I'm so ticked off!!!!!

[marysmerrycats]

try talking to her one more time, calmly, and ask her if she could keep the dog inside til the fence is up, explain what has happpend. can you go up to her and just say "could we talk about this?" when is this fence going to be put up?

if that doesn't work then call animal control.. future fence or not , she has the responibility to keep the dog from destroying peoples property and from scaring children. does she realize she could have a lawsuit against her if the dog should bite someone? I know you said it has bit someone already...

it is careless of her to not want to find out what her dog did and try to make it right, she obvisously doesn't care about her neighbors/doing the right thing or being on good terms with them.

[bnormal]

anna_66, not sure if this situation has remedied itself yet or not, however, if I were you I'd tell them 1 last time...either keep your dog restrained and out of my yard or I will report you to the local authority.

Then the very first time you see the dog running loose I would call the police. Here are 2 reasons why:

1) have any kids in the neighborhood? Ever read in the paper where a kid was mauled by a dog that was not restrained?

2) have any traffic in your neighborhood? Ever see a dog lying on the side of the road because he got in the way of a Buick?

anna_66, I know you know these reasons without me telling them to you and I am sincerely not trying to be condescending. Don't be afraid to "offend" these deadbeats.

Do it for the dog’s sake...

believe me...you have all of our blessing!

[anna_66]

This weekend they put in their underground fence. And by in, I don't mean under. When Mark was mowing yesterday he seen that all they did was make a groove in the grass & lay the fence in it They didn't even cover it back up
Anyway, Mark said it does work because Saturday Max was out and all of a sudden he heard him "YELP", so I guess that means he got shocked. We haven't seen him out since then (maybe afraid to go out now?) so there hasn't been any problems.....so far! Let's hope it stays that way.
Thanks for all the responses everone.
And bnormal, I didn't think you were being condescending at all, I honestly appreciate your thoughts!

[Cookiebaker]

Originally posted by anna_66

Anyway, Mark said it does work because Saturday Max was out and all of a sudden he heard him "YELP", so I guess that means he got shocked.

Whoa!! That pooor dog!! We have looked into an underground fence, and the KEY to it working is TRAINING, TRAINING, TRAINING. The manual said to work with them at LEAST 4 weeks and NEVER allow them by themselves until you are sure that you can trust them. Why did those people even get dog when they don't want to spend time with him to make sure: 1. he doesn't run off (like a leash???) 2. Be on friendly terms with the neighbors (like replanting bushes that the dog has chewed up) and 3. Taking time to TRAIN the poor dog who doesn't understand. I can completely understand your frustration, Anna...your neighbors sound like MORONS.

[stacwase]

You know - it's not that hard to keep your dog in your own yard!!! I really don't get why people let their dogs run like that. All they have to do is put him on a cable or something when he's doing his business, and keep him inside the rest of the day.

Why is that so difficult for some people? Grrrrr.

Max is truly a beautiful dog, too! If animal control picked him up, he'd probably find a better home in no time.

[bnormal]

anna_66, I'm relieved to hear that the fence, up til now, seems to be working. For your sake and the poor dogs sake.

When I was a kid in my teens we lived in a suburb of Columbus that had heavy vehicle traffic. Because I had "better" things to do with my time rather than be responsible to my dog, we would just let him out to do his business. He was free to roam the neighborhood. Until one day a guy driving down the road ran him over. He had to have 3 surgeries to repair his broken back legs.

It wasn't my dogs fault that he got ran over. It wasn't the guy driving to works' fault that my dog darted in front of him. So who does that leave that was at fault?

Advance 25 years later and my 2 boys have a fenced in back yard that have locks on both gates. My wife and I know where they are at all times they are outside.

The boy I had when I was a teenager was a cocker spaniel named Mike. He did recover eventually.

Mike had to pay for my stupidity and laziness. I will never allow that to happen to any of my boys, ever.

It's the dog that pays the price...not the irresponsible owner!

[Dogz]

I would be mad too. Hopefully this underground fence thing works. We have a neighbor dog, but he only comes over once in a while, but he always goes home right away. He only comes over if I get dropped off in the driveway or something. Once he came at the end of the driveway, and I told him to "Go Home." then he ran across the street, and he was soooo close to being hit, it looked like his flying tail touched the car!
I hope this works for you anna.
Good luck!

[anna_66]

Originally posted by bnormal

It's the dog that pays the price...not the irresponsible owner!

Yep, I totally agree.

And who knows why they got the dog, I guess the reason so many people do, he was cute. And I seen him as a pup at our dog classes & he was a cutie, but never listened to his owner (didn't look like the owner was trying too hard to make him listen either). He only went to puppy class & that was it.
I feel sorry for him, but at this point there is not a single thing I can do