an outside only amstaff, that constantly gets under our fence. Along side our fence, looks like a battle zone with concrete blocks and wood and branches covering holes. He is a very bored and very determined dog, and can pick up 10 lb concrete blocks and move them to get under the fence. We put heavy PVC type pipe in the ground along the fence, but it got moved and dug under. The guy is always really sorry about it, but never does anything about it, and I'm not sure that he's finacially stable (the house is his grandmothers). I know he dosen't have time for the dog, he works nights, sleeps during the day, and is with his girlfriend when he has free time. It's been happening for a couple months now, and my whole family (including myself) is tired of it.
The dog himself scares me (not the fact that he's pit), especially now that I have the Rott puppy, her being so small. He plays VERY VERY rough, and seems that something clicks in his head sometimes, and he runs after zoie, who is smaller than him, in a prey drive fashion, grabbing her fur and limbs if he can. It dosen't break skin, and hasn't hurt her yet, but I worry that it will only take one time. She does not seem to enjoy it at all, and one time when I was trying to seperate them she jumped in my arms...and he tried to pull her down by one of her legs, and it was sore for a couple of days after. I am so worried that if he gets over when Dallas is outside, he will kill her. And if he tries messing with Sam, Sam will fight with him (his dog is an intact male, and Sam is dog aggressive towards dogs he dosen't live with).
I have seriously thought about calling animal control on him, but I'm afraid of #1, the dogs fate if the owner can't pay to get him out, and #2 really bad relations between neighbors, who are otherwise very pleasant. We have tried talking to them about it, and they put him on a chain in the backyard, but if he is chained he howls all day and all night (which gets annoying real quick), so he is not on it all the time. And it is of course grandmas house, so he is not allowed inside. The other factor is that sometimes when creates holes under the fence, they are not big enough for him, but they are for Zoie, and she goes over there. That is not often, he is usually over here, but it has happened. I'm really at a loss on what to do. Any suggestions would be great.
Also, if he can not find a suitable place to dig, he is strong enough to tear off fence pieces.
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