Call animal control? - Page 2

I had some DB owners living 2 houses down a while back they had a lab and a beagle that barked non stop all day and all night. The dogs were on an E-fence because the property did not have a fence across the front yard. And get this, the beagle was aggressive. I spoke to the lady several time about the dogs barking, running loose because the e-fence didn't work most of the time and that they were attracting other dog from somewhere else in the neighborhood. All to no avail. That chick was stone stupid about her dogs. Finally out of frustration i started peppering the dogs in their ass with the bbs and after just a few shots all i had to do was shake the gun and they shut the F up.
At some point she disposed of the lab, but the beagle continued to bark unless i rattled the gun at him. Finally they moved away. but left the cat. Which in about 1 week ate and puked up about $50 worth of my feeder mice. I trapped the cat and it went to animals control, which noted that the abandoned cat had a microchip and would be reported to the police for animal abandoment. I don't tolerate coon, opossums, rats, squirrels or annoying neighbors dogs. And for the most part i live in a really nice neighborhood and these things are rarely a problem.

Other suggestion? Ask them if they have thought about having roaming lab neutered. He'll be more inclined to stay home without his nuts.

Sun there is a law yes but in most instances if you live outside the city limits there is no leash law and animal control won't even touch it. I know this because I go through it with my neighbors. Guy I feel your frustration. I live next door to some people with a jack russell--ever since they have lived here my life has been hell. The dog definately fence fights and he has made my fence look like it's been through a paper shredder--I will attach a pic. Well the other day I am trying to fix the worst places and keep him from tearing it up anymore. My problem is the kids because they think it's fun--and then when they get my guys riled up they throw things at the fence and tell them to shutup all the time. So the day I am out there this is exactly what they are doing--I asked them nicely to please take the dog somewhere else. So they did--right where I was working. It all went south from there--big brother cussedme out and then came dad an then the queen b....... herself. So they called the county on me and thedeputy   wouldn't even come to the door--stood by the trunk of my car and waved. You know when you have viscious dogs LOL.  Bottom line is I told him he needed to tell those people to stay out of my biz, absolutely to leave my dogs alone--being agitated through the fence by kids ain't gonna get it and to just not talk to me. So I don't know where the dog is and they stay gone a lot. Loving the peace. I agree with going and talking to them rationally and not making any threats. And yes I think a BB or paintball gun is a good idea. When I first moved here I had a starter pistol and it was pretty effective too. One of the things you need to think about is their mindset. They get an acre, all of a sudden they can "let their dogs run" cause there is no leash laws and they have no thoughts as to how it affects other people. Like I told the deputy, if I opened the front door and let my guys run free, I would have every law in 2 counties here and it's not fair BUT you guys don't take that wrong cause I WANT my dogs behind a fence and secure. For some reason it won't let me put a pic up--oh well.  Good Luck Guy.

Sunsilver I know, maybe it's the devil (kidding) in me, but I went "ah man" when the truck stopped just quick enough. It was extremely close.  Obviously I don't really want anything to happen to the dogs, but it's rather annoying. The fence fighting was done at the gate, so no digging under (driveway; Where the gate is goes back about 12 feet or so, so a vehicle can park on the outside of our gate and still not be on the road if that makes sense), but I'm sure if they hit the gate hard enough they could knock the latch open.  That dog got nasty biting at the fence; I commanded my dogs to back off and they did. There is a law against dogs running loose, but I don't think people enforce anything like that here "unless it's a threat".....Which is pure irony considering when my dog was attacked in the past no one came lol.   

I think I'll have the video camera handy to record them when they come back; .  I'll also speak to the owners at some point.  They're not usually home this time of the day though so it'll have to be evening.

fawndallas, I'm not sure about the pressure on one.   The problem is with all of this, I'm not sure who the white dog with black patches belongs to. I had never seen it in their yard before. They have labs, and often times they will have a table right in front of their deck.  So you have the deck.....table.....fence.  The dog can jump onto the table from the deck, and then the fence is like, not even half a foot away from the table.  And I think it's just a four foot chain length instead of five.  Easy outing for the dog.  Hopefully a talk with them will help.

Bhaugh, maybe I should just call my aunt down the road and tell her to pick them up and take them (kidding);  She actually use to do that when dogs were running loose. I won't actually ask her to do that, of course, but if the owners don't have intentions to put their dogs up after I talk to them....The next time the dogs make a visit,  they will have to be trapped and taken away. 

Go to a lawyer that specializes in dog cases and have them write a letter, send it to the owner and also to animal control, send it receipt returned.

Make sure you give a full account of dates, times, behaviors and actions.

This way both the owner and animal control will have to acknowledge the problem exists, and it resists you have legal recourse. If there are any vet bills associated with these incidents add copies and insist payment. This will most likely not fix the problem, but it does build a dangerous dog case. Many cities have dangerous dog laws and the owner will be forced to keep the dog contained.

Alright, I made a trip down the road, they weren't home......However I talked to their neighbor who said that it's probably not the same lab that they own.  They told me that dog pretty much never gets out anymore.......So pretty much we're dealing with a "look alike", but from somewhere else.  The neighbor has seen the dogs, my family who lives next door to me has seen them; Another neighbor I talked to going down the road to the subdivision had seen them the other day as well.  But no one knows where it came from.  The guy going down towards the subdivision seemed to think they might be from the trailer park........And now that I think about it, I thought I remember seeing them come from that way in the past.  So regardless of where they live........they travel quite a bit, but I have no clue who or where they are from.  The trailer park is behind the field, that is behind our yard/fence.   So what should I consider doing now?  I mean that Chocolate Lab could be a "twin" of the one that attacked one of mine in the past. 

I think you should get a Rooster to patrol the fence line.    
 
...Or, maybe you could try that motion-sensitive, water-deterrent device that Lady Frost set up to keep the neighbor dog from harassing her fenced dogs?

Good Luck, really, and I hope you solve this!



 

Trailer park owner will understand a mark from a paint gun.

haha beetree.  I think that Rooster either died or was killed by a trailer park dog.  Haven't heard him in ages........Either that or he found a few lady friends, just saying....

 

GSDguy,

I'd hit them with one of those cheapie paint ball guns. This way the owners KNOW that their visits to someone are unappreciated. If that did not stop
their visits, I'd up it to pepper spray.

Melissa

melba, I'm asking around to see if any of my friends still have paint ball guns. A couple of them do, so I may very well be borrowing one for a while.