Saved my 8 yr Old From 2 Dogs!!

Wow..that's crazy. I've never heard of that. Does that mean robbery and murder is legal in your town too since there's no cops to call?
But seriously, there's no animal control officer that you can call? There has to be something.

Wtf? Why not just put a fence up? Even if you just get one of those cages/dog kennels..big enough for Yorkies.

If you can't talk to her.. I would probably write an anonymous letter threatening to shoot her dog and if the dog still roamed around.. I'd probably leave some hot dogs out laced in anti-freeze.




I had my dog on a leash at the Beach once.. some stupid twit had a boxer/bulldog something mixed.. it was loose and he ran up to my dog and started humping him. She laughs "no humping!!" while running towards us..I couldn't pull my dog out (by grabbing his sides) and the dog continued to do it. I kicked the dog in the ***..made him cry..as I picked my dog up..(and he's 35lbs) and she yelled "hey!!" I was like....well if he was on a leash we wouldn't have had a problem. She was nice enough to pick up my phone while I was toppling over trying to hold my dog.

People are stupid. Or they don't train their dogs and keep them inside.. unfortunately. So in some situations you got to do what you got to do.

SideNote- It's funny how dogs just "know" things. My dog is super friendly, goes up to anyone and anything..but after first nose to nose sniff with that dog he was hiding behind my legs and he never reacts like that. That was my first clue to get him out of there and when we started walking was when he got hump-attacked.

well, not everybody who owns an aggressive dog is an idiot or an incompetent pet owner. My step-sister adopted an australian shepherd puppy (mix, he's a small dog) and the dog has huge amounts of fear based aggression. Over his short life (he's about 2 years old) she's taken him to trainer after trainer, and while he is still a wonderful dog around family, he still will not hesitate to attack strangers, trainers, even her friends who previously he did ok with. And since it's just her and the dog she pretty much has no choice but to take him everywhere with her. She's pretty much on her last ditch attempt and if her latest attempt doesn't work (that monastery program here in NY that will train your dog and tech you how to follow through at home) then she has said that she'll have to find a farm he can live on for the rest of his life since it's not fair to either of them. I'm sure if it were any other dog her dog would be the perfect little dog, watching how much time, energy, and effort she has put into trying to stop his aggression issues over the past 2 years. Her dog actually has made a lot of progress- when he was a puppy the vet told her she would have to put him down because he was so aggressive. But it's just not enough to keep it at a minimum, if she wants to keep him his attacks need to be eliminated.

Now it's pretty clear to me based on these stories these owners mentioned aren't like her (and I like to give people the benefit of the doubt!) and she is most likely the exception to the rule... but I thought I'd mention her story in any case.

I've seen a few dogs off leash around here, most of the time in their (unfenced!) yard. I try to avoid them because usually when I notice them unless they are just chilling out in their yard or in the middle of some play time with their owners, they seem awfully tense. So I generally take that as their body language telling me that they aren't in the mood to make any friends, and will not tolerate you getting any closer then you already are. Granted, I could be wrong, but that's what my instinct tells me and I'm sure my instinct knows way more about body language then I do.

Sometimes I wonder if there are any responsible dog owners out where we live. I've never seen another person pick up after their dog like I do. If it were out in the country it would be fine to just let nature take care of it, but this is a city we are talking about and it would be awfully nice to walk down a trail around here without smelling dog poop. Other public places you are allowed to take our dogs like by schools it can be just plain unsanitary to leave it there... have some consideration for other people. (this is on top of the whole "dogs in an unfenced yard off leash" thing)

Really, I would never allow my dog off leash, even if she was well trained. I have seen people walk with their well trained dogs off leash and it's a wonderful thing... but not something I'm interested in doing. Even though she walks great on a leash being a terrier mix it's in her blood to hunt small animals like the little birds and squirrels, also she likes to greet pretty much every dog and person she meets (with the exception of children which scare her) so I think she would have the potential to be way too easily distracted. There is nothing wrong with a leash.

Thankfully my pup is dominating instead of aggressive. I say "thankfully" because even if it is really frustrating and embarrassing at times, it's not an immediate danger and probably not nearly as stressful going through the process of correcting.

That's not what I was saying at all. Obviously there are aggressive animals or animals who don't do well with other animals. It's how you control them that makes you competent.

What I'm saying is - If someone has an aggressive dog and they let it roam free, run around a beach loose (like the dimwit I ran into) or anything of the sort - then yes they're stupid or incompetent.

You might want to be careful letting your dog greet other dogs.. Leashes or no leashes.
1. You don't know if that other dog has fleas, kennel cough, worms or anything else that is catchy. Dogs like to nose sniff and butt sniff - great way to pass worm eggs since worms leave eggs around the butt* and top of the tail that hangs over their butt. The cute dogs saying "hi" to each other could cost you a vet bill in a few days.
2. You don't know how the OTHER dog is going to react. Just because yours is friendly doesn't mean the other is.

They just have people here call police from the town next to mine. We tried that once and they called back 4 hours later (at 2am) and asked "Hey did you still want us to come?" wtf.

About the anonymous letter or hot dogs, I've considered that alot. If it starts to be a problem again I think I will write a letter. I've considered doing some not very nice things to that dog. I'm not even going to describe them on here lol