...I feel like a horrible person.I need to get this off my chest. As some of you probably read, I have been having problems with my neighbors dog digging under our fence. Karen told me to call animal control and make a complaint. Apparantly, after trying to work the problem out with the neighbor and nothing gets done, the next 'step' is to go to a mediation counselor? Therefore there were no formal complaints made, as of yet. I should have pursued this more actively.
Well, I got a call at work today...my neighbors dog, diesel, had dug under the fence..and gotten ahold of my puppy, Dallas. Talking bite down, head shake, and somehow managed to drop her in the pool. My young brother and sister witnessed this. Thankfully my mom was just walking to the door to let them in, got the puppy out of the pool and caught diesel and brought him to the neighbors. I left work and came out to check dallas..my mom was so so upset, she wasnt sure what she should do. She had a puncture wound under each armpit, her leg was swollen up, and her stomach seemed swollen (we werent sure if she had any internal damage from the shaking..), so we brought her to the emergency clinic. She cried every time we moved her. Apparantly the wounds are superficial (or should be), and she will be ok once she gets past being sore, as long as a tooth didn't nick the lungs, and they were pretty sure one didn't. We are keeping a 24 hour watch on her though. The bill would have been around $500 if we had xrayed her to make sure. She is really out of it right now, laying on the bed. She has some pain meds and antibiotics that will help her out, but she is in a lot of pain.
We called animal control and they met us at the clinic. We gave the info about the dogs and such, and he said that either way if the dog is not tagged/rabies/etc, they will get between a $175-$200 citation..if WE choose to issue a citation on them, it will be another $500. Me and my mom were discussing it, she has until tomorrow to decide, and she is going to talk to the dog owners grandmother (the property owner). I recommended that she give them an ultimatum...pay their citation and our vet bills (our bills came to about $200) or we will issue the full citation, the extra $500. I'm not sure what my mom will do, though. They probably will not take the dog away.
So that was my eventful night, nevermind working two jobs today. I feel so bad for Dallas, she dosen't want to do anything. I am also worried how this will affect her in her mental development..she already dosen't like to go outside very much (which is our biggest challenge in housebreaking her).
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I also think you should have animal control write them a sitation.
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